Happy Thanksgiving!
I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving Day, filled with friends and/or family of your choice, and just the right amount of leftovers!
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Cook that bird
[NOTE: This is a repeat of an old post.] The big day is tomorrow. As usual, there are many pointers on how best to cook that bird. I have a simple method: it almost doesn’t matter. Just get a good … Continue reading →
The way it is
Commenter “kaba” offers a nice summary of our present situation: We have a president who neither knows or understands anything about the country he is supposedly leading. Despite what his birth certificate might say he is an alien in any … Continue reading →
Climategate II
Is this one of those cases where the sequel will be better than the original? Or will it just go down the rabbit hole? The NY Times is doing its best to assure that, with an article whose thrust is … Continue reading →
A moral dilemma
Barry Peterson is a man facing a dilemma (the video can’t be embedded, so you’ll have to watch it at this link). His beloved wife Jan has early onset Alzheimer’s, and she now lives in an institution where he visits … Continue reading →
Another day, another debate
Will you be watching tonight? I have debate fatigue, myself. I’ve become convinced that the main function of these debates is to collect the largest possible assortment of gaffes with which to (a) destroy each front runner in turn; and … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →DWTS: keeping up with Rob Kardashian
No, of course I don’t watch the Kardashian reality show or follow much about them. But I do follow the mindless entertainment of “Dancing With the Stars,” and the Kardashian known as Rob has impressed me with his progress as … Continue reading →
Ronan Farrow, 24-year-old son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, is one lucky guy
Why do I say he’s lucky? Well, he could have inherited father Woody’s looks, but instead he strongly takes after mother Farrow. In addition, his original first name was Satchel, but when his parents parted ways, that was dropped in … Continue reading →
Keep buying at Amazon through neo-neocon!
I warned you you’d see this again. It’s almost Thanksgiving. And that means that Christmas, Chanukah, and whatever other holiday might suit your fancy are all coming up much sooner than you think. This post is to encourage you to … Continue reading →
Growing political intransigence
The two mainstream political parties in America have grown more bitter and more extreme. Oh, I know there have been even more divisive times in American history. After all, I hear tell there was a Civil War a while back. … Continue reading →
Graphic illustration of why the rise of photography…
…has coincided with a rise in the rate of depression. The ravages of time didn’t used to be so well-documented. Then again—there’s a genre of YouTube videos that feature the morphing of photos of the same person over a long … Continue reading →