Given the pandemic and this topic, I had high hopes.
But, unlike the Philadelphia Phillies’ theme song (a song Frank Sinatra sang [from the movie “A Hole in the Head”] decades ago and we half-dozen child prodigies studying in college at the age of 8 adopted as our theme song, too), this hope got deflated in a heartbeat.
Continue reading We’re all becoming resourceful masked riders
This was the first year in decades that I hadn’t spent 30 days at a baseball stadium. OK, not just any stadium, but either Phillies stadium (Citizen’s Bank) or one where the Phillies would be visiting another team.
Continue reading It’s pucked up!
So, I won’t be talking about the absurdity of all those folks who decided to travel to family homes for Thanksgiving. Hopefully, their ill-conceived (except for the desperate attempt to bond with one’s family) travel won’t mean one of their holiday presents is COVID-19.
Continue reading Give me your tired, your poor- NOT!
Remember when I talked about evaporative cooling a few weeks ago? Well, here’s a new wrinkle on that technology. One that Drs. Jeffrey Grossman and Nicola Ferris, along with their post-doc, Dr. Zhengmao Lu (and two grad students- Elise Strobach and Ningxen Chen) of MIT have been developing. (It was reported in this article: Passive Sub-Ambient Cooling from a Transparent Evaporation-Insulation Bilayer [Joule])
Continue reading Time to learn from the camel?
One of the big problems with many forms of renewable energy is storage. What do we do when the sun isn’t shining? When the wind isn’t blowing?
Continue reading The lightest of all
So, it’s Chanuka.
There are plenty of stories about the holiday in the Talmud- but those were codified 400, even 500 years after the event.. We Jews have decided that the Book of Makabi (the second book is not contemporary) should not be part of our canon, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn from contemporary accounts of the event.
Continue reading The First of Eight!
It’s been about a decade since I last discussed risk. Given the pandemic and how folks are reacting to it, it’s clear that this is the time we need to have another review of what risk does or does not entail. (The problem is that too many folks impose their political beliefs on situations- so the risk (or non-risk) of a given path is often lost in the weeds.)
Continue reading It’s Risk- not Politics
Four million businesses should pay attention to this. That’s how many entities filed Form 1065, Partnership Tax Returns last year. About 70% of them are filed by Limited Liability Companies (LLC’s).
Continue reading Partnership Heartaches?
Every generation has its own catastrophe that solidifies one’s view of the world.
Back in the 18th Century, it was the Declaration of Independence. 7 decades later, it was the Civil War and the Assassination of President Lincoln. 6 decades later it was the Great War. 3 decades later- Pearl Harbor. (That happened on this day, 79 years ago.)
Continue reading Pearl Harbor Day
So, the experiment has been canceled. Thankfully.
Um… Maybe not thankfully. But, at least blessedly.
Continue reading Ethical Dilemna Avoided?
