Stu Bykofsky
Happy 6th to me
I am the benevolent gatekeeper of The Middle
AI
AI looks at me, and I look back
I finally got a chance -- free trial subscription -- to try out ChatGPT, and I am impressed, with serious reservations. I started by asking who is winning the war against Ukraine, and AI said it doesn’t have contemporary information, that details are incomplete, that the battle is political
Health Care
Hip, hip, oy vey
By the time you read this, what you see pictured should be completed. That is hip replacement surgery. Looks ugly. Glad I will be asleep. For me, it was the left one, which has been giving me a lot of problems for the past year. I controlled it with cortisone
Journalism
2 kinds of crab, 😊 for free
Here’s a two-fer freebie: Meet up with Stu (and real crabs) at a special open-to-the-public event on Wednesday, 7-9 p.m. This is a Philadelphia Weekly deal at the not-yet-opened Fin Restaurant and bar at 1000 Frankford Avenue, in blooming Fishtown. Free munchies will be offered. Free parking in
Press Card
A novel ‘Birth’ announcement
As an author, there’s nothing like receiving a box ‘o books to end the gestation period. It is sort of like birth, but there will be no gender reveal. Those books are already in the mail. A second printing has been ordered. After six decades of writing journalistic nonfiction,
Press Card
Is that headline too subtle?
Well, no one would say it’s click bait, and I appreciate the helping hand. (Saying “please” might have been nice, but OK.) This was the work of the good folks at Philadelphia’s favorite weekly, a.k.a. Philadelphia Weekly, where I am happy to be a contributor. The
Journalism
And now, Stu’s first novel
After six decades of writing journalistic nonfiction, it’s time for my first novel. Years in the making, you might say. Press Card is fiction, but it reads like fact. They say journalism is a search for answers. This is a little different: As an author, I know the answers,
Journalism
Where you been, Stu?
It’s been five days since my last post and when I take that many days off, I hear from some of my subscribers — people who think my mail server is on the blink again, or I have fallen ill. It is neither. I have been occupied reading a proof