The Universe Is Between Your Ears

  • 2048 Days, Oct 26, 2019… 2048 is a power of 2, like 1024, 512, 256, 128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4 and 2 oh and 1. The other day I thought about this program when saw an ad for cigarettes……

  • “Coding can give ADHD brains exactly the kind of stimulation they crave,” writes one full-stack developer. “Not only is coding a creative endeavor that involves constantly learning new things, but also once one problem is solved, there’s always a brand new one…

  • While writing a blog post about Dr. McMurtry, my Introduction to Music for Non-Majors professor at OSU, I found out that he had died, so I wrote a letter to his wife accounting how much I loved his class. **UPDATE…

  • I only enjoyed one class in college.  It was a music history class for non-music majors at Oklahoma State University instructed by Dr. McMurtry.  This was also my hardest class, ever… and I’m more proud of that A than any…

  • Most people haven’t thought very hard about numbers. I’ve always loved numbers. In the 5th grade, Mrs. Lamberson explained numbering systems to us. She informed us that the numbers we’re used to seeing are in the “base 10” numbering system.…

  • You may not know what they’re called, but you’ve seen and had to solve a CAPTCHA. The word CAPTCHA stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.” You see, some people like to write programs…

  • Freedom! This is the sixth and final episode of my extremely popular sitcom, Life in the Homeless Shelter. This episode opens with the word Freedom because I agreed to move in with Dan. If the rental people accept our application,…

  • My present for Christmas was to quit smoking. I returned that gift. I made it from 6:45am on Tuesday until 1:30pm on Wednesday. Pretty weak, right? What upsets me is that I’ve gone through all this stress over a really…

  • On my 40th birthday, my present to me was that I started smoking. That was almost 18 months ago.   My Christmas present to myself this year is to quit smoking.   On my way to work this morning, I…

  • This is the fifth installment of my wildly popular sitcom, Life in the Homeless Shelter! Yesterday had to be the best day at the homeless shelter, yet. Remember Tim hitting Tom in the leg with the broom handle? Last night…

  • Imagine a system like this: Joe’s BBS, type your password to login: taco Can you imagine? A system where you type in your password and then it compares what you type with everyone’s password and logs you in based on…

  • When I was in the sixth grade I won my first elected office. Every sixth grade classroom nominated one boy and one girl for Mr. and Miss Eagle. Grades three through six would vote following a presentation where the candidates…

  • I’ve hinted on Twitter about some of the things I’ve done and been through. Some nice folks have been actually reading the stuff and even commented that I should write a book. And several even said they would BUY the…

  • Chapter 5: Cathryn A note about my Mother and pink skies: No one made sunny days like my Mother, Cathryn. The skies were pink and the clouds were always the fluffy ones. The rain was always gentle. The air smelled…

  • In 2006 my girlfriend and I walked out of a Walmart and she was trying a bag of hot Cheetos and didn’t like them. I didn’t want them. She tried to give them to several people coming into the store.…

  • October 24th, 2010: HOLY FUCK!   What a terrible time I’m having.  Life is not fun… I don’t experience joy… My only goal is not to be homeless again… but I’m ignoring that goal and pretty much making sure that…