Chattanooga Choo-Choo
The latest news, that Facebook will no longer moderate disinformation and bigotry, is going to get everyone talking about a mass migration, but that’s happened again and again and we’re all still there.
The Wind Beneath My Wings
Please forgive my jumping around. I thought I was sitting down to write an organized blog post but the wind distracted me.
Drinking Age
It’s 2025 … and so begins the 21st year of Paul’s Thing.
New Year’s Eve, 2024
What are your plans for tonight?
Season’s Greetings
To all my readers, I wish you a merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah. Happy Boxing Day. I’ll try to check in again before New Year’s Day, but if my intentions are overcome by events, Happy New Year as well!
Paul’s Book Reviews: My Top Reads, 2024
This has been a good year for reading, maybe not as good as the Covid year or the two that followed, but still pretty good. In my case, it included some great re-reads, notably the two Michael Chabon masterpieces included in this end-of-year post. Not included here, but also revisited in 2024: Margaret Atwood’s Oryx […]
Lap (as Seen from a Drone)
It’s a crock, all of it. Settle down, all right?
Air-Minded: Paying the Piper (G Forces & Long-Term Damage)
My friend Burt, a regular Paul’s Thing reader, alerted me to a New York Times article on potential long-term physical and mental health effects of flying fighter aircraft.