Random thoughts

Gary Staiger has left the building

I just returned from the services for Gary Staiger- the long-time proprietor of Omega Music in the Santa Clara district on North Main- and as of a few weeks ago, in the Oregon District. Gary was a community activist- an evangelist for equal rights- and an optimist, and as of Thanksgiving day, he became another Read More

Holiday gift list suggestions from me.

Those who know me well, know I like my technology. And when it comes to computers- the Mac Plus sitting on the front desk was my third computer- the first being an Osborne 1, then a 512K Fat Mac- there’s a reason my company is called “The Next Wave” and not the Esrati Agency- we’ve Read More

All praise chairman McLin!

McLin, Mao, Stalin, Saddam- all worthy of huge murals to be posted in prominent places for the people to be reminded of their greatness. NOT. I’m not sure when this large tile mosaic went up at Dayton “International” Airport, but I find it personally objectionable on many levels. I asked on Facebook (where this got Read More

Time to reconsider baseball fields at schools?

The brand new school sits where you’d never see it if you didn’t know it was there. It’s been open over a year now, yet, the “field of dreams” is just getting finished. The lot is a funky size to begin with, with fences running every which way but square, and here as you enter Read More

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