Don’t Even Trip

Don’t Even Trip

A few days ago I was reflecting on how much travel I have done for business recently. I consulted my calendar and, yup, I went on six different business trips in the space of eight weeks. Once it was one travel day, one day of work, and one travel day back, for a...
Don’t Even Trip

Best Pizza Ever: The Special at Pepe’s in New Haven

On Thursday night I had the best pizza I have ever had in my life. I was in Connecticut on business and my colleague and I went to New Haven to try what our hosts called “Pepe’s” pizza. They described it as one of 3-4 best pizza places in the state....
Brace Yourself

Brace Yourself

Well, I got that wrong. Really wrong. But I was in good company. As best I can figure, here’s where we are and how we got here. Trump’s main appeal has always been his open racism and misogyny. MAGA is nothing more than a pledge to return to a time when women and...
Election Eve Predictions

Election Eve Predictions

It’s election eve and I’m ready to make some predictions. I do so with a healthy dose of humility because I remember many things I have got wrong in the past. I said Trump would never win in 2016. I said Biden would never be the Democratic nominee in 2020....
Bass Gear Updates

Bass Gear Updates

Here’s an update on the EBH1505MS from Ibanez. With the help of some others I think I have zeroed in on what its problem is: the pickups are wired out of phase. This results in an instrument that sounds perfectly reasonable with either pickup soloed, but that...