Saturday Morning Gaming: Hogwarts Legacy Initial Impressions
Hogwarts Legacy is amazing. It’s like running around a museum. One of the great European Museums before they put everything behind glass.
Category: Feature
POETS Day! William Carlos Williams
I’m sure that William Carlos Williams wanted to have a discussion with mom and dad. “You named me William Williams?” he would ask, not without cause,
If Not Joe Biden, Who?
Since neither conservatives nor liberals are a majority, elections are typically decided by the middle third. That’s why Joe Biden won in 2020.
Mac & Cheese That’s Only Comparatively Time Consuming to Make
Thomas Jefferson had a pasta machine sent from Naples to Monticello for mac & cheese. Now buy a blue box, boil some water, and stir. It’s easy
Hogwarts Legacy: The-Game-That-Must-Not-Be-Named
“Read another book!” has evolved into “Play another game!” This seems to indicate that Hogwarts Legacy will have legs.
It’s OK to Be Angry About Bernie Sanders
The beauty of the free market system is that we the people have the right to work, earn, and accumulate – and that includes Bernie Sanders
Against the State of the Union
A brief polemic against the most monarchical, overblown, tedious piece of political entertainment in the American system,
Charity, Clout, and Moral Outrage: On MrBeast and Seeing
the world and our systems aren’t as good as they ought to be but being upset at MrBeast for actually doing something is actively bad.
The Time For A DeSantis/Trump Fight Is Not Now
Their pining for a DeSantis/Trump brawl is all about self-interest, engagement, subscriptions and clicks.
ChatGPT Isn’t Taking Your Job
When it all started, the “OMG You Should Try Out This ChatGPT Thing!” craze, I thought I’d give it a whirl.
Throughput: AI Sexbot Edition
Maybe there will come a day when a computer-generated AI Sexbot can pass a sexual Turing Test. But we are a long way away from that.
POETS Day! George Gordon, Lord Byron
Nobody writes Lord Byron and means his dad John. George won, so barring some immortal act by a future Lord Byron we should all agree that without clarification the title refers to him.
Our Cell Phone Costs are Too Damn High
Compared to other countries, we pay too much. Is there anything we can do to address cell phone costs? Yes.
Nikki Haley Throws Her Hat in the Ring
There are only two potential candidates that garner double-digits in 2024 Republican primary polling and Nikki Haley is not one of them.
Spicy Pineapple Collard Greens and The Great Vowel Shift
My home version of a tonier restaurant’s Spicy Pineapple Collard Greens. It seems off the wall, and it is, but I think you’ll love it.
I’m Not a Midwesterner; No One Is
Words have to mean something, and “Midwesterner” just doesn’t have enough of a single meaning to be of any use as a word.
Police Brutality Rears Its Ugly Head in Memphis
To say that police should not pull people from their cars and beat them to death should not be controversial.
The Boundaries and Conduits of Writing and Publishing
The human condition includes the need to be heard, and for many of us who can type, writing is one channel to speak that need.
Paul Krugman, in one column, highlights the Democratic Party’s failure with rural voters
It is fair to say Paul Krugman is a terrific economist…it is also fair to say that he is a clueless partisan when writing about politics.
Sunday Morning! “Chéri” and “La Fin de Chéri” by Colette
This seems to be how Colette wrote her masterpiece novellas: Chéri and The End of Chéri: she had these two characters in mind
