War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Unbelievable but true — it’s Monday! And overcast and chilly this morning on California’s north coast as we gear up for another fact-tested work week. All is well. Big climax this morning — Kate is in labor, and a royal baby to due at any micro-second. The world awaits and will apparently hold it’s collective…
Another weekend shot into the film void, this time it’s the much-talked-about ‘House of Cards,’ of which I witnessed the first half (of 13 episodes) yesterday on Netflix, and all at one sitting. Of course, ‘Cards‘ is a Netflix original, thus the slimy slice of life is portrayed with a sense of ordinary horror generally…
Well, here we are — Friday! And it’s the normal ground fog and chilly this morning on California’s north coast and a way-early time right now, but it will be later soon. Oh, no — I feel the vapors coming: “Rolling Stone is a music magazine, not the Taliban Times,” so says one nit-twit on…
Another overcast early morning this Thursday on California’s north coast, but as the case the last few weeks, sunshine will most-likely break the gloom by noon time. The weekend now only hours away. Beyond the cycle of the George Zimmerman fallout, there’s continuing saga of the average Joe on America’s streets, caught in the watchful…
Here we are smack-dab in the middle of the week already — routine overcast and chilly on California’s north coast this morning as we descend toward the weekend. Doing a work week is really, really getting old. So, let us abandon for just for a moment a 22-year-old actress beating the bloody shit out of…
Overcast again this Tuesday morning as if the season up here on California’s north coast, but again, too, a bit on the chilly side as we troll through the week watching the world crumble. In the context of being updated, last night one of the jurors in the latest infamous trial told CNN’s Anderson Cooper: “I…
Another Monday morning here on California’s north coast — as it is all over — and we begin a work week again. At least, the weather lately has been about near-perfect for this area of warm sunshine styled by a cool breeze. Time might be flying, but there’s still five work days ahead of toil…
Although seemingly obvious from the beginning, George Zimmerman’s trial turned into a kind of legal theatrical farce, and the outcome predictable, though still fairly shitty, and fairly harsh. The US appears in the throes of a crazy, wing-nut gun-a-mania. One piece of commentary via Miss Emily Dickinson: “If I can stop one heart from breaking, I…
Earlier today, while smoking a cigarette out on my small back patio, I encountered an animal surprise. Well, not an animal — a garden snake. Later, after the appropriate Googling, I found a lookalike, way-similar to the one pictured at left, though, with a much-wider golden streak down the body. Supposedly, a Coast garter snake (T.…
Sad news now a couple of weeks old — one of the way-best data/info sites on the InterWebs will soon go ‘archive‘ only and a neat, educated voice in the ether will go quiet. The Oil Drum will be history supposedly on Aug. 31. Invaluable would be a word I’d use to describe the site, and…
