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  • Mr. Marcus of Home Depot doesn’t understand capitalism

    It’s hard to avoid stories about Prince Harry and his takedown of the royal family. His book Spare, which is released this week, apparently pulls no punches and disses much of the royal family including his brother William who he alleges bullied him as a kid. Despite watching all seasons of the Netflix series The…

    Mark

    January 10, 2023
    Politics 2023
    Bernie Marcus, Capitalism, Home Depot, Productivity, Welfare State
  • Republicans are trapped in their own cage

    I must be feeling better if I can blog about politics again. Republicans “won” control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November with 222 seats to 213 for Democrats, a nine seat gain. It was an unusually anemic midterm performance for the party out of power, particularly since a round of redistricting was completed…

    Mark

    January 4, 2023
    Politics 2023
    Dobbs v. Jackson, Election 2022, Kevin McCarthy, Republicans
  • Getting your brain zapped and a new hope

    This is my last post of 2022. Sorry for the self indulgence, but it’s not everyday that you discover you have a likely fatal disease and who knows? This information may be of use to others. I’ve let the thought that I will survive my brain cancer enter my mind. I am now on chemotherapy…

    Mark

    December 30, 2022
    Life 2022
    cancer, chemotherapy, radiation, Zofran
  • Feeling well while dying

    Supposedly, I am dying. But right now I feel more alive than I have in years. Six hours of surgery on November 29 removed a brain tumor. My minor balancing issue that sent me to a hospital and into surgery is gone. I’ve gotten physical therapy I’m not sure I needed but certainly didn’t hurt.…

    Mark

    December 24, 2022
    Life 2022
    Death, Dying
  • Cane and able

    So it turns out that permanent disability is the least of my problems. Death is my real problem. If you read me regularly, you’ll know that I had a brain tumor removed on November 29. The good: the surgeon removed the whole thing. The bad: it’s cancerous, and not the kind of cancer likely to…

    Mark

    December 18, 2022
    Life 2022
    brain tumors, cancer, Death, Dying
  • Elon Musk is a horrible person

    So I’m largely off Twitter. You may not have even known that I was on Twitter but it is (or perhaps was a thing) so for many years when I made a post I also posted a link to it to Twitter. Now of course the world’s richest human Elon Musk has purchased it, fired…

    Mark

    December 11, 2022
    Sociology
    Billionaires, Elon Musk, Twitter
  • The shadow of permanent disability

    I’m trying to figure out if as a result of having a tumor removed from my brain recently whether I will have some sort of permanent disability. The short answer is that it is way too early to know. But certainly some of my assumptions on my recovery are proving incorrect. It’s easy for me…

    Mark

    December 10, 2022
    Life 2022
    brain tumors, DIsability, existence
  • My brain tumor and a lesson on what a great hospital system can mean

    So I’ve been sick. Not just a little sick. I mean, tumor on the brain sick. It’s amounted to a crazy week for me, which started on Monday during a walk. I was having trouble walking in a straight line. I couldn’t compensate for my left leg so while climbing an embankment to get on…

    Mark

    December 4, 2022
    Politics 2022
    Health Care, Hospitals, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Hard to dislike Holland America

    It’s been almost a year since I’ve been on a cruise. I’m getting antsy. Holland America cruise lines must be reading my mind. Once a week or so I get a mailing from them offering discounts on a private sale for one or more of their cruises. Most recently they sent me their full cruise…

    Mark

    November 22, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Holland America Cruiselines, Travel
  • This blog is changing

    On December 13, 2022 my blog turns twenty years young. Some things are going to change. First, I’ve migrating the blog to wordpress.com. Except for the first few years of its existence, I’ve managed it with WordPress. WordPress has proven capable of doing what I needed doing but with 20 years of content it’s becoming…

    Mark

    November 17, 2022
    Life 2022
    Automattic, Blogging, Feedly, wordpress.com
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