On Dieting, Aging…And I Forget The Other One

by Curt Kovener •My goal for 2016 is to lose 10 pounds. Only 15 to go. •I ate salad for dinner. Mostly croutons & tomatoes.  Well, it was really just one big, round crouton covered with tomato sauce. And cheese. •How to prepare Tofu: 1. Throw it in the trash. 2....

I’ll Bet You Didn’t Know…

by Curt Kovener Sometimes if there is a lull in the conversation (though silence is sometimes a good thing), you might enlighten others with your knowledge of the trivial. •Gold is the only metal that doesn’t rust, even if it’s buried in the ground for...

Observations On Our Culture

by Curt Kovener (This is an encore column from the Curt Comments archives.) The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less....

Sometimes It Is The Simple Things

by Curt Kovener The hard drive in one of my laptops died and needed to be replaced. It had lived a long life and served me well. After I purchased a newer, faster, bigger one, I viewed multiple times an online how-to video from the computer place where I bought it....

Did You Ever Wonder…

by Curt Kovener Some questions posed from an archived edition of Curt Comments. •Why we press harder on a  remote-control when you know the battery is dead? •Why are they called buildings, when they’re already finished? Shouldn’t they be called builts?...

When Is Growth Not Growth?

by Curt Kovener Growth in assessed wealth and growth in population do not necessarily go hand in hand. That is what we have learned from the town’s census numbers and the school’s somewhat stable enrollment numbers compared with growing assessed wealth. Our assessed...