(Illustration found here). “The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.” — George Carlin When I was growing up in the 1950s/1960s the so-called “American…
In context of this particular Thursday, the news cycle is getting old. Generally the same daily shit twisted as if in a Twilight Zone-influenced-Groundhog Day episode, and then repeats the repeating. Against the grain, though,…
As we continue on, Republicans continue their onslaught on democracy, mainly because they have no idea how to govern and their whole playbook is grievance and the T-Rump — and they just don’t give a…
Even as the Republican assholes try and shit on the country, from voting suppression/insurrection to allowing COVID to spread, one is softened at least some by the humble heroics of Dolly Parton. After pledging $1…
In lieu of real news to shit on, I’ve decided to start a new series commemorating a vital segment of movies — the opening sequence, also sometimes called the title sequence, which in the best…
Beautiful late-afternoon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — sunshine and warm temps starting about noon following a foggy, chilly morning. Weather is way-oblique in its own existence, fog to sunshie, cold to hot, sometimes…
(NOTE: This post the first-ever from an outside contributor, or someone not me. Hopefully, many more to come). (Illustration found here). By Eva M. Several days ago I was skimming the headlines when one caught…
Short evening as I’m making calzones for my daughter’s birthday. During dinner we have a TV-streaming routine and currently we’re about to end the first season of “Snowpiercer,” and it’s a dandy. Except it’s pretty…
Despite being out of office nearly a month, the T-Rump continues to gnaw at the bowels as he did today, picking up chunks of the news cycle, but still not in a good way. T-Rump…
(Illustration of the Capitol riots found at the BBC). Aside from the national political bullshit off the T-Rump’s acquittal, the whole ball-of-wax is viewed differently in other countries, and since seeingly Republicans aren’t blowing into…