To hijack the GenAlpha slang of theKid … never been much of a starglazer. Celebs are people too. Once stood in line for a few hours to get the autograph of a former prez – who signed with his left hand and shook with his right all while maintaining that discount superstore charm and Gomer smile …
“FIRE!”
Welp, did not see that one coming … but maybe should have. Methinks – and just opinions here, no shade – but methinks Charlie Kirk was a repugnant little baby-handed man with an oddly-shaped head masquerading as a Christian. Nopes. Not him. JESUS did not act like that. The man’s spoken views and his organization …
Split Right Down the Middle
Just returned from visiting the Fam … sigh. It’s all to the good, but man … so very difficult. theKid asked why not quit (job) and sell (house), tried to explain obligations and duties and responsibilities and all that, but kids only understand a parent not being there. Which sucks. Half tap-danced on right up …
Nightmare Fuel
China … China … China … sigh. Someone once observed that waking the Dragon would be major socio-, geopolitical mistake. Methinks sage wisdom. Saw an article/post recently about how tech in China has managed to build an artificial womb, with tubes and hoses for a human fetus to gestate inside a robot. Supposedly, will cost …
Law #22 – Give In, Never Up; or, Defeat is the Path to Victory
Early in the 18th-century, the French writer, philosopher and historian Voltaire found himself exiled in England. Walking through the streets one day he was surrounded by an angry mob agitating for his death. Voltaire remained calm, declaring to the crowd: “Men of England! You wish to kill me because I am a Frenchman. Am I …
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Starving In Moderation … And It’s A Good Thing
Mentioned around these parts that fat is the current reality. BMI WTF, basically. Since Half and theKid left (allthesads) meals have become fairly optional, and been able to just scavenge and scrounge around the house for foodage. That, and some hot yoga (do not—repeat—do not look that up on Tubes of You) and some house-based …
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Rule of Threes
Buncha famous folks dropping like flies here recently … Mr. Blonde / Sidewinder / [“Sil” looking to get Press(ed)], Theo Huxtable, bat-eating Ozzy, Terry “little bit racist” Bollea, the guy that absolutenightmarehorrorshow (but really good NGL) “Wolf Creek” was based on, that bombshell from that show from last century … watzerbuhkit … “WKRP in Cincinnati” …
Dismal Reckonings
Been aminnit since last update re the downswing re the finances … the monkeys are branching out. Although there is progress, it is inevitably followed by regress, which is disappointing yet unsurprising, because must spend to live while living to pay down debt … … there is the that of it all. So here, peruse …
Kindness … or Cruelty?
Found an … interesting? Tuber of You – The Functional Melancholic (geddat?) – who offers a fairly, well, dismal outlook with which mefound meself in subtle agreement. Essentially, TFM discoursed re the global trend towards anti-natalism, that birth rates are declining in most places around the world (but for some areas of Africa and parts …
Theft of Self
Minds the blows that a person could be stolen. Not actually, but mostly. Not in a human trafficking kind of way (tho’ that happens on the regular shudder) but that all the individualized financial info that makes up a modern person can be … hijacked, spirited away, used by others for gain, all without the …