I know most Gentle Readers disdain to watch videos – and the longer the video, the less likely you’ll watch it. I can’t criticize that; I’m that way myself. But I hope you’ll make an exception for this one: If you don’t have the time or the patience, here’s the whole thing in …
Category: modern life
Jul 08 2022
Your Papers, “Please?”
As a thumb rule, one can say that any time a planet starts developing cities of more than one million people, it is approaching critical mass. In a century or two it won’t be fit to live on. [Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough For Love] When a place gets crowded enough to require …
Jun 08 2022
Trends In The Sociopsychology Of The Fairer Sex
I have no idea whether that’s a recognized field of study. Well, perhaps it is now, as I’m a scholar of sorts, and I’ve been studying it. And I have found a “red thread” that runs among the angriest female voices in American life: They have nothing to offer us but their anger. …
May 07 2022
Offhand Truths Of Staggering Import Dept.
I stumbled over this in Weird Dave’s Friday Night ONT: I don’t think men in general get complimented enough, and I think men and women react differently to compliments. Well, yeah. But remember, Gentle Readers: obvious really means overlooked. And as the late, great Ron Popeil liked to say: But wait: there’s …
Mar 26 2022
What Is The Diminutive Of “Snark?”
Occasionally, I experience a spike of irritation that briefly deflects my train of though onto a semi-humorous side track. I think that henceforward I’ll indulge myself at such times. Like just a moment ago. Here’s “how it goes” in this Year of Our Lord 2022; Speaker 1: Why aren’t your pronouns in your …
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