You Don’t Say: There’s plenty more weirdness waiting in the wings
I know I said before that I’d heard everything, but when it comes to AI, I’m sure we’ll all be hearing plenty more. Some will be good, some perhaps not...
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You Don’t Say: I think I’ll just stand over here with the patriots
I don’t know about you, but I still believe in that beautiful “dream,” and I’m not ready to label the great “experiment” as having failed just yet.
![I’m so jealous of people who have, for decades – some their entire lives – engaged in the same summertime ritual: first week in July, pack up the car and kids, and putter off down the road to the rented beach house or mountain place for a week or two. Those of more substantial means often stayed through Labor Day weekend. I say more substantial, but mind you, I’m talking about things once affordable to most middle-class families. Shucks, some of my acquaintances’ families of relatively modest means even managed to build beach cottages which are still in use today. […]](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/T6JBH5QUPEKEJDHEDDY7AVEDRM.jpg?w=132 "I’m so jealous of people who have, for decades – some their entire lives – engaged in the same summertime ritual: first week in July, pack up the car and kids, and putter off down the road to the rented beach house or mountain place for a week or two. Those of more substantial means often stayed through Labor Day weekend. I say more substantial, but mind you, I’m talking about things once affordable to most middle-class families. Shucks, some of my acquaintances’ families of relatively modest means even managed to build beach cottages which are still in use today. […]")
You Don’t Say: Now all I have to do is get the kids on board
I’m so jealous of people who have, for decades – some their entire lives – engaged in the same summertime ritual: first week in July, pack up the car and...
You Don’t Say: With each story told, her memory is celebrated
My mother fulfilled perhaps her most important maternal task: she made sure the stories would continue to be told.
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You don’t say: I’m thinking about having my very own baseball season this year
W.R. van Elburg talks baseball, movies and staring up in the clouds.
![Here we are at the start of another new year, and I’ve finally figured out why I haven’t been able to work up any great enthusiasm for Christmas in quite a while now: Not one of the holiday greetings I received in the mail contained a single check or nice crisp $5 bill like back […]](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RNKCWEHW5BDN3K2GL4EL3E673Y.jpg?w=132 "Here we are at the start of another new year, and I’ve finally figured out why I haven’t been able to work up any great enthusiasm for Christmas in quite a while now: Not one of the holiday greetings I received in the mail contained a single check or nice crisp $5 bill like back […]")
You Don’t Say: It’s the season of magic and miracles
Here we are at the start of another new year, and I’ve finally figured out why I haven’t been able to work up any great enthusiasm for Christmas in quite...
You Don’t Say: High-tech gizmos make me nostalgic for the ‘good old days’
W. R. Van Elburg gets nostalgic for the “good old days” before all the high-tech gizmos we now have on vehicles.
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You Don’t Say: Not everyone enjoys the same comforts
W.R. van Elburg muses about heat, the luxury of air conditioning and the future of the planet.
You Don’t Say: How is teaching the realities of the Black experience a bad thing?
There are no easy answers to difficult questions. This may seem like a no-brainer to most people, but many folks like things broken down into easily digestible sound bites, which...
You Don’t Say: Sometimes comfort is found in the kitchen
I get it. I totally understand. Preparing menus, shopping, and cooking for a family every day can be a chore. Even just cooking for myself sometimes requires more initiative and...