I will never be confused for an "environmentalist". And I build data models every day - so don't go there. But. Want to talk pollution? Or the history of tobacco, lead, asbestos, radium, etc? Have a cause? Find a face.

I work from home. And most days my dog is the only way I maintain language skills. But. I have a work "partner". EOY deadlines have me near collapse. And somehow she knows. And says just the right thing. To save me. From me.

I have been working from home for 20 years. My "discipline" swings in the opposite direction. There have been days I haven't seen the sun. As well as forgotten to eat. And so begins my annual EOY "vacation". Yay. Holidays.

Let's see if I can make it to two years - or at least 666 - before I have a meltdown. Then? Good question. I've been thinking and planning for my next birthday. When I could retire. And start the next phase. Of whatever.

I live near a nuclear power plant that was designed with twin reactors – but only one was made operational. The other was basically completed but “abandoned in place” – because it was more “profitable” as a tax write off.

Acoustic or Nils Lofgren solo? It’s weird to hear audiences in London, Dublin, Perth sing these words. When the mines went bust, my grandfather and his brothers left for the mills – Gary, Cleveland, Youngstown. Until …