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Tampons and Prejudice

I made a note of what I wanted to write about a few days ago and forgot what it was but looked forward to using it today. I thought it was something fun, but it’s serious. Not only that but I’m a man and I have to talk about tampons. In a sense that’s the […]

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Take to the Streets to Fight the Wall

I slept late today; when I set my alarm to wake up early for the MRI yesterday I must have accidentally turned off the alarm that wakes me every weekday at 8:30. I set that alarm to play the WFUV question of the day. Because I slept late I missed it today and there was […]

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Don’t Blame Facebook

I’m in a terrible sleep cycle. My circadian rhythm is shot. I’m up half the night and sleeping all morning. That is not conducive to blogging. I’m writing now at 2 PM but I should be out of the house. I just called Jane and told her that I’d be over when I’m done blogging. […]

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Betsy and Tacy Teach Us About Climate Change

The topic of today’s parable is global warming. The story you are about to read is true, only the names and a few details have been changed to protect the innocent. Climate science will not enter into it. Read on to resolve that conundrum. There were two friends Betsy and Tacy. They grew up together […]

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I Might Be an Idiot but My Prediction was Good

Welcome to idiotville. I was planning on fasting today to prep for tomorrow’s colonoscopy. Great idea except that the appointment is for Thursday. I never got my call telling me how to prep. I called today and found out that I need someone to take me home from the procedure. I’m now scrambling to find […]

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A Climate of Conspiracy

I was on the train, homeward bound, when I last wrote. I made it the rest of the way without incident, i.e. something I can use as blogging material. When I got in an alien intelligence possessed my body and proceeded to unpack immediately. It even changed the cat litter before sitting down. This productive […]

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Nationalism is (Good) (Bad)

I am back to fighting off loneliness and depression. For a cheerful hobbit I do that often. Last night I resisted being irrational. I accepted the tough truth that the universe doesn’t care what you think is the way it should be. Making you feel good is a reason to be extra skeptical. You can’t […]

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The Elect

Here’s how my Election Day went.

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Votes and Hoops

It’s Election Day and I’ll get to that but first I have to write about what I did yesterday; I went to my first Knick game of the season. I used to go to almost every regular season plus every post-season game. I love basketball, almost as much as baseball.

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More Perfect Union

It’s not the Fourth of July, it’s not a patriotic holiday, but I’m feeling the fire of patriotism burning in me. The spark that ignited it came from President Trump, but not in the way he intended. His words and actions to “Make America Great Again” are an affront to American values, and it’s those […]