Monthly Archive: March 2023
Shopping In The Year 2023
Do you do curbside shopping? Delivery? Walmart+? Are you having any problems with Amazon Prime?
The Oscars Were Everything, Everywhere, And All At Once
This overwhelming dominant performance throughout all of awards season tells me it was always going to be Everything Everywhere All At Once
Breifly, On The Caterwauling Over How Meg White Bangs On a Drum
Yes, no one plays drums like Meg White. That’s the point.
Chicken á la Peasant
Chicken á la Peasant is my variation of Chicken a la king. This is cut down for those of us who actually work and we toss the puff pastry shell because we don’t have time for it.
The TV Pilot Hoax of 1997
Consider, for a moment, what a scam about pickle jars and phony TV tells us about life before the Internet.
The Time Booper and I Lost Mike Pence’s Children at the County Fair
This story is fictional. To the best of our knowledge, the real Mike Pence did not chase a bunch of carnies down in an autogyro.
Video (16m): Countries That Used To Exist in US
Introducing West Florida and Republic of the Green Mountains
Banking on the Federal Reserve
It isn’t clear whether the crisis is over, but the swift and strong reaction from the Federal Reserve seems to be tamping down most fears.
That Old Gut Feeling, The Kind That Has To Be Surgically Removed
I had posted this on Twitter Friday, but it was pointed out to me that not all our Ordinary Times friends are on there….
Sunday Morning! A Tale of Two Novels
A recent book on the art world did not exactly rock mine. But “Leaving Brooklyn” from 1989- that’s the one you’ve gotta read.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Coming Down the Pike
From the Creators of War for the Overworld! From the guys who actually made a decent Battletech Game!
Diabetic Friendly Pecan or Walnut pie
Late last year that craving got the best of me and I worked out a reasonable copy of pecan or walnut pie with no sugar.
7 Ways to Improve the Oscars
It’s best to theorize ways we can improve the ceremony we hate to love into a ceremony worth our time and attention.
