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Pine Nuts: Thanks for the smiles - Carson Now (opens the original)
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Just when I thought I must surely have read everything Sam Clemens ever wrote, I stumbled onto a speech delivered in Boston away back in 1888, when Sam described the sleeping habits of Siamese twins: “While one sleeps, the other snores.” Yet again, Samuel brings a smile to my weathered face. I cannot count the times he has done that over the past four decades, and if each smile adds an extra minute of life, well, I should live comfortably to a venerable old age of 157. In truth, I was not constr
Pine Nuts: Titanium brains - Carson Now (opens the original)
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It never concerned me that there were so many people smarter than I was, because I always knew I had just enough smarts to appreciate and enjoy this crazy world of ours. But when a machine demonstrates that it is smarter than I am, well now, that is disconcerting. Just the other day, in a first such incidence to be documented, an autonomous AI guided drone killed a human target in Ukraine. Yes, McAvoy, weapons are now capable of making decisions to attack. Excuse me while I place a cold towel on
Pine Nuts: A fireside conversation between two Nevada Chautauquans - Carson Now (opens the original)
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Composing a pictorial essay to promote the performing artform of Chautauqua ain’t easy. But I’ve had the capable hand of Nevada author and all-around good guy, Michael Archer to help get it done, and we’re almost there. First we had to learn how to spell Chautauqua, then we needed to learn how to pronounce Chautauqua, then we had to learn what Chautauqua is, and finally we needed to learn how to present Chautauqua. With the advent of social media and AI, many of us denizens of 2026 are craving e
Pine Nuts: Those friendly spirits of Piper’s Opera House - Carson Now (opens the original)
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I’ll never forget that 1988 call from Carol Piper Marshall, great granddaughter of John Piper, who gave us Piper’s Opera House. “McAvoy, I understand you’re portraying Mark Twain in the schools.” “Yes, Carol, I’m getting to see ten schools a week and loving it.” “Well, how would you like to do two shows a day, six days a week, during the four months of summer here at Piper’s?” There was a moment of silence as I picked myself up off the floor. What a lucky break! Thanks to Carol, I was able to tr
Pine Nuts: Buffett Meets Mark Twain on the Way to Heaven – Part II - Carson Now (opens the original)
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In the merriest of experiments that we are calling, “Jimmy Buffett Meets Mark Twain on the Way to Heaven,” impressionist Darin Talbot and I are connecting dots between two of America’s most colorful characters. We decided to begin by selecting lyrics that might segue seamlessly, and just let time and space fall into simultaneous dimensions. I’ll present some first proposals here, and await Jimmy’s (Darin’s) rejoinders. Jimmy, my son, I feel a need to share with you some etiquette on getting into
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