Square Root Of Three

I remember years ago, when Tom Brokaw was on late night TV, a question about what he had missed in his career.  He joked that he'd never had a relationship with a "Mrs. Robinson," and at his age it didn't seem like the same kind of relationship that everyone talks about.  So now, years later, it's good to see him still at it and introducing the story on Kevin and David.

Some other quick thoughts on this day of George Washington's birthday, who was born the year of the square root of three...well, sort of (1732 versus 1.732).

Now that we have remote erasing features of our smartphones and Pennsylvanians spying on their children, what's technology doing for us that could be improved?

One reader suggested that if the dissing Russian skaters get high scores again, that we implement "Plan Betazoid," activate the computer programmer networks that keep track of electronic records (bank accounts, credit cards, criminal records, etc.) and make things uncomfortable for the skaters and those associated with them.  I said that Putin and his associates have the situation under control - besides, it's the Olympics, not economic disaster.

So, while we face a bankruptcy sale of continental proportions, let's remember many heroes like Lech Walesa, whose solidarity movement continues to teach us the importance of focusing on what's important.

Global warming and Olympics - it's all about us, seven billion strong!