You know, I'd say it's the end of another weird week if it weren't for the fact that every week these days seem weirder than the previous. I don't know if this is the New Normal or if I've just hit that point of middle age where the world has left me behind. I don't … Continue reading Friday, February 5, 2021
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
One of the reasons I give the rest of society a pass is that sometimes it seems just too dumb for me to handle. I really don't consider myself particularly sharper than most, really, I'm pretty average. I'm a slow, deliberate thinker and I'm fine with that. But days like this make me think maybe … Continue reading Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Monday, February 1, 2021
I'm not going to lie. I woke up in a weird, melancholy mood and just wasn't able to deal with the grey of the outside world. So I shut it down and dreamt me some tremulous dreams. One of which forms the basis of tomorrow's Gibberish, and since I already wrote it at well past word … Continue reading Monday, February 1, 2021
The Weekend: January 30-31, 2021
This is the last day of the first month of 2021, and what have we learned? Well, we've learned that, yes, the stock market game is rigged and the participants will throw a hissy fit if you point that out. We've learned the GOP is fine with having a stone nutjob as its voice and … Continue reading The Weekend: January 30-31, 2021
Friday, January 29, 2021
You know, it's been a fairly slow and uninteresting day, politics wise. That's nice once in a while even if it makes it difficult to come up with stuff to write about. Granted, that's just my perspective and I'm still recovering from that Hank Williams biography. In any event, this is the last Friday in January and the … Continue reading Friday, January 29, 2021
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
One of the things I try to do with this space is explain the often byzantine world of politics, government, and media; the differences as well as the similarities; and how all three blends together to make for life in these United States. The way I explain it to other people, I try to make … Continue reading Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Monday, January 25, 2021
We're starting the final week of January and it's been another active one. The Senate voted to approve Joe Biden's choice for Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen. The former chair of the Federal Reserve, Yellen will be the first female Treasury Secretary. Matter of fact, she was the first female chair for the Fed. For the … Continue reading Monday, January 25, 2021
The Weekend: January 23-24, 2021
I guess when you get older time seems to fly faster. Wrapping my head around the idea that we're already in the last week of the first month of 2021 took me a second. But the Earth rolls on and we must hold on as best we can. So here we are, looking at February … Continue reading The Weekend: January 23-24, 2021
Friday, January 22, 2021
I ain't going to lie about it. I've been avoiding the news, for the most part, since the inauguration. Granted, that's only two days ago, but it's something. With that, though, comes avoiding Twitter because Twitter's Twitter, Trump or not, and political Twitter's already gotten annoying. What with the January 6th Insurrection blowing up in … Continue reading Friday, January 22, 2021
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Today at twelve noon, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America using a Bible that had been in his family since the 1870s. Kamala Devi Harris was sworn in as the 49th Vice-President of the United States of America, becoming not only the first woman … Continue reading Wednesday, January 20, 2021
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