About Me
I live in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I am retired. I golf. I am a birder. I am an American of the USA persuasion. I am a Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences from CSU Fullerton. I read more than I watch. I am a Clevelander though I haven’t lived there in over 50 years. I am a Guardians, Cavs, and Browns fan and always will be. I am happily married (3rd time is the charm!). I am a petless cat lover. I am a traveler, both armchair and real. I hate to write, until I actually sit down and start (always the hardest part). I have neuroendocrine cancer – incurable but not terminal. I drink but am not a drinker. IPA > Lager, Bourbon > Scotch but all have their place in moderation. I am an observer. I guess now I am a blogger… Test Why is this bigger?
About this photo: The boardwalk behind me was actually packed with birders, so I had ChatGPT remove them to protect their privacy. I resisted the temptation to have ChatGPT make me look younger.
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- Twitching the Puffin ItchAn item long on my bucket list is to one day see a live penguin in the wild. I’ve seen them in zoos but I’ve never been to the lands they inhabit, at least not during my birding days. You see, penguins are…
- A Note about AI and this BlogI am coming back to this blog after a years-long hiatus, with renewed enthusiasm, stoked by a re-reading of one of my all-time favorite books, A Journey Home by Edward Abbey, and by the onslaught of AI rubbish being foisted upon us at…
- Vegas!I know they say that “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” but I’m going to leak some of the happenings during our visit there in late April. Las Vegas has changed. I first went there sometime in the late 70’s…
- The OC and SedonaWe have been in the USA for 12 days—time enough to be over jet lag, and time enough to assess my reaction to coming back after an 8-year absence. I expected more changes—the OC was pretty much how I remembered it.…
- Homecoming???Today Jane, my wife, and I will fly to California and points beyond. It will be Jane’s first time in the United States, and essentially my first time back since the fall of 2018. (I did return briefly in 2020 for…
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