Wolf Hall notes
tokyokevinA faithful historic rendition of the years Thomas Cromwell rises to power first under Cardinal Wolsey, then King Henry VIII. This account is the first of a trilogy, now finished,…
Upstream Amazon, but now with a paddle, finally
I wrote about my (now) 3-week ordeal when a tech over at Amazon.uk (Vishnu, you should be fired) for cancelling BOTH my UK and US account when I asked him…
Amazon has me by the Books
I have had a frightening experience with Amazon over the new year vacation, and extending into the year, that has opened my eyes about the power relationship between seller (Amazon)…
Pilot V fountain pen
I went through a list of the top 100 pens last month, and found this one, the Pilot V fountain pen rated highly. The ink flows nicely, no scratchiness, as…
In the neighborhood
Photo: Walking around and playing with my new Pixel3 XL smartphone camera.