It happened again. All white eggs (they are cheaper because, for reasons no one knows, brown eggs cost more here than white eggs in Massachusetts) with one brown one. As far as I know, there’s no difference in food value… Read More ›
Culture
WE ABOLISHED BOOZE IN 1919 & NO ONE’S HAD A DRINK SINCE
Once upon a time so many years ago, Americans had national fit of self-righteousness. We decided alcohol was the root of all evil. To rectify the perceived problem, the nation rose up on its collective hind legs and passed the… Read More ›
MY KIND OF TOWN – RICH PASCHALL
Chicago Is, by Rich Paschall There are a lot of places in the world where I think I could comfortably live. I have friends in France, England, and Thailand. I have acquaintances in several other countries. There are some warm… Read More ›
IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE?
Those are the fatal words. They are the equivalent of the personal “things couldn’t get any worse.” Things can always get worse. The minute you believe “it can’t happen here,” that is exactly when it happens. Here or there. For… Read More ›
EVIL DOESN’T NEED A REASON
What does “basically” mean? I keep hearing this from people who are sure – really sure – most people are basically good, kind, caring folks. What does “basically” mean? “Live and let live” has never been the way of nations…. Read More ›
CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND HATRED IN THE U.S.
Fandango’s Provocative Question #165 For some people, this is an interesting, albeit impersonal question. For some of us, it’s personal and cuts painfully close to home. How do you feel about what is going on in the United States in regard… Read More ›
WHEN DIVERSITY CAME HOME TO ROOST
I needed a rerun on those popovers. I hadn’t defrosted anything, so I figured omelets for dinner with a side of home fries and popovers. For reasons no one knows, brown eggs cost more here than white eggs. People seem… Read More ›
RECYCLING THE WORLD
Tragedies, calamities, doom, damnation, and the world is ending. Well, it probably IS ending and I don’t think there’s much I can do about it. I’ve been feeling tired of being me for a while. Possibly years. I am sure… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING NOW THAT HALF OF 2021 IS GONE
SHARE YOUR WORLD 6-29-2021 Hard to believe half this year is already gone. I’m sure there were other months, but do I remember them? Nope. The months have scooted by and not even marked their passage. Maybe this is just the… Read More ›
LIKE SAND THROUGH AN HOUR-GLASS
Once upon a time, my generation was the largest generation the world had ever seen. The post-war baby boomers were a huge population bump and that is probably how we managed to get some stuff done. Or, more accurately, we… Read More ›
SWEET OLD NONSENSE
Sweet old lady is an oxymoron. It’s one of those myths, probably perpetrated by childhood memories of grandma, a rosy film smoothing over the lumps and bumps. Age makes everyone cranky. Men get grouchy. Women get snarky. Old people are impatient and significantly less… Read More ›
TRUTHFUL TUESDAY? WHY NOT.
The questions look interesting, especially since I’ve been doing some serious purchasing of pop culture recently while we have been reorganizing our television options. So why not? Question with my honest answers as of today. I can’t promise that I’ll… Read More ›
FLASHBACK FRIDAY FROM 4/2/2020 – WHY COVID 19 IS AN HISTORIC TURNING POINT
A major sea change: why COVID-19 is a turning point in history. So, it is the end of March 2020, and many of us are sequestered in our homes, trying not to get the virus that’s now sweeping the globe… Read More ›
THE LOST JOY OF POLYESTER
Life in Leisure Suits Back in the 1970s, some clown decided that men were overdressed and need stretchy, comfortable clothing. And thus they invented the polyester leisure suit and to his immense embarrassment, Garry had one. I never saw it,… Read More ›
UNDERSTANDING DEMOCRACY STARTS EARLY – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I never thought that parenting practices could have a direct effect on the health and functionality of our democracy, yet that was the thesis of an article in the Sunday New York Times (Sept. 1, 2018). The article, by Jonathan Haidt… Read More ›
WHAT’S NEXT? WHO’S NEXT?
Like most everyone I know, I’m waiting to find out the results of the election. It’s just a few days away. We all have theories about what’s going to happen, but nothing substantial. Here in Massachusetts, maybe the bluest state… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 