A Society of Shame Attached to Everything
The problem with nagging people all the time in an effort to better them is that eventually they tune you out completely.
The Content of our Discontent
Induction!
The years Y = 1, 9, 36, 100, 225, 441, 784, 1296, 2025, 3025 … all follow the pattern Y = square of (1 + … + n) = 1 cubed + … + n cubed.
Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago Press Conference: Watch It For Yourself
Donald Trump held a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, and news media and social media reacted. Watch it for yourself and discuss
Moving Picture Showing How Two Men Get Acquainted
I don’t know if they’re at the club or a restaurant or what.
Maybe it doesn’t matter.
The Piketon Massacre Tragedy, Continued
Jake Wagner’s sentencing was expected to be a formality…For the Rhoden, Manley, and Gilley families, it ended up being anything but…
The Virtue of Tuning Out
Not letting the deluge of news overwhelm and demoralize you is a challenge of this age–but not an insurmountable one.
Re-Open the Asylums: A New Take
It is imperative that we balance compassion with realism and public safety. We must talk about crime, addiction, illness and everything else.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Inscryption
From the maker of Pony Island, another game that isn’t the game you think it is.
2024 Year in Review: Movies, Music, and More!
Sorry I am getting this to you after the start of 2025, but life has a habit of messing with our best laid plans.
POETS Day! Edward Thomas
It’s true that he didn’t enjoy writing much of what he produced, but the needs of his growing family required it of him.
Series! Recap of World Series of the 1930s
I had such a good time putting together the recent recap of 2020s World Series, I decided to travel backwards in time to the 1930s.
Weekend Plans Post: Leonard Cohen
A little bit of honky tonk puts a cigarette back in the hand of the song and the song benefits.
Of Course, You Postpone the Sugar Bowl
Postponing the Sugar Bowl for 24 hours is more than reasonable. That doesn’t make anyone “soft”, it makes them prudent
A Man on the Inside
I really liked the show and I think that you will probably find stuff to like in it too (I mean, if you liked The Good Place).
