The Return Of Bruceb News

The Return Of Bruceb News

I’m going to change what arrives in your mailbox in a very minor way. You don’t have to do anything except whitelist my emails when they get sent to junk mail. (Gmail sometimes sends them to “Promotions” for some reason.) Here’s the short version. I’m retired from...
“Optimize Enjoyment”: Remembering Jim Rowson

“Optimize Enjoyment”: Remembering Jim Rowson

“Celebrate while you still can Cause any second it may end . . .” – Oingo Boingo, No One Lives Forever Jim Rowson passed away peacefully on December 26, 2024 at age 70 from fucking cancer. (That was his term for it, and the fucking cancer deserved the abuse, the...
Seeing The World Through Rose-Colored Glasses (Literally)

Seeing The World Through Rose-Colored Glasses (Literally)

These two photos look identical to me. What I see looks like the photo on the right. I have mild deuteranomaly – red-green colorblindness. Eight percent of men are red-green colorblind. (Almost no women. It’s a genetic thing.) It’s hard to describe, because my world...
Ray Bradbury And Dark Carnival

Ray Bradbury And Dark Carnival

The best time to read Ray Bradbury stories is when you are thirteen years old. The second best time is right now. When I was 13, I read The October Country, a collection of some of Bradbury’s earliest published short stories. When I was 14 and 15 and 16 and every age...

My Top Ten List Is Not The Same As Your Top Ten List

Here’s my 2022 Spotify Top Ten playlist. You’ve never heard any of my top songs. With one or two exceptions, you’ve never heard of any of the artists. That’s okay. I’ve never heard any of your favorite new songs, either. We no longer share anything. We each follow...