I’ve just gotten hold of the two long awaited smartphone operating systems for presidential elections. One is called Hilly Bean, the other Trumpy Comb. I’ll be doing a side by side comparison of the virtual assistant offered by each. Each virtual assistant has the unique ability to hear its owner simply speak aloud the first word of a sentence, sense the core message, then type it out as an automatically completed text or email. For this test I will use only one sentence. I’m manually … [Read more...]

One of my family members was Uncle John. Uncle John raised four boys. Their ages ranged from the same as mine to a decade older. I liked all the boys, but I did not like Uncle John. He was too strict. This opinion first sparked into existence when I was about six years old, and overheard an exchange between my same-age cousin, and his father, Uncle John. My cousin asked for a cookie for himself, and one for me. My expectation for what I was about to receive was based on my own personal … [Read more...]

A NATION IS SECURE WHEN... A nation is NOT secure when an enemy can invade its airspace and routinely release a rain of bombs purposed to destroy cities and homes on such a regular basis that streets unswept of rubble and body parts becomes normal. A nation is NOT secure when an enemy can cross its borders with an unchecked ground invasion and mount attack after attack against that nation’s general population, causing such a desperate need to simply survive, that border security is not … [Read more...]