This is a postcard from a fellow human who is uniquely identify as RK4FD. I talked to him via Morse Code on 7,030 Kilohertz. at 00:18 Coordinated Universal Time on 19 February 2022. I told him I am in New Jersey and he told me he was transmitting 1,000 watts. That’s all I know aboutContinue reading “Let’s Keep Talking”
Author Archives: Brooke Allen
What would a prequel to Halt and Catch Fire look like?
I’m 69 years old and I have a confession. I’ve watched very little TV and I don’t feel like I’ve missed anything. That’s why I’m surprised that a TV series, Halt and Catch Fire, has changed the dramatic arc of my life this late in the game. It is the story of boomers in theirContinue reading “What would a prequel to Halt and Catch Fire look like?”
Road trips are wonderful, don’t you think?
by Brooke Allen Road trips are wonderful, don’t you think? That’s what I’m thinking, at least. That’s to say, when I’m thinking at all. One nice thing is… … what was I thinking? Hmmm… … I know, I was thinking how wonderful it is that there can be thirty miles between one thought and theContinue reading “Road trips are wonderful, don’t you think?”
My Story by Joshua Febres
As told to Brooke Allen and Janusz Gilewicz at the Tick Tock diner in Manhattan on January 7, 2019 I was born Josue Febres. I am 40 years old. My life story started in Atlantic City, New Jersey. At fifteen years old I became a provisional boxer, welterweight glove. It was in Paterson where IContinue reading “My Story by Joshua Febres”
Professional Tradesman
It is 1968. I have just turned 16. It’s a Saturday. My father says, “Hop in the car.” “Where are we going?” I ask. “You’ll find out when we get there.” He drives. I sit in silence and look out the window. “There” turns out to be Bolek’s Foreign Car Repair where Bolek is theContinue reading “Professional Tradesman”
A most romantic marriage proposal
My friend Nick Tarascio helped his friend pull off what I think is the coolest marriage proposal ever. What do you think?
LinkedIn as Artist’s Medium (and congratulate me on my work anniversary while you are at it)
I have discovered that LinkedIn is an amazing new absurdist medium for creative expression. I started to realize the potential of LinkedIn as Artist’s Medium in February, 2014, when I retired from Wall Street. After updating my end-date for my old job, on a whim I added a new position: MY NEW LINKEDIN POSITION ENTEREDContinue reading “LinkedIn as Artist’s Medium (and congratulate me on my work anniversary while you are at it)”
In Praise of Talking to Strangers, Gun Safety, and Pheromone Blink 182
In September, 2014, I returned from Europe on the QM2. While working out in the gym I noticed that a man lifting weights next to me was covered head-to-toe in tattoos. I said, “Great tats,” and asked if I could look at them. He said, “Sure” and for perhaps 15 minutes he showed them toContinue reading “In Praise of Talking to Strangers, Gun Safety, and Pheromone Blink 182”
Please watch my TEDx talk
Do you feel, as I do, that you’d like to owe your allegiance to something bigger than your own self-interest but are finding it hard to find the right thing? If so, please consider going to: http://AllegianceQuest.org Thanks, Brooke
Time is Infinite
by: Brooke Allen Peter Pichler of Stockholm is one of the wisest, most productive, rational, scientifically trained, and humane people I know. He is also one of the best computer programmers around. When I’m in Sweden I seek him out the way a novice seeks a sensei.
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