Author Archives: Mike Clark

Hayao Miyazaki is a Genius

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Mike Clark

“Who’s that?” you say?  Well, let’s see.  He’s a Japanese animator whose most popular (in Japan) film is called in English, Spirited Away, and it won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2003.  Here is an interesting video about … Continue reading →

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Medical Student “Let it Go” Parody

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Mike Clark

Dropping Politics for the Moment I got things to say about Donald Trump.  Seriously.  But not now.  Although apparently he came in second in the Iowa state caucuses yesterday.  Excellent.  Nevermind. The brilliant medical students of the University of Chicago … Continue reading →

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Let’s Blame the NRA for San Bernardino

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Mike Clark

Yesterday, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik, shot up his workplace’s holiday party, killing 14 and wounding 21.  They did it in the name of Allah. And of course this is the fault of the National Rifle Association. … Continue reading →

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That Wicked National Rifle Association

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Mike Clark

Not three seconds elapsed after the initial reports of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, before the hearse chasers of the Left leapt into the fray, via Twitter of course, to condemn the NRA. So, let’s see if I … Continue reading →

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Driving Licenses vs Firearms Ownership

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Mike Clark

I had a brief, but interesting, Twitter exchange with one of my favorite Sci Fi authors, Jennifer Foehner Wells (@Jenthulhu), involving guns and gun control.  I responded to a tweet of hers putting down the National Rifle Association, to which … Continue reading →

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Old But Sad News

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Mike Clark

In an earlier post, I referred to my wife’s cancer and the good news that it appeared at the time of her colon surgery not to have spread unduly.  Unfortunately, this was incorrect, and her cancer, though slowed down by … Continue reading →

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The So-called “Gender Pay Gap”

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Mike Clark

I’m a software developer.  Among software developers we have some superstar programmers, and one of these is Jon Skeet.  Jon has the highest reputation on one of the most influential programming Q & A sites on the net, Stack Overflow, … Continue reading →

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After the Funeral

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Mike Clark

I did not post the passing of my sweetheart here on my blog, but I did so on Facebook.  It has since been a very, very busy week and I didn’t have time to post anything, anywhere.  But her funeral … Continue reading →

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A Bittersweet Wedding Anniversary

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Mike Clark

Today my beloved wife Waltraut and I celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary!  35 is a good number, and while not as amazing as 50 or 60, it is still respectable.  We’ve had our frustrations, our disagreements, and our grumpy days … Continue reading →

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Death, where is thy sting? Or Grave, thy victory?

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Mike Clark

Just a few days after my last post here my wife and I discovered that her cancer had advanced past the point where the medical types thought they had a chance of a successful treatment outcome.  One of the physicians … Continue reading →

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