Who Were the Sea Peoples?

I realized, while in Switzerland, that there is no German word for "brunch." So I gift to the wonderful people of Switzerland my coinage, früstagessen. There will be statues of me at Swiss brunch places 100 years from now.

Remember the Wine Tasting Problem, and the associated sequence, which we can write ABBABAABBAABABBABAAB... or 01101001100101101001... or for that matter 10010110011010010110... More on this sequence--including an ultrarapidly converging version of its polynomial transform--COMING SOON! Watch for it! Don't be left out!

No, I did not place the ashtray there myself.

Did you ever feed city birds by hand? They may be wary, but they know what's going on, and will come get the food as soon as they feel safe. Did you ever try to feed country birds? They have no idea what you are doing. "Whoa, this guy is throwing junk at us!" Taking food from another creature is not an "instinct" that birds have. They learn it.

to read the column that got me uninvited to testify before the US Senate Finance Committee.