This is a simple post of gratitude. It is directed toward 5-star general NYUGrad, with a suggestion you check out his Substack. He didn’t ask me to do this. I’m not getting anything for it. And I didn’t even tell him, since I’m not the sort to ask permission for, well, anything. The thing is, he has been a long-time friend on Slope, and he was such a relentless pain in the ass about getting me on Substack, I finally gave in and set up a Slope site there as well as one for my forthcoming novel. I’m stubborn, I know.

NYUGrad has met with much success at Substack, and I wanted to acknowledge his generous urgings which have helped me, and the rest of us, out. Thank you, sir, and continued success to you!

Years ago, when I had a proper office in downtown Palo Alto and Facebook was still operating as a much smaller company there, I would see Mark Zuckerberg fairly regularly. Not to meet him, of course, but just seeing him doing this or that with co-workers, or maybe on the Stanford campus. Sightings of high-tech celebrities are not uncommon here, and folks know pretty much to leave them alone, particularly since they probably have security watching over them.

Last night, however, I saw him for the first time in a very long time, and in a rather unlikely place. I didn’t recognize him at first, since he’s got the Cool New Zuck appearance going………