‘Cannabis’ of Reality
April 10, 2019Bright and windy this early-evening Wednesday on California’s north coast — a simply-gorgeous day, and even with a chilled and sharp breeze, the Ma-‘e’l Dunes in Manila was still a good hike area earlier this…
Category Archives: Politics
Trump and the Deutsche Bank: A Tale of Bullshit
March 18, 2019(Illustration: Salvador Dali’s ‘Hell Canto 2: Giants,’ found here). Clear and sunny Monday evening here on California’s north coast — another gorgeous day, though some coastal fog was encountered earlier this afternoon out on Manila’s beaches…
White Supremacist in the White House
March 16, 2019(Illustration: M.C Escher’s ‘Scholastica,’ found here). Near-clear and chilly this Saturday evening here on California’s north coast — mostly sunny today, though, some cloud coverage throughout, and on the dunes at Little River Beach, the…
Trump’s Nuclear-War Prep: ‘A Recipe For A Horror Show’
March 14, 2019Just when the black-comedy shit gets real, and it’s WTF: One of the few actual capabilities of the T-Rump is in sowing uneducated chaos — an acknowledgment of that talent last month from Joe Balash,…
Saving the Daylights Once Again
March 10, 2019(Illustration: M.C. Escher’s ‘Tower of Babel,’ found here). Sunshine chilled by crispy-breezes this late-afternoon Sunday on California’s north coast, fully a gorgeous day, even despite a run-in earlier with some weather — walking the dogs…
Blog or Not To Blog: Shakespeare Not Saith
March 9, 2019Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Seated Pierrot,’ found here). A small, tiny post this afternoon at one of my favorite sites, ‘Lawyers,Guns&Money,’ made me sad: In the recesses of the internet, there are still people plugging away…
Maybe ‘A Hundred-Year Storm for Turnout’
March 9, 2019(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Les Deux Saltimbanques: l’Arlequin et Sa Compagne,’ found here). Nice to see a decent feeling in the air for the return of reality — even this early in the 2020 presidential competition,…
Abominable as Shit
March 8, 2019Perfect allegoric for a messed-up era of the nowadays (great-h/t Susie): Worse episode in the way-worse production of the T-Rump (at Elle this afternoon): ‘Donald Trump, President of the United States and Professional Twitter Bully,…
Crooks First and Foremost
February 20, 2019(Illustration: Artwork by illustrator and portrait painter, Tim O’Brien, found here). Wet and chilly this late-afternoon Wednesday on California’s north coast — tomorrow expected to be sunny and Friday not-so-bad either. Big rain scheduled (penciled in, of…
‘Terror’ or ‘Trump’ — Which is Worse?
February 19, 2019(Illustration: M.C Escher’s ‘Three Spheres II,’ found here). Cloudy and cold this early-evening Tuesday here on California’s north coast. Bright sunshine for most of the day, and real-chilly breezy, too. Started darkening-up late this afternoon,…