PinnedA notice found while walking across campus.Found this blowing in the wind while walking across the UMASS Campus today. Please Post: The College of Planetary Engineering Our motto: “We think inside the box, but the box is rather large..” Catastrophic Flooding Curriculum Our Catastrophic Flooding Department assumes that over the next few centuries, there will likely…2 min read2 min read
Apr 26, 2021Freedom — you have to work at it, and you have to pay for it. Literally!Freedom. Nice. I seem to have some, thanks to my forbears. I love it. But it turns out you have to both work at it and pay for it. We used to pay for news. We used to pay honest reporters to keep an eye out for corruption, malfeasance, and…4 min read4 min read
Nov 5, 2020Dear Joe,Hi, I’m among the 72 million or so who voted for you. Here’s my advice. You need to get to the bottom of the mess that’s driving the other 68 million American voters to choose alternative candidates. …Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Oct 13, 2020And it’s all perfectly legalAnd it’s all perfectly legal Much has been written about the interpretation and application of laws. Give “Les Miserables” another read. Understand the character of Javert. He interprets the law as it is written. A Lifetime hounding the hero over a loaf of bread for a starving child. Go read…Justice1 min readJustice1 min read
Sep 25, 2020Dear VendorWe are sorry but effective immediately, all unsolicited requests for detailed customer feedback on any aspect of our online, mail, telephone or in-person interactions are now treated as spam. You may assume that if any specific interaction was less than fully satisfactory, you would be hearing from us in a…2 min read2 min read
Sep 1, 2020A mathematical question appeared in my in box. I answered it.I must have been in a mood that day. I spent a while contemplating the source of the question, wondered why various people would post a significant number of nearly identical ambiguously worded math problems and posted my answer. I think I know why I answered, and I’ll get to…Humour3 min readHumour3 min read
