You've got to set priorities in this kind of work. Is it really worth it? It's not. I did it for a while in Savannah going on thirty...

James linked  a piece by Sippican Cottage on happy songs. (Thanks to Tex, I knew of them from the Borderline Sociopathic Blog for Boys). He...

I gather from our fantasy movies that are roughly Medieval in setting that people think the Medievals were inclined to nothing but roasted m...

In NC, our new President suggests shuttering FEMA and just sending money to the states as necessary.  That's only a very slight change ...

Today the NYT ethicist asks the question , "What's the rule about looking at women in public?" Glancing at someone in a public...

I was reminded of the haunting close to 1984 when reading this piece from the NYT about a woman who rejected the Presidential pardon she w...

My Gutenberg project this week has been a biography of George M. MacDonald by his son Greville MacDonald. I've never been able to read ...

My mother bought us a quality meat grinder for Christmas that I’m finally getting to use tonight. It’s a real upgrade. If you are thinking ...

 There are a few images that come to mind. "Angel Eyes" "Mortal Kombat" Perhaps some of you have clever thoughts, though...

There's been a lot of talk about the dancing with 'a military sword' at the Inaugural ball. Since some of the regulars here are ...

Noticing this story about “Ph.D.-Level” AI, I have to assume that the phrase is similar to “Milspec.” I mean that it sounds more impressive...

Gee, this might be shocking except that just earlier today… But now it really isn’t, is it?

The last hours of the outgoing administration involved scandalous exercises of the pardon power. They are themselves demonstrations of the w...

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. He was a complex figure, much more than his simplified hagiography makes out, but he definitely did s...

 

What took me to Asheville was that a great Outlaw Country band was playing at the local music hall. Tonight they’re playing in Nashville at ...

Several of the articles about Biden’s (or more likely some junior Twitter staffer’s) declaration on the ERA held that it might somehow grant...

Elise asked me for names of charity organizations still helping in western NC. I visited Asheville and Swannanoah and checked around. Most o...

When I was in Iraq, periodically somebody at higher headquarters would send an email down and then act offended when the unit in the field d...

Buncombe County is considering that most hateful of things to a government, cutting spending . What could drive such a drastic step? Much of...