What are you doing New Year’s Eve?
I don’t usually do much of anything on New Year’s Eve, although I tend to always try to watch the ball go down on TV. Staying up late is no problem for me, since I’m a night owl and always … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Me, myself, and I
Laura Nyro: like no other
[NOTE: Yesterday in the comments to the Everly Brothers post, the name of Laura Nyro was brought up by commenter “Brio.” That reminded me that I had posted – at least, I thought I had posted – a piece on … Continue reading →
Does it feel like Saturday?
It sure doesn’t feel like Saturday to me. I assume that’s because yesterday was a holiday. Of course, at this point in my life the days of the week don’t have the sharp delineations they used to have. No child … Continue reading →
Merry Christmas! (another golden oldie from the neo archives)
On Christmas Day—blog? I’d rather have grog, Or maybe eggnog, Then go walk the dog. Or watch a Yule Log, And eat like a hog, Then go for a jog. Blogging’s a bog. My mind’s in a fog, Or maybe … Continue reading →
How to write a hook
For the last week or so I’ve been periodically entertaining myself by journeying back in time through the popular music of my earlier days (and they’re all earlier days, aren’t they?). It’s a good distraction from the angst of contemplating … Continue reading →
Light in the darkness
In this season of holidays that feature light in the darkness of the darkest time of year, we also have the political shadows that have descended on America. I’m going to assume that most of us are doing what we … Continue reading →
SCOTUS refuses Texas lawsuit for lack of standing
You can read some of the details at Legal Insurrection. Excerpt from the opinion: The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas … Continue reading →
Snakes and snails
You may have noticed I haven’t written a post about Biden’s foot that supposedly was broken while he was playing with his dog. That’s because the subject barely interests me, and that includes whether he actually injured it while playing … Continue reading →
S’awright
If you’re of a certain age, you may remember Señor Wences from the Ed Sullivan Show. I loved him, and would watch the show every Sunday night, always hoping he’d be on: Wences (real name: Wenceslao Moreno) had a pretty … Continue reading →
And why should the world protect you if you feel “unsafe” because of speech?
Since when did the world exist to guarantee your feeling of safety? When I was a child – which now begins to seem like it was further in the past than it actually was, so different has the world become … Continue reading →
You know you’ve been ingesting too much politics when you have dreams like this
I’ve immersed myself in reading, thinking, and writing about politics for a long time now; close to two decades for the reading and thinking part and close to seventeen years for the writing. Sometimes it feels as though I’m merely … Continue reading →
The day of the leftovers
Since there have been fewer large get-togethers for Thanksgiving this year, I assume people have fewer leftovers because they haven’t cooked huge turkeys. Then again, there are probably more people who do have leftovers, because more people have done their … Continue reading →