Monthly Archive: February 2025
Musk vs Gore
DOGE? No, I’m jumping in the Wayback Machine and talking about the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR)
Series! Recap of World Series of the 1920s
Why not go back to the Roaring 20s, the age of flappers, bathtub gin, and the Babe? It was 100 years ago now, but that hardly matters in baseball.
On a Roll in Toronto
It has been a bad year for the airlines. And that’s not the first time that I’ve written that in 2025
Top 10 Films of 2024
Last year saw fewer releases from the old guard – the master filmmakers – but that provided an opportunity for new voices – or voices new to general audiences – to emerge.
Movie of a Man who has Been Out the Night Before
Prohibition didn’t pass until about 7 years later, so this was legal.
Bull-DOGEing Government
There are a lot of questions surrounding Elon Musk and DOGE. At the moment, I have far more questions than answers.
From Washington Post: The Trump Lexicon
The Trump Administration has some verbiage that might have folks wondering if those words they keep using mean what they thought they mean.
Chicago, The Champion City
Some sports are above the fold. Some sports are buried in the middle somewhere.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Sizeable
A little zen game where you manipulate a diorama. Oh, and it’s 90% off! Just a buck!
From Vox: How Democrats should respond to Trump’s war on DEI
Some DEI programs aren’t worth defending.
Beware: Promises Being Kept
I could easily forgive Donald Trump for not keeping his promises. What I can’t excuse is following through on bad ideas.
POETS Day! Leigh Hunt
From what I’ve read, Hunt seems fun loving, blithe, and inconsiderate, but not malicious. Impish.
Weekend Plans Post: The Tootsie Roll Pop Indian
We just told each other “the Indian can be traded for a free Tootsie Pop” and listed off the rules and daydreamt about a second Tootsie Pop
