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Lowering the Bar. Again.
I am not one of those who likes to rail against the United States Postal Service. We have always had excellent, friendly service from...
sursumcorda, 22 September 2021 |
Live Every Minute
Subsequent events have shown that we—as a country and individually—are not much more prepared to have our world turned...
Home Is Where They Laugh at Your Jokes?
Every comedian knows what it's like to have a joke fall flat. It happens. But do they all receive lectures when their jokes fail? I...
Native American
Based on what I've written before , you can probably guess that I'm fed up with people (and especially organizations) who think they...
What Part of "Unconstitutional" Don't They Understand?
President Biden's new vaccination mandate is blatantly unconstitutional, to use the most polite words I can think of at the moment....
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It would make a somewhat confusing hand-me-down, but I think this is a great t-shirt. You can see where a black cloth marker has...
A Consistent Stand
Not a meme, but part of an actual conversation a couple of decades ago. The second speaker was Porter, the first one of his co-workers....
Learning Not to Panic
It was our eight-year-old grandson's first solo sail. He had passed all his dad's tests the day before, and was eager to go solo,...
Biden, Trump, or Nero?
For the record: I don't care—well, actually, I do care very much, so let me start again. Whatever the situation, whatever we may...
It Used to Be A Lot Easier to Visit a Doctor
Our doctor's office has yet another set of forms for us to fill out, and this one just has me wanting to throw up my hands and scream,...
The Truth about Cookie Dough
Many a true word hath been spoken in jest. Perfectly Good Cookie Dough Ruined By Putting It in Oven As a friend of ours...
Refreshing Politics
Even if you think "refreshing politics" is an oxymoron, you may appreciate the following video as a break from the horrendous news from...
Criminal Shame
How is it anything less than criminal to pull our troops out of Afghanistan without first making a concerted effort to get our own...
Shame, Shame, Shame
There is room for debate as to whether or not the United States should ever have gotten involved in Afghanistan. Even if you acknowledge...
Church Year Diagram
I'm giving my computer files a much-needed spring summer cleaning, and came upon this, which I post here for my own future reference...
COVID and Cars
Finally, someone—someone whose work I respect—has said what I have been saying since the beginning of the pandemic...
Chateau Love Revisited
I've featured the new vlog Chateau Love in a previous review , but after thirteen episodes, I've realized something important....
There's Orange Juice, and There's Living in Florida
The juice on the right is fabulous Florida orange juice, unhomogenized, unpasteurized, unadulterated in any way. Although it did...
Talking to Strangers
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don ' t Know by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown & Co,...
Another Early Morning Visitor
Ever since our ursine visitor came, I've been a little more cautious when investigating noises in the dark. Especially since I...
Swiss Arm Knife
Did you know that landlocked Switzerland has a navy? Or at least they did in World War II; I saw some of their boats in a museum. Here's...
Vaccine Nonsense
If you really want people not to act stupidly, it might be better not to shout continually to them and all the world how stupid they...
Putting Action to Words
My favorite Canadian lawyer, the one who always says, "Politics ruins everything," is now running for Parliament (15 minutes)....
Fun on the Playground
Our grandchildren's community/elementary school playground was recently updated. There was nothing obviously wrong with the old...
My Annual Thanksgiving to God and Willis Carrier
It's 88 degrees outside at the moment, which is actually quite moderate for mid-day, mid-July in Florida. Still, it's ten degrees cooler...