Original anecdotes, commentary, rumination, and occasional pontification.
AUGUST 31, 2025 – (Cont.) My third example of a false assumption—memorable because it occurred just a few days ago—involved our granddaughter. The catalyst was her favorite Japanese animation character. Allow me to explain . . . Last Monday evening Illiana stayed overnight with us so we could take her to the Minnesota State Fair …
AUGUST 30, 2025 – (Cont.) My second memorable experience with an invalid assumption occurred two years later. By way of background . . . I was still very much embattled over the violin: my parents wanted me to study it seriously, whereas I wanted nothing to do with it. But by now things had gotten …
AUGUST 29, 2025 – Life nowadays, it seems, is a grand tour through the land of false assumptions, from RFK, Jr’s nonsense science to the Pyrite President’s belief that all that glitters is gold, even if it’s not even fool’s gold but painted plastic and marked “Made in China.” But I must say that my …