Adolph’s childhood would certainly be described by nobody as a good time. The one story I recall was him stripping naked to try and squeeze through the window bars in order to escape his father’s wrath, only to get stuck. He found the humiliation of his father’s laughter worse than the beating he was expecting.

The Devil’s Plan and Peripheral.

Brilliant! Took me too long, but I’m on the same page now.

I read it as “casino” and was very intrigued on many levels.

Here’s my take. I grew up in the Cold War. I saw no way out. Figured we were all done, with a state of permanent Cold War until an inevitable Hot War that ends it all. And then, very suddenly, in 1989, the Cold War was over. No nuclear explosions, no cities vaporized. Just a new and hopeful future.

And now, here we are today. I see no way out of the climate crisis, and it’s depressing. But I haven’t forgotten the lesson I learned from the Cold War. Just because I can’t see a way out, it doesn’t mean there isn’t, or that there won’t be. I don’t know how, but I’ve seen it before, humanity’s disaster somehow averted out of nowhere. Doesn’t mean we’ll skip climate disaster. Just means that just because you don’t see a way out right now, there still may be a way, and we should all work toward such a future.

Thank you for reading my Ted Talk. Fingers crossed.

What do Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning have to do with Elon lying about having mad gaming skills?

I’ve been continuing through Two Weeks to Live and I started The Peripheral. Enjoying them both.

I’ve just recently started playing through Wasteland 3. Been trying to start up Civ VI, but it appears as though Steam has broken it on my Mac, so I will need an alternative alternative. Maybe something from my Epic or GOG library, so my kids don’t leave me out of luck when they want to use the Steam library, too.

I started Star Wars Skeleton Crew and have been enjoying it. Then again, I liked Acolyte, so take my recommendation with whatever reservations you feel are needed.