One morning last week I had a particularly vivid dream right before I woke up for the day. We had two bananas left. One was a day or so away from being fully ripe, with a tiny hint of green near the top of the peel. The other wasn’t quite to banana bread stage, but … Read more
Just at some mental misfire or another? I think Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs) are the bees’ knees. I have them on all of my computers, of course, but I have several more deployed in convenience applications. If you run a lot of UPSs, then you know their batteries typically require replacement after four or five … Read more
If you support Trump, you are supporting hatred and rage with devastating human costs. If you don’t see it that way (and demonstrably far too many of you don’t; such is the nature of a cult of personality) then I recommend sustained self-examination. I recommend getting outside your echo chamber. I recommend lengthy, respectfully conducted … Read more
Donald Trump’s consistent habit of leading with antagonism, rudeness, and chaos is one of the very least presidential characteristics of a most unpresidential man. Much worse in his second term, this habit is apparently underpinned by a deep and perverse belief that it is always to his advantage to anger, frighten, and/or confuse as an … Read more
The Center and Shenanigans Comedy Theatre are co-hosting an event this Tuesday, February 25, from 6-8 p.m. called Diversity Panel & Crash Course on How to Be an Ally. “What do you mean? I don’t need any help being an ally.” Well, you probably do. We all do. Your heart and soul may well be … Read more
I left Facebook this past weekend, keeping only a skeleton account with no friends to manage the North Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force page and the Free Mom Hugs-Huntsville page. Long-time readers will remember I’ve done this before. I stayed gone two years. I have a feeling this departure is permanent. I have the same … Read more
It’s all right to say so. It seems today our esteemed president is insinuating that DEI initiatives cause mid-air collisions. Maybe that’s your last straw. But whether it’s that, or threatening sovereign allies, or starting a trade war with Colombia, or maliciously inflicting trauma on the federal workforce, or naming a health secretary nominee who … Read more
I’ve mentioned here and there that my immediate response to the first Trump presidency was to stop consuming news and opinion. I did that for six months. It worked very well for me. I never considered what I would do in the event of a reprise, because I never considered that such a terrible thing … Read more
I don’t have any resolutions for the new year, other than try hard to remember not to worry about things I can’t control. I wish you the best in your endeavors, in 2025 and always. I’ll be back with more actual content the week of January 6. God be with you.