The content of our discontent
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: ‘Tis The Season to be Harshing
HYMM has business w/Sidney Powell & associated wackadoos, the NLRB doesn’t find it funny, Moors/Moops, & Biden rounds up the usual comms team
Voting for Nothing For the Last Time
We get from the Democrats a not-so-polite “no,” with a hint of self-righteous anger and condescension, when we dare demand better from them.
Sunday Morning! “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Riot Baby”
This week, If Beale Street Could Talk and Riot Baby, two stories, 46 years apart, about young Black men imprisoned, a disturbingly perennial theme
Non-Doomsday Prepping: In a Jam
Disclaimer – I am a terrible person who likes to live life on the edge by doing things millions of people did all the time in the past.
Saturday Morning Gaming: The Steam and GoG Black Friday Sales!
This weekend is the Black Friday sale at Steam and GoG.com and it’s a great opportunity to get the stuff that you miss from your youth (or just stuff that flew under your radar from a few years back) for a deep discount.
Disney’s Enchanted: A Contrast Between Real Love and Fairytale Love
The contrast between real love and fairytale love is something we access through what we thought love was during our childhood
The Tenth Annual Mindless Diversions Unsolicited Shopping Guide
A decade of unsolicited gift recommendations!
Georgia, Everybody Loves You Now
Wherein I praise today as a stalwart beacon of that which is right and just what I yesterday condemned as backward and reactionary.
Guys, Guys: Inclusive Language Is Important, But Let’s Not Warp A Word’s Meaning
On Tuesday the 17th of November, Doctor Krystal Evans—it is not clear in what discipline she earned her doctorate, but from her Twitter bio it would appear to be a hard science—tweeted the following:...
Linky Friday: Hangovers, Black Friday, and Better Days Edition
Linky Friday, Ordinary Times’ tradition of bringing you stories to read, share, and discuss from all across the interwebs is here to help you navigate Black Friday
Supreme Court Strikes Down Cuomo Executive Order on Religious Service Attendance
While you were sleeping the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s restrictions on houses of worship.
Thanksgiving Songs for when you might not be feeling that Thankful.
Enjoy these two semi-traditional Thanksgiving day songs: Dan Bern’s Thanksgiving Day Parade & Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant
Thanksgiving Spin: The Last Waltz
Celebrating Thanksgiving with one of the world’s greatest vanity projects ever, The Band’s The Last Waltz
Requiem For a Heavy Meal
I went to plan the family get-together, and I found much to my chagrin that the Klinkes were out of business. Like, out of business entirely.
