Yesterday, about 1 p.m. local time, a fifteen-year-old kid walked into a high school in Oxford, MI, and opened fire with an automatic pistol. He shot 10 of his fellow students and one teacher, killing three kids. Two died at the spot and one died on the way to the hospital. Another kid, a seventeen-year-old boy, died … Continue reading Wednesday, December 1, 2021
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The Weekend: November, 28-29 2021
Look. It's been one of those days and I completely forgot about this until around 1 a.m. I'm half tempted to just say to hell with it, but I've gotten bad enough as it is. Might as well try to make it to the end of the year. We just said goodbye to the last … Continue reading The Weekend: November, 28-29 2021
Friday, November 26, 2021
Well, alright. It's Friday, and I hope everyone had a pleasant Thanksgiving or Thursday, as the case may be. For the record, I'm in favor of celebrating Thanksgiving while acknowledging the horrid origins of the holidays. Did you know that for several decades after the Civil War, much of the South refused to celebrate the … Continue reading Friday, November 26, 2021
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Hey, alright. Before we start, an update to Monday's Programming Note. Momma's knee-replacement surgery went off without a hitch and she's got a brand new knee. She's in pretty good shape and should be back on her feet by the end of the weekend. However, she can't drive for two weeks so that means I've … Continue reading Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Monday, November 22, 2021
It's been one of those days, okay? Okay. A programming note before we get too deep into it. I have to take Momma to get knee-replacement surgery Wednesday. I have no idea how this will affect things, if at all. Yesterday evening around 4 p.m. local time, a red SUV drove into a Christmas parade … Continue reading Monday, November 22, 2021
The Weekend: November 20-21, 2021
We're getting some moderately heavy rain and just about the time it got dark this afternoon, we lost the power. I was taking a nap and let me tell you, waking up in pitch-black darkness is disorienting as hell. Anyhow, that's why we're running late if you believe that. Okay, then. Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted … Continue reading The Weekend: November 20-21, 2021
Friday, November 19, 2021
To the surprise of absolutely nobody with any sense, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges today in a Kenosha court after four days of deliberation. You recall he was up on five charges related to the shooting of three people, killing two, during last year's Jacob Floyd protests. Rittenhouse lived in a town in nearby Illinois, had his … Continue reading Friday, November 19, 2021
Wednesday, November 16, 2021
I'm breaking protocol on this one. It's Tuesday morning as I write this and, usually, I wouldn't worry much about it until Wednesday when it'll be published. But this happened Monday and it's been a whole thing on Twitter all night and into the morning. So, if for no other reason than my own sanity … Continue reading Wednesday, November 16, 2021
Monday, November 15, 2021
Welcome to Monday. Let's get into it. Attorneys for the prosecution and defense in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial made their cases today and jury deliberation will soon get underway. We discussed this a bit yesterday, but there have been some changes. For one, the general consensus is the prosecution won this round which is nice considering what a … Continue reading Monday, November 15, 2021
The Weekend: November 13-14, 2021
The trial against Kyle Rittenhouse closed Friday and sometime in the upcoming week, we should be hearing what the jury decides. He's got seven charges on him: two counts of intentional homicide with a dangerous weapon, two counts of recklessly endangering public safety with a dangerous weapon, a count of a dangerous weapon in the hands of … Continue reading The Weekend: November 13-14, 2021
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