I liked the challenge of designing and building things, figuring out how something works and how to make it better or apply it in a different way. When I was a kid, I never wanted to be James Bond. I wanted to be Q, because he was the guy who made…

I've been putting myself to sleep listening to Phoebe Reads a Mystery ever since the pandemic forced us all indoors back in March. This is no coincidence. Phoebe Judge has been reading a chapter a day from classic mystery novels since the day that…

The idea is to build a scalable brand, not just a restaurant. So they have a research kitchen in the basement where they try out new recipes. One of their locations is what's known as a ghost kitchen. You can't eat there. It's a kitchen that exists…

ranthony The first of several pieces I plan to publish, covering the stolen months of downtime since May 13th.

PBS NewsHour In the war to drive ISIS from northern Syria, an unlikely group has emerged: the stateless Kurdish people. Special correspondent Gayle Tzemach Lemmon reports with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Posted by PBS…

ranthony Added to the blog on its publish date in 2017.

That wasn't supposed to happen. I need to listen to that little nagging voice and check the blog next time, or at least remember to be triskaidekaphobic until checking the blog first. Two people know what I'm talking about here. My apologies to…