Why Can’t We Have Nice Things?
I’m presently dividing my time between walking, reading John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society (1958) 📚, and watching Yes, Minister (1980-1984), in lieu ...
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Vulture Capitalists and Other Scavengers
Remember what happens to the country when the unfit ruler comes to power? I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the cities o...
Essentially Worthless?
If non-essential work has stopped, and you didn’t enjoy that work, why was it being done?
O Ye of Little Faith
You may have heard this story. Once there was a devout man who was certain in his faith. All who knew him remarked on his righteousness, for he was constantly t...
Tips for an Advanced Lifestyle; or, Coping with Working from Home
Wake up you sleepyhead Put on some clothes Shake up your bed Oh, you pretty things, brush your teeth Bathe Make, eat, and clean up from breakfast Lift weights G...
A Thousand Points of Light
Many things have been cancelled because of the coronavirus. Love is not one of them. “Faith in the time of Coronavirus“, James Martin, S. J., Americ...
Escape from New York
If you’re old enough, you might remember that in 2001 all non-military air traffic was grounded for a couple of days. It’s possible, under extraordi...
“Trust in Me….”
Oh, Kaa. Only one-fifth of us trust the federal government to do the right thing. And trust — in politicians and the government they represent — turns out to be...
You Can’t Eat Silicon
Even the New York Times is feeling apocalyptic, with a nice piece about folks learning primitive skills. There’s an air of novelty about the article, but ...
Why Don’t We Like Joe Biden?
FiveThirtyEight’s Perry Bacon, Jr., offers some hypotheses to answer the burning question of why Millennials don’t like Joe Biden. Well, I don’...
Old Friends
Wandering around a new library this morning, guided by Dewey’s decimals, I walked back into the past and other libraries I’d read. Here, I found Anthony Boucher...
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Does this emoji 🏫 say schoolhouse to you? What about it does? U+1F3EB is defined as “[a] school building with multiple storeys, and a clock on the front.&...
That loud susurrant rumble overhead
Minutes it took, passingDoppler’s effect fading, distantResolved at lastto the fuzzy purr of my cat
Success
At soccer practice last night, one of the players remarked, quickly, as he was moving, “Now I understand.”
Spreading Warmth
I’ve been watching the fog expand out from the creek. The hills were a pale pink over the thick fog, and there was a definite end to the cloud. Over the p...
Send Reminder to Cancel Auto-Payments
Dearest Facebook: Thank you for reminding me to delete Messenger and WhatsApp by sending me an unauthorized notification. Best Regards, It may not be as well kn...