RECORDING MOMENTS IN TIME

It’s just elemental thermodynamics. Spent electricity generates heat. Servers use electricity. One server generates heat. Multiply that by a data center with 100,00 servers — 24/7, 365 days a year — well, lots of heat. Phoenix has or under construction 178 centers. No one seems to wonder where that heat goes, called “waste heat.” No one seems to wonder what the impact is? They should. It does. Residual neighborhoods Urban microclimates Human health Framers and ranchers Water

You cannot hide. It can see you, some far-away data center. Watching you walk the aisles today, looking for that perfect pillow. King size, regular, firm, contoured, comfort. You study the options. Are you aware that the prices no longer update by an employee, but by a server. Serving the corporation. The goal maximize profits. They tracked you. AI, it knows you. Your likes, dislikes, your finances, and buying habits. And before you enter the aisle, has already calculated you

A word with no consequential meaning. Used to describe a past, present or future event. It rolls off the lips with a collaborator. “An interesting perspective” “An interesting observation” “It will be interesting to see…” A wasted word lacking backbone, a vague filler that does not convey how or why. They sit around a table, cameras focused on every micro-expression recording meaningful noise. Blah, blah eventually followed by, “It will be interesting to… more blah, blah.” Wh

Life.

Possession, the state of having, owning, or controlling something; an item or property; something belonging to one. Source Oxford Languages. Irreplaceable, impossible to replace if lost or damaged. Source Oxford Languages. Every morning, I settle at my desk, preparing for today’s tasks, reading emails, writing and publishing, researching, paying bills, or checking out social media. I open the center drawer and a small metal disk will catch my attention. One inch by one inch (

I’ve given up giving advice. I’ll give an opinion with the following disclaimer: at best the results are 50-50; you will agree or disagree, it will be right or it will be wrong, you will follow it or you will ignore it. Let me share my grandparents (Thomas) and parents’ advice until they didn’t. Proverbs 22:6 “Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray.” Any questions? I have some. Proverbs 13:24 “Those who spares the rod hate their children, but thos

Closing my eyes, breathing slowly, I can see snapshot pictures I reach for and wonder: Was that it? My life? In elementary school, break-time meant a container of milk and half a graham cracker. I would carefully nibble the edges, shaping it into a gun. Other times I arrived late to class after lunch, having stayed on the playground simply to enjoy the solitude. In junior high, lunch was the best part of the day: an open-faced roast beef sandwich, mashed potatoes smothered in

Could it be true? Mom told me repeatedly that I had a twin! I always thought she was teasing. Fact or fiction? Mom had two boy’s names picked out, Michael and Kenneth. I’ve never found another lefty in the family tree. I did not have the ‘traditional side part’. I always felt out of step, even convinced I was the ‘black sheep of the family’. I’ve a polythelia. (only happens 6% of the time). I now believe I ‘ate my twin’ or absorbed my twin. It has a name. ‘Vanishing Twin Synd

A drop of water… alone one piece of tape, lacking its adhesive. A dress once red, now faded with age. Three cardboard boxes once corrugated uniformly, now crinkled into a mass of substance. Harmony that use to be there replace by... revolution. This is the absence of everything simple and happiness. This is the death of love, peace, and anything beautiful. Written by Norma Wellman, 1970, Tucson, Arizona.

In the beginning, in a city back east, Southport, New York, watching a hobo push his cart past our house, I thought, I could do that . An independent business owner avoiding people. Outstanding job for an introvert. Considering the pros and con aspects decided I would prefer… … a job as a mattress tester. I possessed the skills required, I can to that . No college or high school degree is required. Paid to sleep, then maybe prepare a review. Meanwhile, avoiding people. Pay an