Category: Writing

Yesterday was a very grim day. First my wife warned me, even before I left for work in Cupertino, that the road I normally take was closed because of police activity. Some wacko had shot up a cement plant where he worked, killing three people and wounding six others. Then when I got to the office the story… Continue reading A Grim Day in Cupertino

I was searching the Internet to see how many households have PCs these days, and ran across an interesting article on technology penetration in general.  I thought it was a little wordy and condensed it into a spreadsheet:

In 2006 I went to India to attend the wedding of a friend of mine.  While there I made a journal which may be seen here.

We’ve just returned from a weekend in Yosemite.  What a challenging place to take photographs!  Yosemite is one of the most beautiful places on the planet.  Why should that be challenging?  Just look at the photograph above.  Taken from the Wawona Tunnel Overlook, this must be one of the most often photographed locations on Earth.… Continue reading Photographing Yosemite

In 1990 I made a trip to Bangladesh along with the group RESULTS to visit The Grameen Bank and its founder Muhammad Yunus.  (A number of years after my visit, Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize.) I made a journal of that visit, originally handwritten into a notebook, and later transcribed and edited into a… Continue reading Bangladesh Journal

I am writing this on the last day of 2010.  One year ago today my wife and I saw the movie, Avatar.  The following day I began writing an essay on that movie and on the subject of non-violence (an unlikely combination of subjects to be sure).  Somehow I never finished that essay, and so… Continue reading Avatar and War and Non-Violence

Recently I made an audio production about Music of India.  It is too large to put on-line, and besides I don’t have the necessary music clearances. However, here is the script.

Copyright © 2010, Glenn Story I begin with a warning: this is going to be technical, both mathematically and musically. My hope is to explain a complex subject clearly. I remember once being in a movie theater in Japan and laughing along with the audience even though I hadn’t understood the dialog. Perhaps you’ve experienced… Continue reading Mathematics, Music, and Emotion

Copyright © 2009, Glenn Story Before I address the question of whether animals love, let me say what I don’t mean, lest there be any confusion on the subject. Certainly all animals experience sexual desire. If a species lacked that quality, they would swiftly die out. So I’m not talking about sexual desire. Nor am… Continue reading Do Animals Love?

Copyright © 2009, Glenn Story The weather is warm — hot in the direct sun. But once I start riding the breeze created by my movement is cooling and refreshing. This is the shortest of the normal courses I ride. I ride past the abandoned HP facility — jobs all gone to India. Through an… Continue reading Bike Ride