Gramps TomThe Path of TotalityI was skeptical, but my wife was committed. It wasn’t just the 4:00 am departure time, although if I’m honest that was a factor. Or the…6 min read·Apr 22, 2024----
Gramps TomA Smile at the Turning of the YearThere is a certain bleak beauty in the Hudson valley in winter, the watery sun highlighting the dead weeds in the foreground and lending a…3 min read·Jan 1, 2024----
Gramps TomShooting Stars and the SingularityIt’s August again. I’m out in the backyard gazing up at the summer sky, hoping to catch a bit of the Perseid meteor shower. Bob Dylan sings…4 min read·Aug 13, 2023----
Gramps TominThe Taoist OnlineMartijn and TonicAt first glance, Martijn Doolaard, with his scraggly beard and bulky workman’s jacket, might have walked off one of the ridges of…4 min read·Jun 26, 2023----
Gramps TominThe Taoist OnlineAirplane ModeI’m staring out the window and pondering the 30,000 ft view. Not the business jargon cliché, but the actual small rectangle of creation…3 min read·Jun 17, 2023----
Gramps TomTubful of TrustHe grins up at me from his stubby two-foot stature, a glint of mischief in his eyes. His mother’s eye had the same glint at that age, the…4 min read·Mar 5, 2023----
Gramps TomChatGPT and the Blizzard of BSIt was early December, and fluffy flakes of the first snowfall were floating past my window when early reports of the launch of OpenAI’s…4 min read·Feb 5, 2023----
Gramps TomLostIf you are lost in the forest do not look back In anger or regret Or trace the path that brought you here Do not search The horizon…2 min read·Nov 10, 2022----
