My work takes me to San Francisco several times a year and I dislike it more and more. Downtown, where conferences happen, is a urinal.
Outside there, the city is still beautiful, but you can’t find a hotel room for less than $600/night unless you’re willing to commute a half hour and often stay in a walkup with no private bath.
Surprisingly, Las Vegas is a pleasant place for a conference, easily able to absorb tens of thousands of attendees.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley reveals she has alopecia: ‘It’s important I’m transparent about this new normal’ www.cnn.com/2020/01/1… Interesting. My nephew has alopecia, which leads to drastic hair loss – in his case, as a teen-ager. He’s a good-looking kid, just bald.
Cmdr. John “Bob” Bowen was relieved of command due to a “loss of confidence in his ability to command,” according to a Navy statement. The term is a catch-all used by the military to justify commander firings without detailing a cause.
Micro.blog is making me better at social media in general. Instead of just mindlessly tapping “LIKE,” say something. “Beautiful photo – I love the reds.” etc.
It’s 84 degrees in my office, I just started drinking a blazing hot cup of strong coffee, and I can’t find the remote control to turn on the ceiling fan.
On the 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy podcast: Pornography: Examining claims that pornography helped develop the Internet, and every other form of new media for several centuries. (Photography was so expensive in the 19th Century that a pornographic image cost more than time with an actual prostitute.) The Internet initially made it possible for pornographers to make money, but now it’s making it more difficult. (I almost said “making it harder” there.)
