Sharon Jones

I discovered Sharon Jones a few years ago and was very sad when I heard she died last month. Fire her up on streaming or buy an album, you won't be disappointed. Her life would make a great movie or hip-hopera. Oops, sorry Hollyweird, there's no dope or arrests, just a working-class hero from Far Rock, Queens, not 30 Rock, who made it to the big stage against all odds.

Why Bother? Why I Bother.

We had the grand opening of our renovated co-op Rec Room last night. Got up early this morning and voted in the primary for Persaud for State Senate. Went out to get a corporation tax doc notarized for my co-op, mailed it. Went to work on my business.

People today are more disengaged than ever. Through force of will I'm involved in a lot of things, but I wasn't always like that. My involvement in the co-op board is my bowling league. I meet and know a lot more people than if I was home every night watching Netflix.

Go out and do something! Put down your phones and talk to somebody!

Windows 10: Dead Start and Search Buttons--Fixed!

One day, my Windows 10 Start and Search buttons died. This fixed it. I posted at http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/computing/has-your-windows-10-start-menu-stopped-working-here-are-four-ways-to-fix-it-11364000314532#disqus_threadthread

Right-click desktop. Go to Personalize/Start (5th item). Click Start Full Screen/On.

Restart . . .

Right-click desktop. Go to Personalize/Start (5th item). Click Start Full Screen/Off.

Start and Search icons both restored.

The only odd thing I've done lately is let my son copy a DVD because his Mac has no drive. He used his old Windows logon, for the first time since I upgraded to Windows 10. I wonder if that is related to this problem in some way or just coincidence. I also had a problem with the icons locking into place to the left. There is solution for that too.

Luna Brian Black • 20 hours ago

This worked just fine! Thank you so much!!

Heartland v. Big Town

The true narrative of a city is less existentially threatening and more life-affirming than the soul-sucking ennui of a dry, flat Footloose state that drives people to leave for the excitement and anomie of Big Town, wherever she lies.