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Sitting
2:30 in the afternoon, November 1, in the Northern Hemisphere. The sun in far to the south, but I’m wearing a t-shirt, and sitting in a secluded nook of the garden that I fenced with lilacs and dogwood. There’s a … Continue reading
Health Careless
If anyone can a future more dystopian than one in which the number of our days is decided by an ever more atheist state or its bean counting minions, leave a note in the comments.
Pre-Mortem
Donald Trump is a cartoon of a man, a tycoon, a politician. He has the general outlines of a human being, without the details. How he came to be this way would be an interesting study, I suppose, but in … Continue reading
Nobel Dylan
Ann Althouse will be very happy. Mike Royko would have been less so. I suppose worse writers have been enNobeled.
After the Republic
It’s making the rounds. People who wonder why Constitutionalists find all the candidates in this election repellent could read it usefully. I’d like to look backward a moment, to two elections to the Senate, the first in 1998 and the … Continue reading
No, Thank You Very Much
I doubt I will watch tonight’s debate. Since I will vote for neither, it seems wasteful of time. I suppose I’ll follow on Twitter and find a way to tune in if something amusing happens. Hah, “tune in,” so geriatric. … Continue reading
Cluck
The hardware store next to the bakery I visit on Saturday mornings has an urban chicken coop in the window. At first I thought it a rather posh child’s play set, but, nope, chicken coop. Evanston is going to the … Continue reading
Hard Times
In one corner we have Hillary, certainly deceitful and power-seeking, probably corrupt, weirdly entitled. And at her heels, Sidney Blumenthal and Huma Abedin. And Carlos Danger. In the opposite corner we have The Donald, certainly deceitful and power-seeking, probably corrupt, … Continue reading
Clutter
No matter your pretensions, intentions, plans, schemes, goals, or dreams, if you are a homeowner, the week’s jetsam washes up on your desk.
Claquers and Mischief
I’ve never bothered much about the reviews on Amazon, especially for books. I occasionally scan for the negatives about other stuff, but even those I discount. “This product doesn’t do this thing I want it to!” is commonly complained, leaving one … Continue reading
Premodern Ramblings 