Hal SternShuffle Off (Not to Buffalo)Medium informed me that I’m no longer eligible for their Partner Program (which was paying me an average of $8 a year). I don’t have enough…Mar 28, 2022Mar 28, 2022
Hal SternReading List: Q4 2021The ninth year of keeping a reading list: I like to chronicle what I’ve read and how I’ve reacted, mostly to share my thinking about my…Jan 3, 2022Jan 3, 2022
Hal SternPhish’s “Sci-Fi Solder”Now that Phish has announced a New Year’s Eve broadcast show from “The Ninth Cube” with an obvious reference to the “Sci-Fi Soldier”…Dec 29, 2021Dec 29, 2021
Hal SternBenjamin Rosenbaum’s “The Unraveling”My unintended prelude to Benjamin Rosenbaum’s “The Unraveling” started with the Orthodox Kosher fish monger. Our biennial gefilte fish…Dec 29, 2021Dec 29, 2021
Hal SternReading List: Q3 2021The usual intro: I like to chronicle what I’ve read and how I’ve reacted, mostly to share my thinking about my thinking. Books are listed…Oct 1, 2021Oct 1, 2021
Hal SternForty-Four Years of September 11September 11, 1977: Windows on the World has been open for about five months, and it is the trendy place to have lunch and see the city…Sep 11, 2021Sep 11, 2021
Hal SternReading List: Q2 2021At the midpoint of the year, I’ve finished 30 books, which is slightly higher than average and much more reading given that I haven’t been…Jul 3, 2021Jul 3, 2021
Hal SternReunions WeekendThis is virtual Princeton Reunions weekend, the second year of the pandemic in which the annual orange and black cavalcade is virtual…May 22, 2021May 22, 2021
Hal SternReading List: Q1 2021The ninth year of keeping a reading list: I like to chronicle what I’ve read and how I’ve reacted, mostly to share my thinking about my…Apr 3, 2021Apr 3, 2021
Hal SternThe Legends ClubThis week marks one year since I’ve been on an airplane. That milestone took me back to Spring Break 1981, which was the first time I took…Feb 7, 2021Feb 7, 2021