Category Archives: Personal history

The Understanding of Human Nature, and Its Relationship to Science Fiction

Posted on Monday 19 June 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s a draft of another essay trying to summarize my take on science fiction and my provisional conclusions on the topics I’ve been reading about over the past couple decades.

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Catheter Biopsy, Again, and Hospital Cafeteria

Posted on Wednesday 14 June 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

The second anniversary of my heart transplant Two different catheter procedures to check the health of my heart The hospital cafeteria, endowed by Williams of Williams and Sonoma Today I had an appointment at CMPC for the procedure I was … Continue reading →

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George Winston

Posted on Thursday 8 June 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Died today. NY Times: George Winston, Pianist With a Popular Soothing Sound, Dies at 74, subtitled “He won a Grammy in the new age category, and his top-selling records helped define the genre. But his interests also included Hawaiian guitar … Continue reading →

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Household and Hospital Matters

Posted on Thursday 8 June 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

About Donald A. Norman and a mysterious error message on our stove the other evening; About a mysterious message on our TV, another problem solved by Google; About a hospital visit that didn’t go well.

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Transition

Posted on Tuesday 6 June 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

I think I am going to switch from posting here from the evenings, to the mornings. I’ll still spend the late afternoon compiling a post, but will wait until the morning, to refine and edit, before posting. Tomorrow’s post will … Continue reading →

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Sausalito, and Heartstopper

Posted on Sunday 28 May 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Missed posting yesterday because we took a day drive, on the first day of a three-day (Memorial Day, in the US) holiday weekend. On such weekends (Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day) most Americans don’t celebrate the event so much … Continue reading →

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The Upside-Down World of Conservative Values

Posted on Saturday 13 May 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

They’re for discrimination against some (gays and lesbians) against discrimination against others (religious conscientious objectors) Their ideas of freedom involve the freedom to discriminate against people they don’t like (even if that infringes on *their* freedom) Their belief in capitalism … Continue reading →

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Mental Illness, Gun Violence, and Lying

Posted on Monday 8 May 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

It’s hard to get through a week without more incidents of gun violence in the US, and Republican claims that they’re all due to mental illness. So why is the US an extreme outlier in gun violence? Why would more … Continue reading →

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Addicts and Free Will

Posted on Wednesday 3 May 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Today, an interesting article about whether addicts have free will. Here’s a piece that’s interesting for its take on a still contentious philosophical issue. Do humans have free will? Intuitively virtually everyone would agree that we do. People “make decisions” … Continue reading →

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May 1st

Posted on Monday 1 May 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Today’s post is the completion of yesterday’s post.

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