The internet was a pretty different place when I got on it in 1994. Using the internet with a GUI (normal computer) was a rarity. Nearly everyone online used the command line when interacting with the internet. Email, Web Browsing, Gopher, Telnet, FTP, Usenet, all of it was on the command line. This post is […]
According to dictionary.com, “The ending -nym or, most often, -onym is a combining form from Greek that means “name.”” Most people are familiar with words like synonym, pseudonym, etc. The other day I saw one I had never heard of, so I did a very little bit of research and found some interesting ones. There […]
In which I post a poem I wrote about a storm.
For many years now this has been my favorite poem, by Robert Frost. Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and […]
In which I write about the first time I ever really apologized for something important.
In which I talk about what my mother preferred to be called.
In which I write about a memory of grief and consolation.
In which I talk about recent successes in the area of making the world a sustainable place to live for many generations to come.
In which I talk about having my gall bladder removed.
When I started using my local library as a kid, we didn’t have library cards. Instead, in the back of every book was a one card held in a sleeve and another taped to the book. When you wanted to check out a book you’d take it to the desk, and they’d pull out the […]
The ruminations of topher1kenobe
