Kurt Vonnegut fans will be familiar with the phenomenon of the chrono-synclastic infundibulum, where opposite and equally valid universal truths co-exist with no contradiction. Those who enter the infundibulum simultaneously exist across a continuum spanning past and future, from our sun to the star Betelgeuse.This happened to Malachi Constant in... Read more
Sunday evening in New Zealand: I’m propped against the pillows. A tea is by my side. Classical music is playing on my iPod. I’m headed out of Wellington at 5 PM tomorrow for Auckland, whence I board a flight to LAX. Yesterday, my daughter Emily got married. Life is beautiful.To pick up from my last report:Wednesday: Emily hatches a... Read more
Today is Wednesday. Let me explain. I’m in New Zealand. Friday night, I boarded a plane out of LAX and landed 13 hours later in Auckland, NZ, then on to Wellington. I lost all of Saturday in transit, but I understand I get Monday back on the return flight, plus a day to be named later.Prior to disembarking from LA, I caught up with two good... Read more
Yikes! It’s Tuesday! Tomorrow I’m outta here. To catch up: My last conference wrapped up in early November. After more than six months of extended travel, I was both stressed-out and burnt-out and looking forward to three or four months of a reduced work-load in a state of semi-hibernation in the house I share with two others way out... Read more