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 ›
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OPINION: THE WASHINGTON POST
This is a very good article and a serious warning about what our world will look like unless we get up and out and massively and collectively vote. However confused and messed up Democrats are, they are trying to create… Read More ›
MY BROTHER ESAU WAS A HAIRY MAN AND MORE – PETER COOK & DUDLEY MOORE
For reasons unknown, being hirsute is offensive to God. From this astonishing revelation, Monty Python was born and we’ve been laughing ever since. Well, some of us anyway. You may put away your bibles, but don’t forget to drop some… 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 ›
A PROVOCATIVE QUESTION RERUN
Fandango’s Provocative Question #6 Revisited It’s a rerun, but it’s probably even more relevant now than it was the first time around. “Is technological advancement a net positive or a net negative?” Technological advancement is too broad a term for me… 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 ›
BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE
And A Bumpy Road It Was, by Rich Paschall The memories live on. It’s not like they were yesterday, but they are still pretty clear. We lived through cold wars and real wars and you would have thought we had… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD ON THE FIRST OF MARCH
SHARE YOUR WORLD 2-28-2022 It’s a hard world we are living in. I look around and I don’t see any good coming out of anything that is happening. I do not see humans on the road to improvement nor any sign… Read More ›
BANNING BOOKS IS NEVER OKAY
Fandango’s Provocative Question #156 How do you feel about state and local school boards and other jurisdictions banning of classic books such as those I’ve listed? Under what circumstances, if any, do you feel that banning of such books is appropriate… Read More ›
MY BROTHER ESAU WAS A HAIRY MAN ET AL – BEYOND THE FRINGE – PETER COOK & DUDLEY MOORE
For reasons unknown, being hirsute is offensive to God. From this astonishing revelation, Monty Python was born and we’ve been laughing ever since. Well, some of us anyway. You may put away your bibles. Don’t forget to drop some money… Read More ›
WHERE AM I? WHERE ARE YOU?
There is a line we should have never crossed, but we crossed it. We feel endangered because we are in danger. There is a very strong likelihood our grandchildren will not have the freedom or the right to vote.
TEMPTATION AT WORLD’S END
One of the most interesting ideas I learned from C.S. Lewis was that evil never appears as itself. It isn’t ugly or repulsive. At worst it may be annoying, full of complainers, whiners, and malcontents. They may be wealthy, their… Read More ›
AUGUST’S OVER AND FALL BEGINS
SHARE YOUR WORLD 8-31-2021 And suddenly, summer is ending. Last I looked, it was spring. I know time flies, but this is ridiculous. Blink once, summer’s gone. Blink twice, it’s spring again and the same people still haven’t gotten vaccinated. We… Read More ›
OLD SCRATCH
FOWC with Fandango — Scratch Old Scratch is the devil. Ask anyone down down here by the river. We know him when we see him. We don’t talk about him much. The less said about that old devil, the better. That’s… Read More ›
IF THAT’S NOT WHO WE ARE, WHO ARE WE?
Every person who gets interviewed on television says the same thing using almost identical words. It’s our current American mantra, that those hooligans who rioted in our Capitol are not really who we are. Not really. Maybe a few of… Read More ›
“THAT’S NOT WHO WE ARE”
Every person who gets interviewed on television says the same thing. It’s the current mantra about “the U.S.A.,” that these hooligans who rioted in our Capitol are not really who we are. Not really. Just, well, maybe sometimes. I think… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 