Here’s a hint for having a happy 2026–or, at least one happier than it would otherwise be.
Your happiness actually depends more on how much you love than on how much you are loved. That turns out to be a wonderful thing because you have much more control over how much you love than you do over how much you are loved by others. You need not limit your love to your immediate family. You can love all the fish in the sea; every bird in a tree; every living thing on earth–all of which are in our extended family.
I thought it might be useful for reviewing 2025 for readers to have an index in one place. For instance, something happens or you read something on-line and you think, “Oh, I read something relevant to this on the Peter S. Ironwood blog. Now, what was it called?” Well, this should help.
January 1, 2025 began with a blog post about one of our Golden Doodles named Sadie. I take her for a walk every morning and sometimes write about it. Here are some posts about Sadie.
Travels with Sadie 5: 2025 is here
Travels with Sadie 6: Find Waldo
Travels with Sadie 7: Tolerance
Travels with Sadie 8 – Singing of the Rain
Travels with Sadie 9: Joint Problem Solving
Travels with Sadie 10: The Best Laid Plans
Travels with Sadie 11: Teamwork
Travels with Sadie 12: Taking Turns
During 2025, I found myself writing a number of poems. Many, but not all, were in response to the destruction of America that’s being directed by Putin.
Destroying Our Government’s Effectiveness
Silent Screams of Dead Men’s Dreams
We Won the War! We Won the War!
Autocrat: Putin’s Evil Traitor
Baddies often have Bad Daddies
Aside from poetry, I also wrote a number of satirical pieces.
FaceGook explores how the value of social media is mainly created by the participants. Of course, the participants don’t get paid. The companies that own the media do.
Tomorrow’s Dinner is a satire on how the media normalize what is not at all normal.
A Day at the HR Department satirizes the utter incompetence of the Misadministration
Putin’s Favorite DOGE is a satire about DOGE
E-Fishiness Comes to Mass General Hospital
But Mommy! I had a Reason! satirizes the absurdity of the excuses
Here are links to a number of essays about contemporary issues
Running with the Bulls in a China Shop
Increased E-Fishiness in Government
Destroying Natural Intelligence
May You Live in Interesting Times
Cooperation is More Common than Disruption
On the lighter side, I’ve been translating sections of “The Ninja Cat Manual” into English
From September 20th to September 30th, I began revising & reposting earlier posts about User Experience. Here’s a link to the first:
Customer Experience does not equal Website Design
Turing’s Nightmares is a book of 23 Sci-Fi short stories that examine the future and the ethics of Artificial Intelligence. It’s available on Amazon, but you can also read the chapters in October, 2025 blog posts and commentary on the chapters in November blog posts.
November 28th, I began recounting a series of experiences illustrating the importance of problem formulation.
Problem Formulation Who Knows What?
Starting December 14th, there are a series of essays about various “Tools of Thought”
Have a *wonderful* 2026!
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