Death and Time 29-29
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Death and Time 29-29

ByRichard Seltzer

Editor’s Note: This is an essay recently published in Medium.  It has a unique take on The Game in 1968 as a metaphor for how we experience The End.  

When my memory plays tricks on me, often the issue relates to time — the order of events and their duration. My perception of time varies with my emotional involvement in what is happening, as well as with my age. Time drags for a child and races ahead for someone as old as me. The final moments of a sporting event can remind us of the variability of time.

Because of rules that stop the clock, the last two minutes of a football game or a basketball game can go on and on, with reversal after reversal. I particularly remember the Harvard-Yale game of 1968….

Living Eulogies

Living Eulogies

ByRichard Seltzer

I recently got a notice that a high school classmate had died. I’m 76. We’re getting old. Such announcements are likely to become frequent, until there are few of us left. ,,,

Eulogies are the reverse of that. They summarize a life, emphasizing the best. But they are only written and delivered when someone dies. That’s a shame, and it’s unnecessary.

I’d like to start a new tradition of living eulogies.

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Richard Warren Seltzer, Jr. – 50th Reunion Essay

ByRichard Seltzer

Richard Warren Seltzer, Jr. 146 High St. #406 Milford, CT 06460 seltzer@seltzerbooks.com (617) 529-2552 Spouse(s): Barbara Hartley Seltzer 1973–2012, deceased Child(ren): Bob 1975 (Yale/Calhoun 1997), Heather 1977, Michael 1980, Timothy 1989 Grandchild(ren): Adela Seltzer (2007), Lila Seltzer (2010) Education: Yale BA English 1969, Yale grad school Comparative Literature attended 1969–1970 no degree, U. of Mass….

Captain Grace Hopper’s Lessons

Captain Grace Hopper’s Lessons

ByRichard Seltzer

When Yale decided to rename one of its residential colleges, my college, from Calhoun to Grace Hopper, I was annoyed. Then I remembered that I had met Captain Grace Hopper, had heard her deliver a speech, and had written an article about her back in 1983, when I worked for DEC, the minicomputer company.  Here’s what I learned and what I’ve come to think about her, the computer and internet revolutions and what it may mean to education at Yale.

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Banner Bio – Richard Seltzer

ByRichard Seltzer

RICHARD WARREN SELTZER, JR. (Dick, Seitz). Born February 23, 1946 in Clarksville, Tennessee, son of Richard Warren Seltzer and Helen Estes Seltzer. Attended Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire, and Brentwood School, Brentwood, Essex, England. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive English major; Dean’s List, 1965-66 (fall term), 1966-67 (fall term). Resident: Calhoun (Debate Team, 1965-68, President,…