Moving to SubstackNot charging for content, just like the tools better there. Join me? jbordeaux.substack.comJan 20, 20232Jan 20, 20232
Pandemic Better in 2022You could have pandemicked better. In March of 2022, the most fascinating video podcast you’ve never heard of will celebrate its second…Jan 10, 2022121Jan 10, 2022121
I’m sorry, Cheryls.Being excessively privileged during a pandemic requires always being aware of one’s privilege. We haven’t seen all of our grandchildren in…Apr 4, 20216Apr 4, 20216
I’m considered normal, and that’s just not ok.The statue is said to represent Aedh, son of Colcon, Chief of Oriel. Aedh was the first pilgrim to reach Clonmacnoise on what is now…Jan 1, 20215Jan 1, 20215
I was a poll volunteer — we are failing citizens.Every time I vote in my Northern Virginia precinct, I walk by the weird people standing under a portable tent structure trying to hand me a…Nov 24, 20201Nov 24, 20201
What are Your Imaginal Disks?“Can you do anything about the other students? They keep posting COVID-19 conversations in the discussion group, even when it’s off topic…May 31, 20201May 31, 20201
Lifetime Relationship, or: Lucky for me, I’ve contracted a cancer I can afford. For now.What if I offered you a cancer that could be surgically removed, but which also was likely to recur? You could be cancer-free after…Nov 6, 20191Nov 6, 20191
Google Knows I Have CancerWell, certainly. The first panicked days I was all over the Google machine, trying to learn as much as I could. I highly recommend this, as…May 2, 201912May 2, 201912
May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month.Many people my age end up championing an awareness of specific cancers; suffice to say the choice is usually thrust upon us. So, to…Apr 30, 2019Apr 30, 2019
You Need an Invisible FriendThe Gray Lady today reminds us that the answers to ‘security questions’ that we all enter as part of multi-factor authentication are…Dec 29, 2017Dec 29, 2017
Bad PapaI’m getting to an age where I want to get things recorded. I’ll never forget my conversation with the young women who, at a very young age…Dec 9, 20171Dec 9, 20171
Wednesday“We must relinquish our dead.” — Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking.Nov 10, 20171Nov 10, 20171
My Flight with Pete DomeniciFour years ago, on a flight from DC to Chicago, I found myself seated next to a genteel man who told me his age after I helped him with his…Sep 13, 2017Sep 13, 2017
On Change, or Why They Hate You(Originally published to jbordeaux.com in 2010)Jul 13, 2017Jul 13, 2017
Bourgogne 2016As night fell on April 24, 2016, the farmers feared the worst. A late Spring frost could be difficult for the crops to sustain, at such a…Jul 3, 2017Jul 3, 2017
I was in my late forties when I learned how to secure a towel around my waist after showering.Unknowingly, this fine gentleman solved a nagging mystery for me. One that a father may have solved 40 years earlier, had he cared to be…Jun 18, 2017Jun 18, 2017
Published inArc DigitalIs America Suffering From Survivor Bias?The Republic’s future is never guaranteedJun 4, 20176Jun 4, 20176
