Stephen's Thoughts

Whah???? High placers on yesterday's dressage mess up their jumping for one reason or another. Mynduveroan and Glinda Show with a third position. Best outcome for Mynduveroan and Glinda since they have moved up from Beginner Novice to Novice.

This novel is not just a thriller. It contains great insights on the global political scene and posits a much-changed future world in international relations as AI, synthetic biology, and autonomous war fare emerge in the future. Recommend!

There are very few motorcycle riders ride like Ahn Rhee. Circumnavigation of the Black Sea. Trans Russia. Iran. I've ridden with Ahn Rhee in Mongolia, Viet Nam, Ethiopia, southern Africa and Patagonia.

Petroglyphs were carved one thousand years ago.

Double, double toil and trouble,
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Ender's Game is not only a fast paced, page turner of a science fiction story, but also a thought-provoking exploration of complex moral and ethical issues.

There are ghosts in Pompeii. Robert Harris's "Pompeii" brings them to life.

Robust crab apple tree we thought would never make it when we planted it twenty years ago. FeeBee in the background.

Elon Musk is one of the leading positive influencers for continued human progress in a world where human advancement seems to have slowed. Elon Musk is one of today's few eminent humans having the capacity to lead a rebirth of optimism about humanity's future. Musk's vision focuses on a commitment to assure human liberty, on celebrating the expansion of human consciousness, and on increasing the odds of humanity's long-term survival. Isaacson's book may not be the only way to build an understanding of Elon Musk. But understand him you must if you want to better comprehend how an Elon led burst of human progress impacts you and your family and how you might get on the bandwagon yourself. Isaacson's book is a good start to building such understanding.

I asked TIMDT what her most prominent recollections of the Malibu Interlude were. She replied, "The Getty Villa Museum," and being with our affable hosts.