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AI is really annoying – there, there?1/23/2026
My homage to two famous cartoons: As I’ve noted elsewhere, verbal (or literary) agility need not be a sign of intelligence. And such fluency can be glib, even annoying. Especially… Continue reading AI is really annoying – there, there?
The new year 202612/29/2025
Taking time out from scrolling … touch the grass … the gods need not take our sight … we scale ourselves … in moving from low to high,we see our… Continue reading The new year 2026
Merry Christmas 202512/19/2025
My holiday card this year in the cosmic greetings, Santa-in-Space series. when something grinchy comes this way lean banking balances go to naughtwhere e’re his pitchcraft slop is taught,and roiling… Continue reading Merry Christmas 2025
Architects of AI – Time Magazine’s ‘Person’ of the Year 202512/12/2025
Two years after Time’s “TIME 100 AI” cover for 2023 – the most influential people in AI … movers & shakers, shaping the good, bad, & ugly, we have a… Continue reading Architects of AI – Time Magazine’s ‘Person’ of the Year 2025
‘Rage bait’ – word of the year 202512/6/2025
It’s been a year of “deliberate agitation.” Witness Oxford University Press’ announcement that rage bait was Word of the Year. Compare with last year’s word brain rot: “outrage sparks engagement,… Continue reading ‘Rage bait’ – word of the year 2025

jph on Merry Christmas 202512/29/2025
Dr. Seuss' holiday parable remains popular and profitable. Oddly, the Grinch is "Christmas' most sought-after sourpuss." In sour times, perhaps…
jph on Merry Christmas 202512/29/2025
When mister grinchy comes this way ... donations dwindle ... chaos competes with caring ... • LA Times > "Most…
jph on Merry Christmas 202512/19/2025
After finishing my Christmas card, I noticed this article – what's happening with spending this holiday season. • LA Times…
jph on ‘Rage bait’ – word of the year 202512/18/2025
So, like Oxford University Press, Merriam-Webster also announced a word of the year: 'slop'. Other contenders were: gerrymander, touch grass,…
jph on Architects of AI – Time Magazine’s ‘Person’ of the Year 202512/12/2025
Amid all the chatter about AI movers & shakers and whether AI's a flywheel for prosperity or primrose path, it's…