Wow. Guess glad now didn’t choose to invest. They said (and you know how “they” are) not to worry about the fluctuations in the stock market unless retirement is pending in the next few years, but my goodness … do those next few years include the next 20? But … a wise person reminded that …
All By Herself
Not sure how all this is supposed to work out but slightly intrigued as to the actual outcome. Walking across the world, punching friends in the face, so not the way to move forward. All those good works since WW2, right down the drain, flushed and swirling. One plan of the Orange Menace is to eliminate …
True Blessing
Celebrated the arrival of theKid earlier this month … asked for a zombie VR experience (yehinorite) accompanied by a few friends. Cake, pizza, festivities and frivolities enjoyed by all. theKid gave a thumbs-up to the experience so feeling pretty validated. Breeding has its perks. Speaking of … recent stats indicate the US birthrate has fallen …
All Fall Down
2008 seems like a million years ago. The plandemic was just about five, and at this point those memories are sepia-toned. For ’25, looks like the ride is about to get bumpy — bumpier, to be truthful — and the expertverse is predicting a reshape of the economic landscape, a financial tectonic shift, one that …
Color Me (Un)Surprised
Guess always knew, what with the proof of history (see his NYC apartments in the 70’s) but … wow. Here’s a guy, born into segregation, witnesses the end of segregation, then acts to put it back. Wonder why he didn’t say he was going to do that on the campaign trail … hmmm, reasons. And …
Flashpoint
Oh, Ohio. Read “Beloved,” by Toni Morrison. Oprah should have left that one on the pages. Hard to put the murder of a child to save from slavery on film, but hey. There’s that. Anyhoo, Ohio. Back in February, buncha horsemen riding hard put up some symbols and yelled some things and then got confronted …
Down to None
Love ‘em, and hate this. So, so very much. The last dog, the final puppy, has gone on to that field of butterflies in the sky. Likely held on too long, did not want to let her go. Just selfish. Cancer roiling through those bowels. At the end, her back and skull bones were poking …
Poking the Panther
Ben Shapiro (smart but not) recommended recently that Derek Chauvin, oh he of the knee on neck of George Floyd and impetus of 2020’s global racial reckoning, receive a pardon from the Orange Menace for his federal crimes. Of course he would simply be transferred back to state prison, but the federal charges would go …
That Will Do Not What Wants To Do
“Private” company in China is insisting that employees get married or risk discipline up to and including termination for failure to do so by the determined deadline. Divorce laws in China have been changed so that the person who owned/was gifted the house prior to the marriage gets to keep it, and the other spouse …
Mode: Maximum Disrespect, Unlocked
Upfront: not a lot of sympathy for the Ukrainianisms … they wanted to do it alone, so be alone. Like the name of the currency tho’: “hryvnya” … great 7-letter Scrabble dagger. Anyhoo … After declaring its independence in 1991, the country had a chance to join NATO but declined, choosing to remain “neutral.” Oops. See …