Month: January 2016

And Gutenberg Lived Here: Sunday In The Park With George

"White. A blank page or canvas. The challenge: bring order to the whole, through design,  composition, tension, balance, light, and harmony." Sunday in the Park With George. The musical. by Stephen Sondheim. Based on the George Seurat painting "Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte." Both have always fascinated me. Singly. But what fascinates me … Continue reading And Gutenberg Lived Here: Sunday In The Park With George →

And Gutenberg Lived Here: Geek Humor And Me

As most of the people who read my blog know, I'm married to a mathematician. Gasp That implies two things. One: at every party if you want to talk to someone you have to circulate. Alone. And two: If you are a at a party, unless you happen to be hosting it yourself, everyone there … Continue reading And Gutenberg Lived Here: Geek Humor And Me →

Synesthesia: Not wasting Human Resources

Some time ago I suggested, and wrote a piece for the FLBC on, a topic that has always fascinated me: synesthesia. With the idea in mind that, since everyone has something that sets him apart, some kind of special talent, or gift, or just an innate goodness that the world needs more of today, we … Continue reading Synesthesia: Not wasting Human Resources →

And Gutenberg Lived Here: Of Pumpkins, Witches, And The Whole Nine Yards

When I decided to write on this topic, I was thinking along the lines of: Halloween. Obviously. It wasn't until I saw it posted for today, and read the comments, that I saw the whole picture: Of course. The male female thing- and the whole nine yards, and this is the month of: ta da … Continue reading And Gutenberg Lived Here: Of Pumpkins, Witches, And The Whole Nine Yards →

And Gutenberg Lived Here: The Season of Drunk Jelly Donuts

Actually, I had been meaning to write this post since the start of the Carnival season, the middle of November, but when I read a marvelous comment- on Bun Karyudo's terrific  blog- about stream of consciousness and jelly donuts, I knew the time had come. The commenter, it seems, a Brit named David Prosser, mentioned … Continue reading And Gutenberg Lived Here: The Season of Drunk Jelly Donuts →

Breakfast: Mugg and the Yoghurt

This week, everyone, for some reason or other, seemed to be writing about breakfast: about correct nutrition, or in one case beer and cigs after a concert, or the social value of a big, American, British, or Canadian, breakfast. Which more or less puts me up a creek without a croissant. Because..... Drum roll.... I … Continue reading Breakfast: Mugg and the Yoghurt →

And Gutenberg Lived Here: Of Camels, Wise Men, and Star Singers

Although Epiphany, the day of the three kings, is actually on the sixth of January, and is an incredibly popular holiday here, (especially at a certain famous hamburger fast food restaurant, where everyone wants the paper crown so they can be Melchior) the annual "Star Singers Day"  was actually yesterday. So in honor of the … Continue reading And Gutenberg Lived Here: Of Camels, Wise Men, and Star Singers →

Education: It’s About Life

Education? For me, one word says it all. Yes. But I fully understand that a lot of very successful and happy and well-adjusted giving back to the community people out there have little or no formal education, so instead of talking  about the pro and con and of education, and bringing in all the statistics, … Continue reading Education: It’s About Life →

And Gutenberg Lived Here: A-440 And Me

New Year's Eve:   Change and Remembrance. What nondescript item has changed my life? How amazing that someone asked me to write on this topic, of all times, on a New Year's Eve. A time when we remember those who are near to us. Things past. Hopes we had. And still have. And quite often, thoughts … Continue reading And Gutenberg Lived Here: A-440 And Me →