Retire And Move To Florida, They Said, Part Two: The Whirlwind
A Florida Retirement Community. How stereotypical, I thought. How cliché, I thought. But, maybe I want that, too, I thought.
Monthly Archive: March 2022
Subject of Viral “Woman On A Stretcher” Ukraine Photo Dies
The “Woman On A Stretcher” image that became a center of propaganda and viral discussion in Ukraine has a tragic, senseless ending.
Tucker Carlson, Russia, and Hanlon’s Razor
Tucker Carlson’s monologues are being used as propaganda in Russia. There’s no way on God’s green Earth he isn’t aware of that. Maybe he’s proud
Sunday Morning! “They” by Kay Dick
This recently-rediscovered novella is a chilling anomaly in dystopian fiction: here the censorious “they” feel no need to explain, justify, or announce themselves. We know them only by their hatreds.
How Will They Know We’re Christians? By the Traffic Cops?
In the contemporary vernacular of WWJD: I just don’t think He’d stop traffic to relieve Christians from the inconvenience of patience.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Cities Skylines
Cities Skylines is the Epic Game Store’s free game this week. I’d never played it before. Let’s change that.
Saturday Music: I’ve Got That Feeling
That feeling I have deep down inside that Paul sings about? That feeling manifests itself in different ways when I really contemplate it.
On Letting The Poors Eat Cake and Drive Electric Vehicles
Damn, Democrats. Shrugging your shoulders about the price of gas and suggesting we all buy electric vehicles isn’t helping
POETS Day! Raymond Carver and a Clarifying Rain
This week’s poem comes from Raymond Carver, arguably America’s greatest short story writer and frankly, if Andre Dubus never wrote I’d remove that “arguably” in a second.
Price Signals and Gas Prices: Biden is Lying, Badly
True, President Biden isn’t solely responsible for gas prices, but the things he has done or said as president clearly has an effect
Weekend Plans Post: The Radio Stations that Went Away
All of my radio stations have changed format. The DJs for the new station are professionals. They never make mistakes. Sigh.
Vacation Throughput: Video, Plus Don’t Shoot The Nuclear Reactor Edition
So I’m on vacation this week with the family. Thus, a rather abbreviated Throughput for today
A Mom’s Sabbatical and Finding Ellicott’s Rock
Andrew Ellicott’s expedition in Georgia took a year. I left my house that morning at 7am and was home by 5pm.
Wednesday Writs: Congressional Maps Mania Edition
The Supreme Court has declined to intervene to block state court decisions in North Carolina and Pennsylvania on congressional maps
