From the battleground, an update, by Rich Paschall Yes, there is more to the story! You have probably quoted, or misquoted, the famous movie line. In fact, I would bet you have done it often. Do you know where it… Read More ›
Coronavirus – Covid 19
“HELLO IN THERE” AND THE SAD DEPARTURE OF JOHN PRINE – RICH PASCHALL
A John Prine Memory, by Rich Paschall When John Prine was growing up in Maywood, Illinois, a suburb along the west side of Chicago, he helped a friend with a newspaper route. “…and I delivered to a Baptist old peoples… Read More ›
TODAY’S NEWS AT SIX
Watching the news tonight was illuminating, in an Illuminati kind of way The first subject they covered was politics, including the postal crisis, a couple of local races, plus concerns about not getting ballots delivered or entered on time. It… Read More ›
THE FREEDOM TO BE SELFISH – BY ELLIN CURLEY
So what is the problem with the anti-maskers? I understand that many of them believe that the entire Coronavirus is a hoax or a greatly exaggerated hype to sully Trump’s sterling reputation and political fortunes. But why are they arguing… Read More ›
DARWIN AWARDS CANCELLED — TOO MANY CANDIDATES – BY TOM CURLEY
“The Darwin Awards are in danger of being canceled this year due to the unprecedented number of applicants and a severe lack of Darwin Award trophies. ‘In any normal year we might have a few hundred nominations, but this year… Read More ›
BODGES? WE DON’T NEED NO BODGES! – RICH PASCHALL
From the battleground, by Rich Paschall You have probably quoted, or misquoted, the famous movie line. In fact, I would bet you have done it often. Do you know where it comes from? Have you seen the movie? If not,… Read More ›
MAR-A-LAGO: MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH – BY TOM CURLEY
You might think by now that we would be emerging from the COVID-19 disaster. But we aren’t. In fact, more than half of our states are in worse shape now than they were a couple of months ago. Florida had… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AND IT’S ALREADY JULY! – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World 7-8-2020 Questions: In your opinion, what’s the closest thing to real magic? Software. I know how it is written. I have written some myself. Nothing fancy, but enough to get a grip on how it is done…. Read More ›
THE TWO PANDEMICS – RICH PASCHALL
From the battleground, by Rich Paschall COVID-19 All of us are acutely aware of the novel COronaVIrus Disease (COVID-19) that has swept the nation. It has devastated businesses, overwhelmed hospitals, and inundated social services. In comparison to the last great… Read More ›
A THANK YOU NOTE TO AMERICA FROM THE CORONA VIRUS – BY TOM CURLEY
Hi America. This is the coronavirus. I’m writing you this letter to say thank you for all you have done for me. I know I’m just a microscopic organism, literally the simplest life form on Earth. I’m just a single… Read More ›
WHEN AND HOW THE PLAGUE FINALLY ENDED
I had a great conversation with my mortgage bank today. I’ve got a six month don’t have to pay my mortgage thing, but I can if I want to. I want to. Sometimes I have a hard time doing it… Read More ›
TIME OUT? IS IT PERMANENT? – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #74 From Fandango: Most states in the U.S. are loosening restrictions put in place three months ago in order to “flatten the curve” and to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Many countries around the world are doing… Read More ›
DEAR REPUBLICAN SENATOR – By musingsofanoldfart
Dear Republican Senator As an independent and former Republican (and Democrat) voter, I try to read and watch several validated news sources. They are validated, as they try to get it right and print retractions when they don’t. I also… Read More ›
PRIVILEGED IN THE PARK – GARRY ARMSTRONG
It was really a lovely day. Cool, bright, not humid. The car, after these months of sitting under the trees which, these days, are covered with the remnants left by Marilyn’s birds. Our Renegade was not looking her best. And,… Read More ›
OH BRAVE WEIRD WORLD – BLOGGING AND THE PANDEMIC – MARILYN ARMSTRONG
Blogging Insights and the Pandemic From the author, questions about the pandemic and blogging and where you stand as a blogger in relation to it: Posts about the pandemic feature prominently on many (if not most) blogs these days. Blogs by… Read More ›
HISTORY AND PLAGUE’S END – Marilyn Armstrong
It turns out that epidemics and pandemics all end the same way. People get tired of worrying about being sick and say “Life or death, I don’t want the rest of my life to be spent in hiding.” It helps… Read More ›
SUNDAY MORNING IN AMERICA: THE MANY DEAD AND WHO KILLED THEM – THE SHINBONE STAR
Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
It’s Memorial Day and this page says too much about this nation and everything you need to know about Donald Trump. Less than you need to know about Memorial Day — which used to be Decoration Day — and far… Read More ›
STUPIDITY REARS ITS UGLY HEAD – RICH PASCHALL
The View From Here, by Rich Paschall Living Fearlessly You have probably seen plenty of examples of this. There are those who need a haircut no matter what the risk. Some must have a party, no matter what stay at… Read More ›
MY DAY AT THE HOSPITAL – Marilyn Armstrong
After a day during which we got up early because I had a hospital appointment, the day after Bonnie quite literally barked all night, it made this into a very long day. Garry hadn’t driven in so long, we missed… Read More ›
HOW COME THERE AREN’T ENOUGH TAKERS FOR TESTS? – Marilyn Armstrong
WHY DOESN’T EVERYONE GET TESTED? Have any of you tried to get tested and been told you can’t get tested if you don’t have a heavy cough and a high fever … and because you are over 70, you know… Read More ›
ENDINGS – Marilyn Armstrong
Garry had a get-together with a bunch of retired media guys. They meet every few weeks, but for obvious reasons, it hasn’t happened recently. So a while ago, someone came up with the idea of doing a Zoom meeting. Despite… Read More ›
MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS? DONE! – Marilyn Armstrong
Having written about it, I realized I had to actually DO something about getting all these medical things set up. I am convinced if I breathe “regular out-of-house air” I’m going to die. That’s not necessarily true, but that’s how… Read More ›
A SNEAKY LITTLE VIRUS – Marilyn Armstrong
Having had more medical issues than I can remember (sometimes I make a list and try to remember everything, but I always forget something), I speak and understand “medicalese” pretty well. Not every word or every procedure or even all… Read More ›
PRO-LIFERS ARE NOW PRO DEATH – BY ELLIN CURLEY
There are certain hypocrisies and inconsistencies in the Right Wing credo. I have trouble wrapping my head around it. I remember a George Carlin’s joke about the so-called Pro-Life crusade against abortion. Carlin said that their position is that “every… Read More ›
