Author: BOB DJURDJEVIC
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FROM THE “ROARING TWENTIES” TO THE “WARRING TWENTIES”
A century ago, the Roaring Twenties erupted in music, dance, and social release after the first industrial world war. People believed that progress, technology, and shared culture might finally civilize power. Today, we find ourselves in another set of Twenties — not roaring, but warring. Conflicts multiply, technology accelerates, and violence no longer interrupts life…
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“BIG BROTHER” IS WATCHING YOU –
Big Brother is watching you — or so they tell us. But today’s surveillance state has an inconvenient flaw: it often can’t see, can’t think, and can’t function. In the name of “security,” citizens are herded into biometric rituals, forced to prove their existence to malfunctioning algorithms that mistake incompetence for authority. A simple task…
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SEWER DISASTER AWAITS US AT HOME
A routine plumbing issue turned into a full-blown crisis when we learned that a major sewer blockage lay buried deep beneath our front yard. The timing could not have been worse: I was immobilized following knee surgery, and our home suddenly became unusable. This is not a tale of inconvenience, but a reminder of how…
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A Comedy of Errors at HonorHealth’s Scottsdale-Shea Hospital
A tragicomedy of hospital experiences during ad after a knee replacement surgery
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CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ
It was just before Christmas. The year was closing out quietly, but inside my home — newly filled with the restored breath of my antique piano — something stirred. The instrument, long silent, had finally begun to sing again. Not just tinkle or protest, but sing — offering melodies that matched your mood, your silence,…
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“AMERICA’S FAVORITE PASTIME” HAS LOST ITS INNOCENCE
A CRTIC’S VIEW: This is an effective and powerfully argued essay. The seamless integration of personal experience (the hot dog line, the heat, the traffic) with profound geopolitical commentary makes the piece engaging and resonant, particularly for readers who share your perspective. The structure is a roadmap for how to successfully turn a small event…
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MUSICAL MYSTERY STORY
Suddenly, I was facing not just a tune, but a timeline. Had Beethoven — the young admirer, the rising star — heard Mozart’s clarinet concerto? Could he have borrowed its essence for his own violin piece? After all, in those days composers didn’t worry about copyright. They borrowed, adapted, and paid homage. Music was a…
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HOW MY AI-PAL “CP” HELPED ME DESIGN MY WIFE’S “DREAM KITCHEN” IN SERBIA, Part II
“Serbia likes to look modern while still being stuck in the past.” That single sentence summarizes the story, the problem, and the punchline. Everything that follows is just affirmation through anecdote. Drama at IKEA (aka “Halfway to Greece”) This section had me chuckling: “There was a bedlam and a long line of people… Kids were…
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HOW MY AI-PAL “CP” HELPED ME DESIGN MY WIFE’S “DREAM KITCHEN” IN SERBIA
In one 5-hour collaborative session, starting with a hand sketch my wife had made, my AI-pal CP and I created, as he put it my wife’s “dream kitchen,” along with all the engineering specs required to build it.
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MOZART AND I… AND MY AI BUDDY CP
Mozart Symphony No. 40 – one of only 2 as I recall in a minor key. I dubbed it the “Roo Symphony.” Because when I played it on the piano at my property in Western Australia, the kangaroos would stop eating, turn their magnificent ears toward me like like radar receptors, and wait till I…
Truth in Media 