Pearl River     There have been a flurry of articles about the 50th anniversary of the last episode of the television series, M.A.S.H.  Alan Alda, the primary star as Hawkeye, is still alive and has been quoted at length.  What caught my eye was a comment that the almost 106 million viewers for that show …

            Marble Falls     Bear with me, this is going to be a bit of a Luddite, techno-peasant peeve that I’m swearing can’t just be me, but truth be told, might not be too many more than me.  It has to do with having the news managed, or I guess the more modern term would be …

            Pearl River     Several years ago, my dear daughter touted the immense value of podcasts to me saying, “they’ll change your life.”  For whatever reason, they haven’t, and mainly that’s probably more a technical issue than a content complaint.  More recently, somewhat less expansively, she recommended audiobooks which I have come to sample more appreciatively, …