Category Archives: Madness

‘Collapse’ Coming Quickly?

February 18, 2025

Clear and quiet this early-evening Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. (Illustration: “Collapse Of Perfection,” oil on canvas, by Peter Kim, and found here.) Shit’s getting deeper by the day. I’ve found it hard to…

Orange-Stool T-Rump’s ‘Deranged Ego, Which Is Now Swallowing The Whole World And Everyone In It’

February 11, 2025

Overcast and cold this late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. Along with some freezing temps the last few days, we’re forecast for another ‘atmospheric river‘ to wash our way Thursday/Friday, pelting us with maybe…

Democracy Downer

February 6, 2025

What we really need in these anxious, shit-hitting-the-fan times: An afternoon’s moment within the next couple of hours. And a particular doomscroll on how America is getting fucked, and fucked in a hurry. We’re currently…

In The Wake Of Helene/Milton, Weather People Under Attack, Threatened By MAGA — ‘Beyond Ridiculous’

October 11, 2024

Clear skies and on the coolish-side temperatures — comparatively speaking — here a bit after the noon hour Friday in California’s Central Valley as for the first time in a shitload of space we’re under…

Horrible, Weird-Ass Climate-Change Incident: ‘We Are Navigating Uncharted Waters’

September 13, 2024

Clear, bright, sunshine and way-pleasant temps this near-noon Friday here in California’s Central Valley — nicer here than the southern part of the state where wildfires and earthquakes are causing a shitstorm of anxiety. The…

Dustbin Of History: Republican Party Has Pooped Itself

June 4, 2024

Bright sunshine in hot air just past the noon hour Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — we were hoping to make it to Wednesday before the heat set in this week, but no way.…