This nation will never be clean. The stain is embedded in the fabric. Methinks me must agree with the losers on this: tearing down Confederate monuments is not the right/smart move. What about Stone Mountain? Gonna blast the face of that rock? Might as well do Mount Rushmore, too. The crimes against humanity are basically …
Who Teaches Foster Kids to Tie Their Shoes?
Maybe they just get those Velcro closures. But who buys them? Speaking of … one of theKid’s teammates at a fairly-recent sporting display had to have Mom tie this kid’s shoes. Now, this kid was within the same age realm as theKid … too old for diapers, not quite tween … and yet had absolutely …
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Moderately Moderate in Moderation
Briefly perused (wat? “pear”? “yoused”? ENGLISHMAKESNOSENSE) an article about how to shop for the holidays without breaking the budget (that’s ‘cuz budgets don’t work and waste my time) and suggested that folks plan ahead, make a list of gift-receivers, decide the gift, then shop for sales. Oh, wait. That sounds like a SPENDING PLAN. See? …
Spicy, Meat-Flavored Rice
I checked the Jungle Shop, and of course it’s sold there (even in a pack of 12!) if not at the local grocery. Stuff is good. But more importantly – easy. Dinner in a box. What better? Zatarain’s Jambalaya is the awesomeness of awesome. theKid likes it. Half likes it. All my problems solved. Except …
Giveth, but Cannot Taketh
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA love it Riley Gaines? You go … woman Apparently, the CryptKeeper and his woke minions want to change Title IX to force schools receiving federal funds to let TIFs play against actual women in competitive sports. Umm, no. Mz. Riley protested the potential policy change at the congressional hearing and was branded as “transphobic” …
The Silence is Deafening
OK so I’m disturbed. Read quite a few articles about the … “Random. Acts. Perpetrated. Ex delicto” by Hamas, and boy oh boy the pro-Palestinians are interestingly quiet. First responders/boots on the ground are reporting mass instances of women … naked and torn from the waist down, children, teens, the elderly … … pelvises broken …
A Flying Building? Really?
Well that was entertaining. But Steve always (well, mostly … almost) is. Hearts in Atlantis made no sense. Anyhoo … One of the things I like best about Stephen King’s writing is how so many of his protagonists are young boys/men, right on the cusp of adulthood. Must be some lingering trauma there, but makes …
All Gold Err’thang
Or, better yet, shiny things. Mansa Musa, the richest man who ever lived, had a bag worth $400B in today’s bucks, and even managed to devalue gold by spreading it around. Bozos and the oily, musky ferret funk got nothing on that guy. Well, that guy lived/reigned some 700 years ago, so there is that. …
Feet First
Interesting little factoid / as described by wikiwiki … stocks are used as restraining devices for the feet, a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation (á la social spanking). The pillory, by contrast, is distinguishable via its confinement of hands and head/neck. So now we just get pilloried by stocks. Ahh, this. The Fab …
Bonds Over Baghdad
As far as financial instruments go … bonds are boring. And confusing. Maybe that is the point. Think about it — rate v. yield v. total return. Wat. Yahn. Well, rate = interest, or the money the bond is supposed to make. Yield = a question, or does interest compound? If so, what is the …