‘Replica’ — Armed Robbing In Drag
July 1, 2023Oddest set of criminal acts in the last little while. (Image from the Merced Police Department, and found here.) In scrolling my afternoon news routine, I by accident spied a crime story from my local…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Tweet Of The Moment — Rainbow Edition
July 1, 2023Hot and getting hotter this noon Saturday in California’s Central Valley — we’re right now at 97-degrees with a wide-open, bright sunshine-filled afternoon ahead to reportedly maybe top out at 107 before the sun sets.…
Alan Arkin — RIP
June 30, 2023Sad note this Friday morning: One of my most-favorite entertainers/actors of all time, Alan Arkin, has died at 89. He blew me away in “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming,” an odd, humane-funny,…
Weather/Climate: Hot And Hotter
June 29, 2023Clear and bright with temperatures climbing to under 100 this near-noon Thursday here in California’s Central Valley and the next couple of days we’ll join a goodly chunk of the rest of America with furnace-like…
‘Known Knowns: Things We Know We Know’ — Except In The Russian Close-Call Coup
June 28, 2023Beyond the domestic tales of treachery with the MAGA/T-Rump Republicans, the Russian near-coup/treachery (or whatever) this past weekend continues to fester itself without any general relief — as been stated long before, what’s known is…
Democracy’s SCOTUS Shot-In-The-Arm — For Now Anyway
June 28, 2023Bright sunshine and gathering-warmth temperatures this mid-day Wednesday here in California’s Central Valey — another day in the hot-stacked, rapid road to summer triple-digit numbers upcoming, maybe tomorrow, if not, Saturday at least. Weather is…
‘Bravado’ Of A Psychopath
June 27, 2023As the world continues to turn, T-Rump continues to shape-shift his way out of an actual recording of him blabbering about having classified documents — as presented yesterday via CNN — and today has seen…
Earth Melting: Heat Waves Made Even-More Awful By Climate Change — ‘They Are Getting Worse, That’s For Certain’
June 27, 2023Overcast with an occasional slice of sunshine this near-noon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — a last day or so of cool, wondrous weather until we run headfirst, smack-dab into a furnace environment by…
T-Rump Classified Docs Case: ‘These Are The Papers’ — More Recordings/Confessionals
June 26, 2023Clear, gorgeous skies and tepid temperatures this late-afteroon Monday here in California’s Central Valley — the first day of the end of a wonderful pre-summer blitz of great weather. Heat rolls in the next few…
Climate Nearing The Breaking Point — Too Much Shit In The Air
June 24, 2023Bright, shiny sunshine with thick, warm air this late-afternoon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — although a bit chilly earlier this morning, right now we’re in the mid-80s on e summer-infused environmental road to…