Author Archives: Granger Meador
Preparing for Retirement
Back in June 2024 I wrote about Oklahoma Teacher Retirement. Now, in early 2026, my preparations have begun for my mid-year retirement, which will occur about a month before I reach 60 years of age. I have filed my application … Continue reading
Light Reading
Light reading is important to me, with trusted authors and series offering safe harbors when I’ve had enough of the sometimes stormy sail of reading literature, once I’m tired of nonfiction, or whenever I’m stressed. In the early 2010s, I … Continue reading
Remembering Connie Francis
¿Quién será? Who will it be? So asked Luis Demetrio in 1953 in his lyrics for the song he wrote for singer Pedro Infante, with the first few chords provided by bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz. Who will be the … Continue reading
Welcoming 1930 to the Public Domain
On the first day of each new calendar year, for the rest of my life, thousands of copyrighted works from 95 years earlier will enter the US public domain. Here is a great article on what joined the public domain … Continue reading
Hammer or Glue
Here is an interesting thing to close out 2025. Hear the amazing physicist Richard Feynman talk about gravity. The physics content is told in his distinctive manner…but it isn’t Feynman talking. If you want the real guy, he is here. … Continue reading
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