Commorientes: “simultaneous deaths”
Ante: (no longer productive) Prior to in time.
Needed a fancy word that makes no sense to document the order of passing of the characters of the 1964-1967 sitcom Gilligan’s Island.
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My Magic Number
I have a magic number.
It’s been a number that I invented as part of an experience with a scientific calculator when I was in the 8th grade (circa 1994-1995). The calculator I possessed had the ability to convert between different number bases, specifically between decimal, binary, octal, and hexadecimal. Being the child I was I saw potential with using the calculators hexadecimal alphabet and writing letters and numbers together.
Read MoreDug from the Archives: A Business Card
On November 20, 2003 I was hired at Marchese Computer Products in Batavia, New York. Originally I was the good-looking person who was seen when you walked through the front doors my initial tasks revolved around answering the phone, taking computers in for service, and performing front-end sales.
Read MoreWhen will the United States be a graveyard?
I woke up one morning with a thought about the quantity of ancestors I would have if I walk back to Jesus times. Assuming I go back 30 generations there should be close to 1 billion ancestors of mine. This has to be some kind of paradox since I’m certain 1 billion human souls weren’t alive in the yonder of 0-39AD. I decided to work the opposite way and ask myself “How many human beings would it take that, if all were buried in the ground at the end of their happy life it would make the United States a complete graveyard?”. I expanded this though to wonder at what year that would occur, too.
Read MoreGoodbye Yellow Brick 2024…
A song recorded and released May 1973 came into a resurgence almost 10 years ago by Sara Bareilles with her amazing rendition. Sang recently at the NEXT / Kennedy Center for the 2024 Near Years Eve celebration.
There’s been many other things that find their finality in 2024, and for once I’m glad closure was invented for many of these.
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