Monthly Archive: January 2025
Saturday Morning Gaming: Menace from the Deep
With slowly dawning horror, I realized that Menace from the Deep was a pretty good Slay the Spire clone.
POETS Day! Poems Found While Reading an Essay by Anthony Hecht
I found “Beauty Extoll’d” as an alternate title so I put it in brackets, but Hecht says “Gaze Not on Swans,” and Hecht is Anthony Hecht.
Weekend Plans Post: Was Last Year This Cold?
Good golly, it’s *COLD* This weekend should be a little less cold before cold snap #2 comes down from Canada.
Trump Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Lawlessness
Donald Trump is already making the same mistake that Biden made in assuming that a narrow win means a mandate for a far-right wish list.
Babes in DOGE Land
Now passes the days of Vivek Ramaswamy; the Department of Government Efficiency hardly knew ye…
Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders
As promised, the second Donald Trump administration featured a cavalcade of executive orders on a wide swath of MAGA priorities.
Lady McBiden, Pelosi First of Her Name, and the Struggles of American Royalty
Inflated sense of importance is rife among our social, political and economic so-called betters and the press is happy to play along.
Ordinary Times Watchalong: The Inauguration of Donald Trump
Watch and comment to the festivities as America once again does pomp and circumstance around the peaceful transition of power.
Mister Baseball
There is no doubt that Bob Uecker was a very funny man. It’s hard to count the ways in which he’ll be missed.
97th Oscars Projections: Final Nomination Predictions
Luis Mendez gives his final nomination predictions for ALL 23 categories, a total of 120 nominations in all.
From TikTok To ERA, Biden Leaves Taxpayers A Mess
Biden’s performative nonsense on TikTok “ban” and Equal Rights Amendment will create years of angry debate, protests, and legal expenses
