I got a little note from Blogger recently – that is, from the entity that hosts my original blog at Blogspot, which apparently is still accessible. I assume the missive is not from a sentient being, but rather from some … Continue reading →
One thing I can say about last night is that it certainly was dramatic. Another thing is that nearly every article I read points out that McCarthy is now weakened. He’s certainly weakened by the rule change that allows a … Continue reading →
It’s not quite the lion lying down with the lamb, but it’ll do:
Continue reading →I thought I’d put up a separate post for this, in case this one really ends up electing McCarthy. I make no predictions about that. They’ve released a rules package. Here it is, all 55 pages of it. I haven’t … Continue reading →
It’s very common for me to see a question – sometimes rhetorical and sometimes otherwise – that can be answered rather easily with a simple search. Most of the time I don’t mind doing that search, but I wonder why … Continue reading →
I see a lot continuing speculation on how Kohberger was traced and caught. That leads me to believe that many of you haven’t seen the affidavit that explains it fairly well. Here’s a link to the document. The gist of … Continue reading →
I certainly hope so. The end might just be that the rebels have extracted enough concessions – some of them improvements on business-as-usual – and McCarthy gets elected. The latter is something that’s okay with me although not ideal because, … Continue reading →
I know which one I prefer.
Continue reading →Here you go: One of Damar Hamlin’s first thoughts after he woke up in the intensive care unit at University of Cincinnati Medical Center on Wednesday night was to ask, in writing, who won Monday’s Bills-Bengals game during which he … Continue reading →
Discussion and links here. An excerpt: Ironically, the documents tweeted by Taibbi also indicated that the increasingly cozy relationship between agencies in the federal government and Twitter made some on the Twitter side uncomfortable in part because they were starting … Continue reading →
I’m no Einstein. (I thought I’d get that out of the way first.) However, I’ve always liked that word: Gedankenexperiment, otherwise known as “thought experiment.” I’ve got one for you about the current brouhaha over electing a Speaker in the … Continue reading →
Only a few of these qualify as among the hardest. But everything in ballet is hard to do well. I post this video because it has some nifty excerpts. I especially like the double cabrioles, which are truly hard:
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