Neil’s Blog

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, July 6, 2020 Rain. Cold. Wind. They said it was OK to un-shelter, and so I went to Montana on a four-day fly fishing float trip down the Smith River. The Smith is unique in one particular aspect — it has only one public put-in and one public take-out. […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 29, 2020 A few of my more devoted readers have suggested that I consider doing a podcast. They are suggesting that I need to enter the 21st century and join the 800,000 active podcasts currently available worldwide featuring a combined total of 54 million episodes. Wow, how could […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 22, 2020 I have been binging on the Netflix series “Ozark.” I have finished seasons one and two and am now halfway through season three when a moment in episode five flattens me. I have related this moment to a number of my peers who have had a […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 15, 2020 When I went to college, the one album that rocked my world, that set me on fire and shaped my vision of what could be was Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited.” And that album reminded me of the song “Tombstone Blues,” whose refrain seems to appropriately […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 8, 2020 I am fascinated by “power.” Who has it, how do you get it, how do you use it, when do you lose it, is it used for good or evil or personal gain? And, for sure, very few people willingly cede it to someone else. Mostly, […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 1, 2020 I will never belong. I just read about a new audio app called Clubhouse. If you are a Silicon Valley big shot or a Hollywood big shot or a music big shot or just a really big shot from any one of a dozen other verticals, […]