Category Archives: Miscellany

Honda's New Mobility Device

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 18th May 2010
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Tweet I don’t know if this is going to catch on, but it’s a clever idea. It likely shows where we’re headed in helping people who have difficulty walking.


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Be Careful Buying From ProFlowers

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 16th March 2010

Tweet Recently I ordered flowers from ProFlowers.com – apparently a major player in the flower business. The flowers duly arrived and were as described by the vendor. Somewhere along the line I got an email from ProFlowers asking if I wanted a discount on future orders. Not seeing any cost to doing so I clicked…


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Musings on the Extraordinary

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 18th April 2009

Tweet I’ve been reading a biography of the transcendental Indian mathematical genius Ramanujan and thinking about the current economic crisis. What does the one have to do with the other? They are both extraordinary and we are helpless when confronted by the unique. Many commentators in the wake of our immediate economic duress fault the…


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Why Nothing Works

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 24th December 2008

Tweet The title is a bit hyperbolic – almost nothing works. Good service usually can  not be purchased at any price unless you are in the billionaire class. Why do businesses that provide only a service – like the airlines – perform so terribly? In this case (airlines) it’s our fault. We don’t want to…


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Weather Update

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 27th May 2008

Tweet They (the weather forecasters) did it again. They predicted the end of the world for the second day in a row and all we got were mosquitoes. Don’t place your faith in man – or at least not in the weatherman.


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Local Weather

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 26th May 2008

Tweet Last night all the local TV stations interrupted regular programming to warn of an impending storm. The Weather Bug icon was flashing madly with the same warning. A severe thunderstorm was approaching Lubbock. Winds in excess of 70 mph were predicted. A wall of dust was said to be descending on the city. Hale…


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Blue Blues

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 21st May 2008

Tweet This is a little off message, but every time my wife and I go to Grand Cayman (several times a year) we go to Blue – the five diamond restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Its an extravagance, but we rationalize by saying that our kids are paying for it. The place is noteworthy for…


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Luck, Not Ripeness, Is All

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 4th February 2008

Tweet As almost everyone knows the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots to win the 42nd iteration of the Super Bowl. The Giants won the game with a touchdown with only 35 seconds left to play. But the critical play happened moments earlier. David Tyree a mostly invisible player made once in a…


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Relic of the Month (Also found on Commentary page)

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 3rd January 2008

Tweet ET Don’t Phone Home (Cheap cell phones have made this much worse – NK 2008) Contrary to widely-held belief, the purpose of language is not communication. Whatever part of the academy that is responsible for this sort of thing estimates that 85% of all conversations are about nothing at all; they seem to serve…


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The Decline of the West or Maybe Just Reuters

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 27th December 2007

Tweet Does anybody at Reuters read what they post before they send it out? Most Popular on Reuters Paris loses out: Hilton fortune pledged to charity Bhutto assassinated, Pakistan faces crisis |


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