War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
In short-sweet intervals, bright sunshine this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast, a sharp happy-face in a sea of gloomy rainstorms. An oddity, too, sunshine while it’s raining — a meteorological phenomenon referred to as a ‘sunshower,’ such as rain from a storm miles away shifted by winds, or a single rain cloud that passes…
Happiness is a metaphorical-philosophical endeavor — George Carlin nailed it: ‘More than happy. I bet you say that one. You say to somebody. “Oh, I’d be more than happy to do that.” How can you be more than happy? To me it sounds like a dangerous mental condition. We had to put Dave in the…
In a seemingly-short respite, sunshine this early Friday on California’s north coast as get a rest from the ‘conveyor-belt’ rainstorms that have rolled across our region since maybe forever — according to the NWS, another strong system with heavy rain and ‘gusty south winds‘ will strike again starting tomorrow afternoon and lasting through Sunday, as…
An absolute-hateful event — after a nice nap, a cup of coffee going, and shortly after waking-up the laptop, a terrifying thingy lurches out from the screen, knocks the freaking-fucking living-shit out of me: ‘Gunmen opened fire on a holiday party on Wednesday at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people…
Thick, misty-fog this morning, but now well into Tuesday afternoon, faded sunshine is attempting to cut through the gloom, but seemingly having a hard time of it. Part-n-parcel this time of year for the shoreline, yet still sucks. An old guy now retired and surviving upon Social Security (formal name: Old Age Survivors Disability Insurance),…
Sunshine and a warm breeze this Monday afternoon on California’s north coast — at least along the shoreline we’re supposed to be in the low 70s today and tomorrow, but if the ocean breeze kicks in, all bets are off. Forest fires continue burning to the east and south of us, but apparently winds have…
Fogged-in this Sunday morning on California’s north coast — most-likely a portion of the marine layer mixed with ringed westward smoke from ‘tinderbox’ forests. As we burn, an apparent warning: The lede from a piece last Thursday by writer/photographer Subhankar Banerjee at TomDispatch: The wettest rainforest in the continental United States had gone up in…
Faded sunshine and way-cooler this Thursday afternoon on California’s north coast as the ‘heat wave’ for our shoreline has gone in a huff of mostly clouds motivated by a crisp breeze. Still hot via the interior, however, running the temp-gauge into triple digits. In the crank of observation, Californians are not only getting more concerned…
Bright and warm still in late afternoon on California north coast, working toward end of the week already — flies the time. Looking upon lying about time — George W. Bush, State of The Union, Feb. 2005: ‘“As we fix Social Security, we also have the responsibility to make the system a better deal for…
Lock ’em, and load ’em! Or whatever. Now nearly a month since the South Carolina church massacre, and seemingly a dry-spell of mass-gun-killings — yet not. Weird shit this mass killing narrative, and today the beat goes on: Four Marines were killed at two military offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with the gunman being shot dead.…
