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What is ChatGPT
I spent a little time with ChatGPT to see what it was. ChatGPT is a product of OpenAI, one of Elon Musk’s companies. It is far more than a spell checker or a grammar checker but they tell me it is not in fact intelligent. The company, OpenAI, has several products. These products generate text…
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Dam the power, full speed ahead!
NPR reports that several dams in Northern California will be demolished to allow salmon to return to natural breading grounds. The director of the power company states that the dams only produce 2% of the company’s power generation. Meanwhile, California has pushed forward laws that prohibit sales of gasoline and diesel fueled lawn and landscape…
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Leaning Tower of Politics (US) #image
Stay up to date on the shifting media landscape through this great AllSides graphic found here:https://www.allsides.com/blog/update-allsides-media-bias-chart-version-71
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Wordless Wednesdays Origins #image

Where did you come from? Where did you go? Where did “Wordless Wednesday” come from? The Internet Archive shows this as the oldest archive mention of “Wordless Wednesday.” http://wordlesswednesday.blogspot.com/2006/ The page features a links to other posts, but doesn’t identify the blog owner. Following to the 2012 post I see the use of the “Mister…
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Franklin
As the oldest child, I spent several years alone before my sister was able to do anything more than drool. During this time my friend Franklin kept me company. Franklin was rather tall. He would sit comfortably in the reclining chair in our living room, but his legs stuck out rather far. I warned my…
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What a Pickle
“Leave my pickles alone,” I tell her. She smiles and strolls back to her drive-through window.













