An Old Man Living with His AIs, Good Luck with That

As I might have mentioned previously, I’m not a young man; I’m an old man living with his AIs. That would be artificial intelligence for those of you who’ve never met Alexa or Siri, or had their thermostat randomly talk to you. Read More …

I Entered THE REALTOR’S CURSE in a Book Contest and Won, Twice

I entered my most recent novel in the Firebird Book Award book contest. After a forty-year career as a pharmacologist working in drug development, I retired to write murder mysteries. I find great joy in writing. It really gets my Read More …

The Realtor’s Curse, My Beach Girl Moved Us to Florida

The third book in my Medical Biotech Murder Mystery series turned out to be The Realtor’s Curse, coming February 14. Here’s how. The Realtor’s Curse I retired six years ago from a 40-year career working in the medical biotech and Read More …

Requirements to Become President of the United States

The legal requirements to become President of the United States are mandated by the Constitution, and include 1) a presidential candidate must be a natural born citizen of the United States, 2) a resident for 14 years and 3) 35 Read More …

Hurricanes Gone Wild

In the past two years, I’ve discovered the meteorological phenomenon of hurricanes gone wild. Allow me to explain. Two years ago, my wife retired and decided she wanted to be a beach girl. Until said time, I hadn’t had much Read More …

Electric Cars, You’ll Be Able to Drive Yourself…Crazy

Electric cars are the wave of the future. Some car manufacturers and our federal government have decided to replace the current internal combustion engine with electric cars by somewhere between 2035 and 2040. This depends on which lying sack of Read More …

Hi, I’m Willow the Cat

Today, we’re going to take a break from our ongoing trip blog to introduce you all to Willow the Cat, the newest member of the Jessop family. Jackie and I talked about it, and we thought this furry new family Read More …

TUCSON ARIZONA Daughter Account

After El Paso, we headed for Tucson, Arizona. So, this is our Tucson Arizona daughter account of the visit. I thought that once we got past the one-way streets and raised highway of El Paso, we would be in good Read More …

EL PASO Jackie Version

El Paso Texas was our next stop after Abilene; Texas was one of the only states that got two stops purely because of its size. Abilene had been an overnight; El Paso was a destination. That meant, we spent two Read More …

Bozeman Montana, Great Fossils, Not-So-Great Day

The trip back east on the northern route also included a stop in BOZEMAN MONTANA. When I think of this part of the trip, I am happy for Jackie. I was also happy for me, and then sad. Allow me Read More …