Tom Danehy

1 week ago | tucsonlocalmedia.com | Tom Danehy

It’s a strange thing about rivalries these days. Back in the day, it was school vs. school in everything. Bisbee vs. Douglas, Amphi vs. Canyon Del Oro, Tucson High vs. Rincon. Now, it’s individual team vs. individual team. In girls’ basketball, it’s Sahuaro vs. Pueblo. In boys’ soccer, it’s Salpointe vs. Ironwood Ridge. And these days, in boys’ volleyball, it’s Flowing Wells vs. Catalina Foothills. Well, the Flowing Wells team aims to be competitive.

3 weeks ago | tucsonlocalmedia.com | Tom Danehy

Oh, what a night! And no, it wasn’t late December back in ’63. It was actually March 21, the day that is supposed to be the Vernal Equinox (the time when the center of the Sun and the equator align, marking the first day of spring, but almost never does). Because the Earth’s orbit is not a perfect ellipse, the Vernal Equinox will fall on March 20 nearly every year of this century. (In 2096, those of you who are still around will delight in the fact that it will occur on the March 19.

1 month ago | tucsonlocalmedia.com | Tom Danehy

Acouple weeks ago, we profiled Ironwood Ridge senior shortstop Keanu Bracamonte. He was adamant in expressing the collective desire of the Nighthawks baseball team to play a game against their neighbor and fellow Amphi District school, Canyon Del Oro. It’s certainly understandable, seeing as how CDO has been in the state championship game three straight years, winning twice and losing 2-1, last year to one of the best pitchers in the country.

1 month ago | tucsonlocalmedia.com | Tom Danehy

Jordan Crawford has a lawyer name: Jordan Crawford, Attorney at Law. Jordan has no interest in pursuing the law as a career. Instead, she wants to study psychology at the University of Oregon and use her degree to help people. Why Oregon? “I’m done with the Tucson heat.” Why psychology? “I’m taking AP psychology now and I love (the class). I find myself thinking about how my brain is working as I learn about how the brain works.”OK, that’s not strange at all.

1 month ago | tucsonweekly.com | Tom Danehy

I’m not sure how long it’s going to last, but we’re still in the nascent era of artificial intelligence and it is showing itself to be rather stupid. Just as early computers were limited by the maxim of garbage in/garbage out, today we’re dealing with AI gathering huge amounts of nonsense and trying to make sense of it. It’s like that bit that Steve Martin did back when he was a stand-up comedian.