War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Drizzling rain this morning along California’s northern coast, with a slight touch of some ground fog, but the air feels warm — which is what really counts. Wet and cold don’t mix. This morning’s storm has apparently ended its series run on a quieter note: “The winds will be much lighter than over the weekend.…
Best quote in awhile — Porn actress Nina Hartley’s comment upon meeting major hypocritical shithead John Hagee: “I wasn’t sure I’d encountered firsthand the banality of evil, but I’d gotten a solid dose of the evils of banality.” Quiet and warm this early Friday on California’s northern coast, but the softness of the environment is only…
Overcast and cool this way-early Monday morning on California’s northern coast, an apt start to another grind-employment week, and a tale-tell online crank-off to cyber business. Disavowing Black Friday’s horror, and since consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity, business folks are wow over Cyber Monday — even the day after…
Here it is, day three of the infamous Thanksgiving holiday blow-bust, and the crowning glory of the bird is yet to show. Landfill we come: The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that Americans throw away 35 percent of the turkey they buy, and that does not include bones. That’s compared to only 15 percent waste…
(Illustration found here). Clear and near-cold this Black Friday along California’s northern coast, and though there’s a chill in the air, the environment is most-comfortable — mainly because I’m staying away from any department stores today with a conceited vengeance. Business people, of course, love this particular day, always have — Bloomberg estimates shoppers will…
My favorite/standard Thanksgiving screed, via Mr. Mark Twain: “Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for — annually, not oftener — if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous twelve months…
Early mid-week of a holiday break, or what, come tomorrow and the storms have subsided, the rains moved on and life continues. Thanks giving is mostly a 24/7/365 thing, not just just one day of bottoms-up eating and NFL football — the American Dream. On occasion and especially in this techno-age of instant image flash,…
Howling weather again this early Tuesday morning on California’s northern coast as some big storms have pounded the region, though way-much-more up in Oregon and Washington states — what we’re getting here is most likely just flutters off them. Still ain’t pretty — we’re forecast for heavy rain and wind for the rest of the…
Quiet right now on California’s northern coast, but just a few minutes ago wind was ripping the air and rain was pelting my back glass-sliding door, creating a huge discomfort way too early with a dreaded sense of ‘STORM.’ Yet suddenly the chaos was gone, seemingly as if in a flash, near-quickly like a snap…
(Illustration above found here — illustration out front found here). Last Friday a special announcement: Lawrence of Arabia: 50th Anniversary Edition (1962, Sony, PG, 2-disc Blu-ray, $27; 4-disc Blu-ray collector’s gift set, $96). Although I most-likely will never buy it, anyone who hasn’t seen the movie should break down and get the whole package —…