Columns
Short columns written over the years — brief takes on health, science, and the curiosities of ordinary life.
52 columns
2020
- September 2, 2020AI
- August 30, 2020Dark Energy
- August 17, 2020Haircut
- July 13, 2020Funds
- July 6, 2020Have degree, will handle
- June 29, 2020So what is your algorithm, buddy?
- June 22, 2020Have bot, will travel
- June 15, 2020What’s in a name?
- June 8, 2020Turn on the air conditioning, Kelvin
- June 3, 2020Hot enough for you?
- June 1, 2020Whither the weather?
- May 25, 2020Ducks
- May 18, 2020Of moons and shine
- May 11, 2020Pie in the sky
- May 4, 2020Waterloo and the inability to sit on a horse
- April 27, 2020How ’bout some yoga, dude?
- April 20, 2020Shall we get married?
- April 13, 2020Future
- April 6, 2020Fortune
- March 30, 2020A penny for your thoughts
- March 22, 2020Let’s beat the virus
- March 9, 2020Cliché
- March 2, 2020Creek
- February 24, 2020I scream, you scream, we all scream… for pizza!
- February 24, 2020Cake
- February 17, 2020Things to do, places to go
- February 10, 2020Is your water smarter than your phone?
- February 3, 2020Take two apps and call me in the morning
- January 27, 2020The market, the economy, and all that jazz
- January 19, 2020Where will we be twenty years hence?
- January 13, 2020Of owls and men (not to mention women)
- January 6, 2020Happy New Year!
2019
- December 29, 2019From sea to shining sea …
- December 23, 2019’Tis the season to be …
- December 16, 2019Violence, thy name is Shakespeare
- December 8, 2019Mr. Louis, Mr. Henry, please state your numbers!
- December 2, 2019Beware of dog, barking or otherwise
- November 25, 2019Who needs taxes (or the government)!
- November 17, 2019The airlines, they sure are in trouble
- November 11, 2019Of clouds and their linings
- November 4, 2019To cook or not to cook …
- October 28, 2019If anger is red, what color is patience?
- October 21, 2019A tall cup of ristretto, anyone?
2014
- December 27, 20142B or not 2B, is that the ? Retweet @Billythebard
- December 20, 2014Gossip about Harding? Read about it in doctor’s office
- December 13, 2014Want to save on toll? One, two, three, jump!
- November 29, 2014Males heavy on the red, light on the turquoise
- November 1, 2014Oh, for the ideas of March and apple ‘pi’!
- April 19, 2014Which mice and which men, Mr. Steinbeck?
- April 5, 2014Schrödinger and the case of that dotted ‘o’
- March 22, 2014Inorganic gardening: What’s the difference?
- March 8, 2014Why look for fountain of youth, anyway?