War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Closing in on sunset Saturday here in California’s Central Valley, bringing approaching darkness to another gorgeous day, though, some deep, wet fog earlier this morning was a bit problematic weather-wise, but it turned into a best-as-it-gets episode for this time of year. Rain forecast for tomorrow — however, just ‘showers‘ predicted, no heavy downpour or…
Sunset to another gorgeous day here this early-evening Tuesday in California’s Central Valley — we’re drying out in style. According to predictions, rain maybe this weekend, so all is clear until then. An update on my COVID situation, now approaching a full week. My daughter tested positive again today, so the wait continues. She appears…
Quiet on a Monday evening. Except in the crazy corner of the country — inhabitants of the reality asylum: All this horrible shit just might be a really good spin for Democrats as the mass of Americans has rejected Republican/MAGA bullshit the last three elections. And if GOPer-assholes keep it up, it will not only…
A tight, chilly wind near sunset in California’s Central Valley this Sunday, drawing close to the end of another gorgeous day in a week-long respite from those ghastly atmospheric rivers. It’s been a time of drying out for our state and of counting the loss and the dry of a ‘whiplash weather’ pattern set to…
Occasional bright sunlight amidst thick, fluffy-white clouds this late-afternoon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, our second-in-a-row full day in a long time of luminous shine without any kind of a hint of rain. Although apparently, it did rain last night, the feeling today is near-awesome. Meanwhile, some shitty news — yesterday my daughter tested…
Sunshine and cold this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley as we enjoy a respite from all those freaking atmospheric rivers flooding the state for seeming-like centuries. A return to normal somewhat this morning with our deep-coated and depressing ‘tule fog,’ but as I told a neighbor while on a walk, at least we…
Beyond insane, climate-changed influenced weather, crazy-ass, mean-nasty Republicans, and general, overall stress and anxiety, now there comes Artificial intelligence (AI) to wrack our dwindling sensibilities. Quick definition of AI (SAS): ‘Artificial intelligence (AI) makes it possible for machines to learn from experience, adjust to new inputs and perform human-like tasks. Most AI examples that you…
Overcast and thick looking this early-evening Monday here in California’s Central Valley — no rain right now, but we’ve had a shitload of the stuff the last several days to do a while, During a heavy-wet storm earlier in the afternoon, there was included some thunder and lightning — an unusual occurrence for us. Not…
In honor of MLK Day tomorrow, some music in reflection. (Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Self Portrait Facing Death‘ [June 30, 1972], was originally found here.) I’m not familiar at all with MLK and music so we’ll go with UDiscover Music from last year: On April 4, 1968, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr, who was shot…
(‘Venus de Milo‘ being indecently seen at The Louvre — image found here.) Upset in the sea of idiocy by everything Republican, Missouri’s House of Representatives went a hundred steps further last week and adopted a new dress code — for women legislators only. And forbid the sight of a woman’s shoulders uncovered. Noted via…
