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Monthly Archives: December 2024
2024: The area between the dumpster fire and the tire fire
It’s the end of 2024 (or even the beginning of 2025, depending on when I get this finished; I’m starting to write it on the 29th, but this thing often takes me a few days to cobble together. To sum … Continue reading
“They say a good man can’t get elected President. I don’t believe that. Do you?”
The quote in the title of this post is from the West Wing episode “In the Shadow of Two Gunmen”, the second season premiere, in which the present-day Bartlet White House is reeling from the assassination attempt on the President, … Continue reading
The One and Only True Method of Cooking a Proper Pot of Chili. (a repost)
I’ve shared my method of preparing chili several times in the past, but it’s been more than two years since I reposted it here, so it’s time to bring it around again! As I am preparing this post it’s Sunday … Continue reading
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What is “value”?
I rarely write about sport on this site anymore, but I’m going to broach the topic here just for a few minutes because there’s an interesting debate raging across social media right now regarding the NFL MVP award, and which … Continue reading
Ummm….
I, like many, worry about the rise of AI and the effects it’s going to have on jobs and human productivity. But maybe I can worry just a little less….
One Hunter, two edits
I took this photo of Orion the Hunter as he rose over my backyard the other day, and then I did two different edits of him in Lightroom. I’m honestly not sure which one I like better. (This was a … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
The day is here! May your Holiday be filled with merriment and good cheer. Merry Christmas, everyone!
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
One more day…. My general tradition when I get to the 24th is to post a grab-bag of favorites that didn’t get their own posts this year. But hardly also-rans–these are greats and favorites that I don’t want to ignore. … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Another year gone by without seeing The Nutcracker live. What in God’s name am I waiting for? Well, I don’t know. This Christmas season has been unusually chaotic and hard to plan. For me the problem was twofold, I think. First, … Continue reading
Keeping up with the Joneses, and keeping ahead of the Smiths (a repost)
This is a repost of something I wrote nine years ago, occasioned by someone on social media opining how terrible it is for the burger-flippers of the world to be getting a raise someplace while the “first responders” aren’t paid … Continue reading →