Monthly Archive: August 2020
Always at the Abyss
This reluctance to condemn, this refusal to delineate between protesting and rioting, bears responsibility for what happened in Chicago last night
From the Baltimore Sun: Maryland’s highest court affirms that police can’t use the smell of marijuana to search and arrest a person
From the Baltimore Sun: Maryland’s highest court has issued another ruling that limits the ability of police to cite marijuana as a reason to arrest and search people, saying officers may not arrest people...
Sunday Morning! Two by Arthur Schnitzler
Remembering the masterful Viennese writer whose works depict a high society of childlike adults living in an unreal dream that would, soon enough, give birth to the great nightmares of the twentieth century.
Saturday Spins: The Weird
What does a disgraced Vice President, break dancing, and an international farting contest have in common?! They are all on records on my shelves
The Crimson Letter
The world you think you want, if everyone would stay quiet and follow your rules, will not be implemented without an astronomical cost in human life.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Tower Defense Minimalism
A tower defense game that will have you yelling “okay, just one more try… just one more try…” until you force yourself to turn the system off and go to bed.
Book Review: “You Talkin’ To Me?” E.J. White
In the case of America, the accepted standard for broadcasting and spoken English sounds more like a Midwestern vernacular
We Deserve Donald Trump
The president has not changed in the least bit over the last eight months. We have no new information…The only thing that changed is that we are mad.
Student Suspended For Taking Popular Photograph
Two Georgia high school students have been suspended after posting photos of crowded hallways from the first days of their new school year.
Country Roads, Take Me Home
If you choose to rely upon Google, Verizon, and/or Samsung products as an aid to road navigation, do yourself a favor and verify the route using traditional methods.
New York Attorney General Letitia James Sues National Rifle Association
The long-running battle between the National Rifle Association and the State of New York has a new chapter opening up.
Joker’s Wild: Reconsidering My Criticism of Joker
My criticism did not happen to apply…Joker is outstanding, insightful, and may very well be one of the most important movies of the 21st century.
