CELEBRATING AYRTON SENNA, LEGO, AND GRANDSON CARTER
CARTER RECENTLY SHARED NEAT PICS, the topic of which suggest the efficacy of DNA. He along with his mom, Daughter Beth, are hooked on Formula 1 (along with Daughter Suz … Continue reading
ON ABSOLUTE CORRUPTION PART 2
LET’S CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION of Lord Acton’s adage “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Part 1 dealt with Trump; here in Part 2 we focus on Pete … Continue reading
ON ABSOLUTE CORRUPTION PART 1
IN 1887 JOHN DALBERG-ACTON, 1ST BARON ACTON, wrote “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” These days, lamentable, Lord Acton’s adage comes to mind increasingly often. John Emerich … Continue reading
AS SHAKESPEARE WOULD SAY….
IN A MUCH-NEEDED ATTEMPT to raise discourse out of the low-IQ/LARGE CAPS level of Truth Social, here are tidbits gleaned from Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, MBEBooks, and Goodreads. (See also “Bereft … Continue reading
CELEBRATING A TALENTED ARTIST RECYCLING BODY PARTS
“THE ORIGINAL BARBIE GAVE SIDE-EYE,” Daughter Suz explained to me. “But Malibu Barbie’s eyes looked absolutely blissed out,” Suz recounts, “and that’s why she continues to appeal to me.” A … Continue reading
A NEW YEAR’S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, I REMINDED TRUMP THAT he is merely a temporary resident of our White House. Today this train of thought continues. Preferred Tenant Limits. As one of The … Continue reading
A NEW YEAR’S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT PART 1
YOU, DONALD J. TRUMP, ARE MERELY A TEMPORARY RESIDENT of The White House—which belongs to the American people; not to you, not to your cowered MAGA sycophants. And, like any … Continue reading
JIMMY WALES’ WIKIPEDIA
NAME THE OUTLIER AMONG THESE TECH ENTREPRENEURS: Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google), Elon Musk (X, etc.), Pierre Omidyar (eBay), Peter Thiel (PayPal), and Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia). … Continue reading
FORSAKING MY USUAL HOLIDAY HIATUS PART 2
YESTERDAY I DESCRIBED WHY I’M NOT TAKING my traditional Christmas-to-New Year hiatus: It’s to maintain my sense of proportion in the midst of Trump 2.0. This maintenance continues here in … Continue reading
FORSAKING MY USUAL HOLIDAY HIATUS PART 1
LONG-TIME READERS, BLESS ’EM, MAY HAVE NOTICED my choosing not to take a traditional Christmas-to-New-Years hiatus. There are two reasons: The despicable actions of Trump 2.0 continue to cry out … Continue reading
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