GLADLY NAMED GUILLAIN-BARRÉ
YOU GET MY GIST: Gladly (also a strabismus ursine) must I bear the onslaught of Guillain-Barré syndrome. This malady is described by Mayo Clinic as “a condition in which the … Continue reading
O Canada/Ô Canada—Quelle Merde De Trump! Part 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1 WE BEGAN ANALYZING THE BREAKDOWN of Trump’s dealings with our best friend Canada. We continue today with more of the same as reported by The New … Continue reading
O Canada/Ô Canada—Quelle Merde De Trump! Part 1
ONCE AGAIN, TRUMP’S INEPT DEAL-MAKING transforms him and his sycophants into an embarrassment in the world community. The Supreme Court has already ruled that his diplomacy-by-tariff exceeds statutory authority, even … Continue reading
WHAT ARE ALL THOSE PEOPLE DOING ON THE OPERA STAGE?
“CHORUS LINES” IS THE WELL-WROUGHT TITLE for Rupert Christiansen and Henrietta Bredin’s article in Opera With Opera News, September 2026. Here are tidbits gleaned from this informative piece. The Pounds … Continue reading
JOE MACKEN’S NYC
REBEKAH BRANDES REPORTS “Incredible Miniature Replica of New York City Took Truck Driver Over 20 Years To Build,” Nice News, August 8, 2026. Image by David Lurvey/Museum of the City … Continue reading
THE HERRING’S RED! PART 1
THIS ETYMOLOGICAL RESEARCH BEGAN with “The Critical Author Caper,” one of my listening adventures on SiriusXM “Radio Classics.” By completion, it warranted Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow. Tangent … Continue reading
SEEKING RATIONALITY AMONG REPUBLICANS PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, WE DISCUSSED IRRATIONALITY of the Trump/Netanyahu war. Today, we focus on RFK Jr.’s measles epidemic and on Trump’s dangerous ignorance of Mother Nature. A Year and … Continue reading
SEEKING RATIONALITY AMONG REPUBLICANS PART 1
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT I HAVE SOME REPUBLICAN FRIENDS. However, here I collect tidbits that suggest their leaders haven’t acted rationally. Examples abound, but three in particular come … Continue reading
BENNY BITS—AND SUPERB WRITERS
I’VE BEEN COLLECTING HUMOROUS BITS from The Jack Benny Program, as heard on SiriusXM “Radio Classics.” As noted by Wikipedia, “The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to … Continue reading
THE WORLD’S LARGEST POP-UP BOOK
LUCEROS Y PENUMBRAS, STARS AND SHADOWS, is a product of Los Angeles artist and printmaker Daniel González, paper engineering by Matthew Reinhart, and full-scale engineering and fabrication by Goodnight & Co. It … Continue reading
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