A little neo soul, something to ease the day. If you like this bit by 20-year-old Doja Cat, check out more of her work at her YouTube channel. FOUR DAYS That’s all that’s left of in-session days in U.S. House this month, and nothing done yesterday to help Flint. Yet another report on Flint water […]
[NB: Embedded video contains adult language NSFW] I had a very disturbing conversation with some 18-to-20-somethings this weekend about privacy and networked communications. I can’t decide if I’m pissed off or terrified that these particular youngsters believed: Most young people their age don’t care if their privacy has been compromised; If they care at all, […]
More stuff broken and worse than I expected. Rather an understatement, that. This week has been a massive case of broken. Other broken things Polarized Congress damaging oversight? (CSMonitor) — Hyper-partisanship at fault? Perhaps. But it’s awfully weird when the current FBI Director, who served under a Republican president as Deputy Attorney General, doesn’t give a GOP-dominated House […]
Repair Day here, can’t spend much time reading or writing as I’ll be tied up mending things. Enjoy a little mellow Foo Fighters’ tune — can’t handle metal rock today or I’ll end up HULK SMASHing things I’m supposed to fix. Here’s a range of topics which deserve more attention: • UK’s Chilcot report released […]
This won’t be everybody’s cup of matcha and may not offer an optimum listening experience for most business offices. Today’s kick-in-the-seat to start the week is a Japanese rock genre at the intersection of glam rock and black metal. Visual kei rock combines glam’s signature elements with black metal’s dark, heaviness. Some say punk influences visual kei but […]
I can’t decide which is more crazy-stupid: the explosive incident in New York which removed a teenager’s foot, or the folks who immediately worried there’d been a terrorist attack. Unfortunately, this isn’t the end of stupid-with-explosives this week. There will be many more trips to emergency rooms across the country today, inflating our health care […]
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori. — excerpt, Dulce et Decorum Est, by Wilfred Owen This week has been a long death march. Death to optimism, death to pre-existing notions of political parties, death […]
A little Prince to make the painful repetition a little easier to take. By repetition I mean what’s happening in Puerto Rico compared to what has already happened in Michigan. Some of Michigan’s most financially distressed cities were forced to accept emergency managers, supplanting the cities’ democratically elected officials. Under state law, EMs were the sole […]
All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost. — excerpt, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien It’s a lovely summer day here, cool and dry. Perfect to go walkabout, which I will do straight away after this post. Hackety-hack-hack, Jack Spearphishing method used on HRC […]
Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog. — excerpt, personal journal of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott This short film by Aaron Dunleavy was inspired by his childhood in Blackburn, Lancashire UK. The script was improvised and cast using locals. All districts in Lancashire voted Leave […]
