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Posts published by “Tommy Wayne Kramer”

Is AI Carnivorous? Will It Eat Us?

Question: Is media-generated fear of AI warranted? For 25 years the technowizards at Goggle haven’t been able to tame the Spelchuck monster from scrambling real words into wrong words and / or imaginary ones. It…

NC To CA: Drop Dead.

(NOTE: Upon learning we live part-time in North Carolina, friends have requested information about relocating. They receive responses like this.) Dear California Resident: Thank you on behalf of the North Carolina Visitors and Relocation Bureau!…

Assignment: Ukiah – I Conquer Black Bart Trail

I plowed on. The cautious (sane) part of me whispered, told me to turn around, go back! back! but I pressed ever east, across the dusty washboard trail, searching the skies for the Drinkin’ Gourd,…

The Next Booth Over

“This is it?” “Ain’t that whatcha asked for? A cheese sandwich? “Yeah, but I mean this?” “Y’expect some pimentos mixed in? It’s what it is. It’s like a bowl of Cheerios, y’know? You ask for…

Never Enough Money

Is it possible to spend enough money to solve the homeless crisis, now in its Elevendy Seventh decade and showing no signs of getting better? Is there enough money to fix it? No. A research…

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart

Youth is lousy preparation for old age. Everything boys learn from ages 5 to 30 is likely to result in scores of accidents, dozens of injuries, multiple trips to the emergency room and death by…

Ukiah, America’s Mystery Spot

We were at Todd Grove Park and he was explaining where the old Chevy pickup truck with a For Sale sign was parked. “You take Dora here,” he said, pointing east down Grove Street, “and…

A Simple Plan, With Glitches

So my old pal Jimmy Eldridge, living alone and already at fair remove from the best of health, went ahead and fell down enough times to frighten his kids. They moved him to an old…

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