donderdag 3 april 2025

donderdag 3 april 2025 Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., on the Senate floor in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday: These are not normal times in our nation. I agree. Cory Booker’s marathon speech started off solo. It became a team effort. Thank you, Sen. Booker.

Hedley Lamarr: It's all right, Taggart. Just a man and a horse being hanged out there. Midnight movie: Blazing Saddles.

The wind was howling all night. Tornado warning in effect until 4 AM.

Sam Kiszka - bass, keyboard, etc. for the amazing American rock band Greta Van Fleet. The best for you on your 26th! 🥳 Sexy guy playing shirtless at Rebel Nightclub in Toronto on July 6, 2018. Captain James T. Kirk: It's something that shouldn't exist, but does! Watch Star Trek: Obsession. They chase the cloud creature across the galaxy, but it turns around and attacks the Enterprise.

U. S. IN FREE FALL!

woensdag 2 april 2025

woensdag 2 april 2025 Please, call Orwell! Everything is sooo Orwellian! We Are All Living in George Orwell’s World Now.

Trump is an idiot! He doesn't really know what he's doing. Trump tariffs update: President makes final decision on reciprocal duties.

Kurt is a cool cat. Keep up the good work, kitty!

dinsdag 1 april 2025

dinsdag 1 april 2025 When autocrats fall from power, their people often outwardly repudiate them and banish their memory. From page 247 of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present.

Claudius the Cat is watching me read the last precious yet poignant sentences of my book. Let's heed these words from Russian protester Yegor Zhukov. Love is trust, empathy, humanity, mutual aid, and care. A society built on such love is a strong society -- probably the strongest of all possible societies.

Bike ride around the neighborhood. Big buds on the red maples.

maandag 31 maart 2025

maandag 31 maart 2025 Mr. Spock: Logic is a little tweeting bird chirping in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell *bad*. Are you sure your circuits are registering correctly? Your ears are green. Watch Star Trek: I, Mudd. 🖖 What a fun episode! 😁

Authoritarians have been causing much unnecessary suffering. I’m still reading Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. The case of Augusto Pinochet is terrifying! Ruth Ben-Ghiat, the author, recently posted this video (already with 2.1M views). (My comment is in there.) Indeed, this book is terrifying to read. Now, I'm at Part III: Losing Power. This is the part in which I’m really interested. How do we get out (get rid) of the Trump Regime? Haven't you had enough of "47"?

Wow! They're like miniature sunflowers. Glorious African daisies!  They cost $7.99 per pot at Meijer. The disc florets are pseudo-bisexual.

zondag 30 maart 2025

zondag 30 maart 2025 Igor: Wait, Master, it might be dangerous. Watch Young Frankenstein. 🙂 Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte?

Group Chat Cold Open with 364,105 views and going up on YouTube. They had to do it. The SNL skit writes itself. Star Magnolias. The petals are a little wet from the latest rain, but they're still bright white and pretty.

Bike up to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish. Quiet here.

zaterdag 29 maart 2025

zaterdag 29 maart 2025 I'm about halfway through my book - Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. Chapter 6 - Verility - is the creepiest, the most disgusting reading... so far.

GEEEZZZ! Need some cold beer applied directly to my forehead. 😵

Nick Wilkins! 😉 The vibe is infinite! Flaunt it if you got it, Nick!

Watch MST3K: The Atomic Brain. Implant human brainwaves into a different body? Why not?! Lovely cat 🐈‍⬛

vrijdag 28 maart 2025

vrijdag 28 maart 2025 Squeak squeak squeak. I'm playing with Claudius, my new toy cat (made in China), while I make breakfast. Watch MST3K: Moon Zero Two. 🌚 Soviets on the Moon? Decades ago, Russia had ambitious plans to land humans on the Moon.

What's going on? Look at the sky. Riding my bike, I'm a little nervous.

And I ran, I ran so far away. I just ran, I ran all night and day. I couldn't get away. Nice to hear these lyrics from 80s. A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away). (And I ride, I ride so far away... for a better day 🚴‍♂️)