Recent Blog Posts
Open Letter to the Dark Magicians...
Posted: Oct. 18, 2021, 8:25 p.m.
...awww, forget about it.
[redacted but I don't take back a word of what I wrote... it's just that the people for whom it was intended have already read it, and other people won't understand it.]
Watch this video. It's pretty interesting. Turns out, we're just cattle.
[EDIT...
Dang, this site rox, y'all
Posted: Oct. 4, 2021, 8:12 p.m.
I'm lookin' under the hood, sniffing the exhaust, listening to the roar... this thing is a well tuned machine indeed. I'm proud of it.
They've tried every attack under the sun, but here I am, blogging my butt off. This is fun! It's like beating someone at chess every single...
I hope nobody saw...
Posted: Sept. 28, 2021, 7:34 a.m.
... what I posted last night. It was fueled by anger.
Note to self: never post while angry.
Anger is a destructive emotion. Sometimes it gets the better of me. It's something I need to work on.
But isn't anger sometimes justified? I mean, if I saw someone abusing a chi...
Haiku and other NYC-inspired poetry
Posted: Feb. 2, 2021, 7:52 p.m.
Snow forces a choice
exercise or hibernate
if bear, choose second
Is David Byrne a time traveler? I always felt a certain prophetic quality to this song, and now it just sounds... imminent.
I would give all my earthly possessions and ethereal financial assets for a trip i...
#WallStreetBets #GameStop and Why I'm Short
Posted: Jan. 31, 2021, 6:48 p.m.
No, I'm not short any of the recently crazed stonks like $GME, $AMC, $BB or $BBBY. I have no idea how that whole mess will turn out so I'm avoiding it like the plague, and I'm not talking about some fake TV plague, I'm talking about the real thing with folks burning their nei...
Back in Reality
Posted: Jan. 28, 2021, 5:39 p.m.
(Once again, I haven't quite got the picture I want, not due to technical difficulties this time but to not having had the opportunity to take the shot. Check this post again if you want the accompanying visual.)
New York City looked so beautiful from the air. We approached ...
Thank you, Mexico
Posted: Jan. 25, 2021, 8:54 a.m.
(The Internet connection at this place in Cabo is terrible and won't allow me to upload a photo, but I want to get this post up before I leave. Check back later if you want to see it with the pic.)
It has been a while since I sat down with the intention of writing a blog post...
Inauguration
Posted: Jan. 20, 2021, 1:15 a.m.
Sorry, but I find it disturbing that the new president will be sworn in surrounded by 40,000 troops instead of by adoring crowds of supporters and well wishers.
At the same time, I'm not worried.
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