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OCD
A friend of mine has a sign in her kitchen that says she suffers from CDO--Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but the letters are in the...
Doug Weiss
6 days ago2 min read
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Things that go bump in the night
Perhaps that phrase is something you recall. If not, it is part of a poem written by the Scottish poet, Robert Burns asking the Good...
Doug Weiss
May 43 min read
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Artificial Interference
I've written before about my misgivings concerning AI--specifically, generalized AI based on large language models (LLMs). Among my many...
Doug Weiss
Apr 274 min read
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Roots
In any given week I scarcely know what I will write about; all too often I rely on serendipity to lead the way. So it was this week. I...
Doug Weiss
Apr 202 min read
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Control
Watching events unfold these past few weeks reminded me of a poster I saw back in the late eighties. It featured a large picture of the...
Doug Weiss
Apr 133 min read
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Reflections
I recently finished the first of a trilogy by Chinese author, Cixin Liu, The Three Body Problem. Even if you are not a fan of so-called...
Doug Weiss
Apr 63 min read
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Crucibles
I received a message today from a friend I lost track of some years ago. We met at a particularly fraught time, and our friendship was...
Doug Weiss
Mar 303 min read
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A walk in the woods
My gentlemen's book club is reading a novel by Daniel Mason, entitled North Woods . I described it to a friend by comparing it to one of...
Doug Weiss
Mar 233 min read
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The News
A waggish friend of mine once described Television news this way: "Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, here is today's news. It's worse...
Doug Weiss
Mar 94 min read
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Plan B
Whether it applies to work, life, politics, or conflict, received wisdom tells us we should always have a plan B. And what is plan B? ...
Doug Weiss
Mar 23 min read
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We are what we eat
Perhaps you've heard the expression. While it is a bit glib, there is a great deal of truth to the aphorism. As scientists continue to...
Doug Weiss
Feb 235 min read
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Inflection Points
Not so long ago the term inflection point was given new life by the tech industry gathering to itself a gravity that is questionable. ...
Doug Weiss
Feb 164 min read
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Experience
It is often said that we humans learn best through experience. Certainly we seek those with experience to lead, whether it is in work,...
Doug Weiss
Feb 93 min read
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In the beginning was the word
As sometimes happens, an episode of LoveLife.digital , the podcast series Alvean Lyons and I created, began playing on the car audio the...
Doug Weiss
Feb 23 min read
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Self-reliance
Self-reliance is an enduring theme of the American zeitgeist. Our stories, the mythology that attends our history as a nation, and the...
Doug Weiss
Jan 262 min read
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Autocracy
Say what you will about the past four years and the man who presided over the leadership of our country. Whatever you may think of him...
Doug Weiss
Jan 262 min read
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Seasons
The seasons and their changes have long been a subject for poets and songwriters endowing each with properties that parallel our lives. ...
Doug Weiss
Jan 192 min read
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Deflection
People argue for many reasons, most of them unjustified but in some cases disagreements become personal, and inevitably hurtful. If this...
Doug Weiss
Jan 124 min read
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On Aging
In my forties, I took up Racquetball following an automobile accident that permanently inhibited my ability to serve a tennis ball or...
Doug Weiss
Jan 53 min read
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Irresolution-redux
Last year at this time I posted the following. Several folks asked to see it again and so here it is but with some amendments in light of...
Doug Weiss
Dec 29, 20244 min read
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