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The title "Home Wreckers" over a moderately wrecked home.

DIY

The Once and Future Wall

Some previous owner of our home spent a great deal of time and money adding beams and removing walls, creating a nice, airy, open floor plan. Starting today, Mrs. Tycoon and I will spend our own time and money ruining that well-conceived improvement.

25 Jun 2023
A beach towel, a book, a pair of comfortable Crocs, and the title "Observers Abroad."

Travel

Travel Diary, Part Two

Five stars to hike number one! Molto bello, Monte San Giorgio!

18 Jun 2023
"CO Tech Rundown" with a collage of new and old technology at work.

Technology

Tech Rundown: Fun with Language Maps

Today's Tech Rundown is about the Large Language Models that underpin chatbots like GPT and Bard, and three interesting ways people are using these detailed maps of the English language.

11 Jun 2023
Ghostly while feet and red Crocs on a beach towel, with the title "Observers Abroad."

Travel

Travel Diary, Part One

He's already read the airline magazine, and the SkyMall, and the safety card. Now I guess he'll commune with the seat in front of him for six more hours.

04 Jun 2023
"Ask a Genie" with a line drawing of a lamp. (Which the genie finds subtly insulting.)

Advice

So You've Got a New Lease on Life

"I've been given this huge gift, and I'm afraid I'll waste it."

28 May 2023
Crocs, toes, grass, a beach towel, and the perfect literature for "Observers Abroad."

Travel

Arnie and Vera Get the Boot

Arnie was an easy sell. I asked if he'd ever been hiking in the Alps, that was all the encouragement he needed. With Vera, though, I knew I had to tell the whole truth, or she wouldn't get on the plane.

21 May 2023
A pair of reading glasses, and the text "C-O Senior Moment."

The May Fair With Barbara

The bocce court was popular, the May Queen smiled at everybody, and the ice cream cart was mobbed the whole time.

14 May 2023
Four knights in line on a chessboard, announcing the Puzzle Page.

Solution: Horses, Horses

Your job, and possibly your neck, depended on finding the smallest number of races by which you could identify the top three horses.

09 May 2023
Four knights on a chessboard, and the banner "Puzzle Page."

Puzzle

Horses, Horses

How many races must you conduct, in order to find the fastest 3 horses in a group of 25?

07 May 2023
"Casual-Observer Sunday Magazine: First Edition" in majestic black and red type.

Magazine

A New Man for the Princess

Once upon a time there was a Princess who was always wanting something new and strange.

30 Apr 2023
"Casual-Observer Sunday Magazine: First Edition" in gloriously set type.

ChatCheapyT: Submitted Sentences

You responded, in excellent form.

29 Apr 2023
"C-O Sunday Soapbox, Earth Day Edition," over a atmospheric horizon.

Editorial

A Young Tycoon Dreams of Outer Space

It never occurred to me, when I was nine, dreaming of the cosmos, that living on Earth was a privilege.

23 Apr 2023
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