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Fighting Warming by Burning Money »

Forty+ years ago I bought a big old house in a Victorian village located between Albany and Saratoga. Natural gas was unavailable, so we heated with oil. Every year the burner had to be carefully tuned for maximum efficiency. Whenever it started we’d get a tiny whiff of oil. When it was delivered, the house […]

Dave’s Perfect Quiche »

“Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche” is a rumor started by real men so we could get all the quiche for ourselves. Dave’s Perfect Quiche Ingredients: 1 readymade 9-inch pie crust 2 cups broccoli florets 1 cup cooked ham, cubed1 cup shredded cheddar cheese6 large eggs3/4 cup milk 1/4 tsp pepper Directions: 1. Preheat Oven to […]

It Has Nothing To Do With Race or Misogyny, You Wingnut »

Wokeness started infesting America about the time Hillary ascended to power. Every time anyone criticized any of her actions or policies the standard Woke reply was, “So you don’t like strong women?” No, I love strong women, but I despise corruption and dishonesty, regardless of the sex of who is practicing it. When Obama took […]

Class »

The world loves David Bowie. It seems like every fourth of fifth Facebook post in my feed is about him. Some folks might be tired of so many blasts of information, but they all make me appreciate him even more. And through all of them, from when he was a teenager campaigning for the freedom […]

The Ice Cream Suite Rag »

Time for a break from the heavy stuff:  Here’s something to brighten your day. I stumbled on this while checking out the videos of Linda Dachtyl.  As of this post it has less than 500 views, which is a shame. It’s great fun music, but what really makes this version shine is the attitude of […]

The Death and Dearth of Imagination »

I’m noticing that more and more United Statists exhibit a complete lack of imagination on a more and more subjects. Not just a weak imagination, not a stifled barely functioning imagination, but no trace of imagination at all. To experience this first-hand try discussing atheism with a hard core fundamentalist. They’ll insist atheists don’t actually […]

7th Son Released Next Tuesday »

It starts with an eight year old assassinating the president of the United States.  Then 7 men are kidnapped from various places in the country and brought to a secret underground facility.  They discover they all have the same name, and the same face. Then it gets weird. J. C. Hutchen’s 7th Son was the […]