Friday morning at eight a.m., the phone on the night table next to my bed rang. From the caller ID I knew it was Gretchen, who, having been raised on a farm, likes to come in early: Tom: Yes, Gretchen, what is it? Gretchen: Mr. Collins, there’s a… military gentleman here, from… that’s the US… Continue reading Military Intelligence Once Again Proved Oxymoron
Category: Science and Technology
NASA to Astronauts – What Are Those Rings Around Uranus?
True, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration is a civilian agency. But you’d never know that from the way they behave. NASA’s gratuitous obsession with secrecy does not merely rival that of those organizations within the Executive Branch, such as the Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency or the National Security Agency,… Continue reading NASA to Astronauts – What Are Those Rings Around Uranus?
Ya Pays Yer Money and Ya Takes Yer Chances
First thing this morning, I had an appointment with one Cassandra Wymiotowac, Senior Public Relations Advisor to American International Group, better known as AIG. The woman was all business, that’s for sure – she entered my office, shook my hand and got right down to brass tacks. “Mr. Collins,” she began, “this is just one… Continue reading Ya Pays Yer Money and Ya Takes Yer Chances
Mark to Market, to Buy a FED SWINE
This afternoon started out as pretty much a perfect Sunday afternoon. I’d made eggs Benedict for Cerise, Veronica and myself, and we were lounging in the living room, sipping blood orange mimosas and cappuccinos. Twinkle purred softly in my lap as I perused the latest edition of Harper’s, while Cerise explored the Sunday New York… Continue reading Mark to Market, to Buy a FED SWINE
Don’t Believe Everything You Hear in the Wilderness
I was driving home through the August heat soup to an ice cold Bombay Sapphire and Stirrings tonic when my Blackberry cut loose with my latest ring tone. I didn’t answer it, of course, since doing so would turn me into a particular sort of person I despise – that jerk driving down the road… Continue reading Don’t Believe Everything You Hear in the Wilderness