Since I decided to immerse myself in whatever one might dub this series of musings, I have learned that ofttimes there are really only two basic kinds of responses to whatever has happened to inspire them–you laugh or you cry. I frequently use what I consider to be humor to deflect from some of the … Read more
The surest sign that we’re officially done with the holidays has been the staging of Consumer Electronics Show, which gathers executives flush with year-end bonuses in Las Vegas and plops them into a dazzling celebration of everything new and exciting in tech and enough open bars to push a preponderance of them to drop a … Read more
The fat farting fuhrer is on the warpath again. (Literally). Fiddlesticks, or something to that effect that also begins with the same letter. Once again, for reasons best known only to him and perhaps his dark web chat buds, he has chosen to disrupt a perfectly dull and dreary stay-at-home weekend, a truth pretty much … Read more
NOTE: As has become our custom since we launched this endeavor, we are devoting the last ten days of the year to reprising what we consider to the best of what we’ve mused about in the 355 preceding trips around the sun. But since we’re evolving and we pride ourselves on having a foundation steeped … Read more
”Twas the weekend before Christmas, and if you’re a younger person you’re statistically more likely than not to be headed home to family. But if you happen to be among those who felt especailly motivated and/or disenfranchised by the perils of life on Earth, you may have instead headed to Phoenix, Arizona, where tens of … Read more
In the wake of a truly lost weekend where most of the voices–including mine–reflected a cacophony of shock, despair and futile soul-searching, the current leader of the free world took it upon himself to offer his version of healing–the kind that comes to mind while literally taking a sh-t on a overly gilded toilet in … Read more
It was exactly eighty-four years ago to the day that America awoke on a Sunday morning planning for Christmas shopping and a day huddled around the radio listening to Christmas music or NFL football, depending upon which religion you adhered to more. Pretty much like the one I’m trying to wake up to as this … Read more
It’s been a few weeks since we last checked in on Bari Weiss, which was just before she was officially ensconched as CBS NEWS’ czarina. I know that because when we mused about her impending ascension we got the most organic traffic we’ve seen this year for an homage that was titilatingly titled Is CBS … Read more
My social media feeds have become busier and busier with stuff that on the surface have virtually nothing to do with my life. But I know enough about how these sites develop engagement patterns to accept that any protest I might choose to express is ultimately unfounded. For exxample, thanks to the “coincidence” of something … Read more
As if my tortured stomach needed it, I’m yet again feeling sick from the amount of crow I’ve been eating this week. I’ve apparently triggered a whole bunch of my alleged social media buddies with the facts that I apparently missed when at the end of an otherwise BBC-centered musing on Monday I snarkily referenced … Read more