Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Tuesday, May 21, 2024

MONDAYS AND MADDOW

I've been a fan of Rachel Maddow's ability as an investigative reporter for years. She and her team dig up historical events from the long, long ago and tie them to current news stories. This enables us to see the background patterns and make judgments about what is going on. But this week she... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 20, 2024

CREEPS AND THUGS

I never followed Sean "Diddy" Combs as a performer. Always thought he looked angry, and years back there were those claims against him from a number of people. His demeanor simply turned me off. Then yesterday I saw the video from 2016 of his attack on his girlfriend in a hotel corridor. Have had... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 19, 2024

SKIPPING THE NEWS

I suppose you could say I'm wasting money by subscribing to Cable TV, because for much of the day I leave it off. The networks have shifted their best programming to Neflix or Hulu or some subscription services that I will not sign up for. Even many of the 90's sitcoms and series are no longer... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 18, 2024

INGENUITY

I was watching the kid up the block testing a theory this morning. Oh, he didn't think that's what he was doing. He thought he was playing with a skateboard and a ball, setting the ball at one end, and then jumping on the other curved end to see how high and where the ball would go. He kept doing... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 17, 2024

THE CURATIVE EFFECT OF CUT AND DON'T PASTE

I had some bad old memories to get off my chest by writing to you about them. Thinking, even as I typed the words it wasn't fair to burden you with this crap. And then, three paragraphs later, I zapped the whole gripe session. The ghost of times past disappeared into the endless ethernet, dust in... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 16, 2024

THE FIRST SUPERHERO

Couple days ago, the noon news on Channel 4. They regularly ask a trivia "fun fact" question about 12 minutes into the broadcast, a bit of relief from news of the grim. The answer is revealed just before the last commercial. That one was "What was the first poem ever to be written?" I majored in... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

SCHOOL DAZE

As I watched the mamas and the papas pick up their darling, adorables at the school yesterday afternoon, I noticed the kids were all carrying extra bags, musical instrument cases, and wondered what was going on? Surely the 14th of May was not the last day of school. Impossible. That should come at... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

THUMPER'S MOTHER SAID IT:

"If ya can't say nothin' nice, then don't say nothin' at all." Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 11, 2024

TV EVANGELISM

At one point in the mid-1980s I was enrolled in Prof. Bill Ward's investigative journalism class at SIUE. Our big assignment was to check out TV evangelists. The biggest star on the preaching circuit was Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy. Just about the time our class was checking public records,... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 10, 2024

RUBY, I MISS YOU

In mid-March I loaned my car to my son. He was to keep it for a few days while his truck was in the shop for wheel bearings or something. But he only got 2 blocks away, sunset was in his eyes, he misread the traffic light and got in a fender-bender. Poor old Ruby, my little red 2004 Toyota Corolla,... Sign in to see full entry.

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