I am on step 11. Step 1: Buy vista an become convinced that not only will things not get better but they will only get worse. Step 2: Stop thinking that your Mac friends are delusional and imagine that they might be on to something Step 3: Stop thinking about all the problems you might … Continue reading
Author Archives: avram miller
One glass down and seven more to go
I am actually in pretty good shape. I work out about 10 hours a week (weight training two hours, Pilates, 3 hours, yoga 1 hour, four hours of aerobics). My resting heart rate is 60 or under and max is almost 180 (remember I am 63) RealAge thinks I am in my mid 40s … Continue reading
The internet is a miracle maker
How my family was reunited after more than a hundred years. Continue reading
Barack is the real thing
Tonight, my wife and I had the privilege of attending a small reception for Barack Obama at the home of Ann and Gordon Getty. All I can say, is he is more impressive and more fun in person than on TV. They closed off the street in front of the Getty’s home which is on … Continue reading
I am not bionic (yet) but I am slowly falling apart
I am slowly falling apart. As you can see from the sub title of this blog, I am 63 years old. I am not even a boomer. They started being born about nine months after me. I am an actual WWII baby (that is world war two for those of you so young that you … Continue reading
I am not a collector
About 30 years ago, I bought my first painting. As a musician (sort of) I was always puzzled about visual art where one copy of a work exists or in the case of photos and prints, as small series. With music, the more people that have a copy of a work, the more successful one … Continue reading
Do little screens lead to little minds
I have a very dear friend. We are like brothers (and nearly the same age). A while back, my friend got a very significant position at one of the leading internet companies. Not only was it a great personal opportunity for him but it also offered him the ability to do some real good in … Continue reading
2008: The year of DNA
Genealogy I have just sent my DNA in to Ancerstry.com. I am investigating my parental linage via the Y chromosome and my maternal linage via the mitochondrial DNA. For those that do not know, the Y chromosome is past from father to son. For instance, my father, I, my sons and their sons all have … Continue reading
One man’s vision or no man’s vision: Bush vs. Putin
I have been really torn about switching from the Windows environment to the Mac environment. While my first personal computer was apple like ( It was actually an ACE 1000 which was an apple II clone made by Franklin Computer where I was president in 1983), I pretty much switched over to the what we … Continue reading
Thought Experiments and Bubble Baths
When I was a child, my hero was Albert Einstein (as well as Flash Gordon and Superman) as I have mentioned in earlier posts. Albert had four things that I identified with; 1) lots of crazy curly hair, 2) a Jewish mother, 3) could not tie his shoes laces (so my mother said) … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 