by svsauthor | Apr 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Years ago, somewhere in one of these blogs, I wrote that I like to write, but don’t need to write. I may have to revise that observation a bit. For the past two weeks I’ve skipped my morning writing sessions, and my days feel off-kilter as a result. Since I retired...
by svsauthor | Apr 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
When I lived in Taipei in the early 1990s, I read Atlas Shrugged. It is not the worst novel that I ever started, but it may be the worst novel I ever finished. I was new to Taiwan at the time and had yet to find a bookstore with an English language section. I was...
by svsauthor | Apr 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
I did not participate in any of the Hands Off demonstrations two weekends ago. I was glad that the events were happening. I was especially pleased that hundreds of people in my own community of La Crosse lined one of the busiest streets in town with signs of protest....
by svsauthor | Apr 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
When I was a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, I took three statistics courses, even though I needed only two to fulfill my degree requirements. I certainly did not take the additional course because I liked statistics or did well in it. I took the...
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