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Where is Captain Ahab when we need him? There is a literal white whale to be...

Where is Captain Ahab when we need him? There is a literal white whale to be pursued.https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/wildlife-photographer-left-stunned-after-capturing-a-rare-orca-on-film

So: what was in the JFK files? Same old stuff, different document dump? Al Capone's secret empty vault in the form of faded ink on...

So: what was in the JFK files? Same old stuff, different document dump? Al Capone's secret empty vault in the form of faded ink on fraying papers?

FAKE NEWS. The entertainment industry was shocked this weekend by the death of a great dance entrepreneur, Mr. Pokie, the inventor of the...

FAKE NEWS. The entertainment industry was shocked this weekend by the death of a great dance entrepreneur, Mr. Pokie, the inventor of the famous Hokie Pokey. His family buried him in an elaborate traditional process. They put his left foot in, they took his left foot out....

Josiah Royce (1913), "As a fact, the mystical tendency in religion is not the last, the mature, result, nor yet the last refuge of...

Josiah Royce (1913), "As a fact, the mystical tendency in religion is not the last, the mature, result, nor yet the last refuge of piety. Mysticism is the always young, it is the childlike, it is the essentially immature aspect of the deeper religious life. Its ardor, its pathos, its illusions and its genuine illuminations have all the characters of youth about them, characters beautiful but capricious."

So a black hole is like a dust speck back when "Horton heard a who"The real will mirror poetic, anapestic meter too:And the oddest...

So a black hole is like a dust speck back when "Horton heard a who"
The real will mirror poetic, anapestic meter too:
And the oddest thing (though cats in hats will have no cause to fall)
Is the elephant that must still grasp the speck that is our All.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nasa-s-jwst-provides-evidence-that-our-universe-exists-inside-of-a-black-hole/ar-AA1B2Jnn?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=d87c1b1327554a35ad6caf7c6fcf1460&ei=51

"The industry source disputed Musk's account, saying that large chunks of the rogue traffic bombarding X could be traced back to IP...

"The industry source disputed Musk's account, saying that large chunks of the rogue traffic bombarding X could be traced back to IP addresses in the United States, Vietnam, Brazil and other countries, and that the amount of rogue traffic coming directly from Ukraine was 'insignificant.'" -- so Reuters says Musk is lying. Hmmm, do I consider Reuters and its source more trustworthy than our Sieg Heiling little space weasel? Um, yes.

#3GoodThings (1) I have fallen into a routine with a great dog grooming place, next town to the south -- pup loves them, (2) another routine...

#3GoodThings (1) I have fallen into a routine with a great dog grooming place, next town to the south -- pup loves them, (2) another routine I should not take for granted -- a good barber, literally a short walk away from my home, (3) took stock of my net subscriptions yesterday, cancelled some I no longer use -- ah, savings!

This whole death-by-firing-squad thing. Without researching (I'm feeling lazy) -- didn't it get its start from Mormons? They...

This whole death-by-firing-squad thing. Without researching (I'm feeling lazy) -- didn't it get its start from Mormons? They believe that if you have taken a life, you can get into heaven only if your own blood is shed. This notion warrants preserving a form of execution that literally does shed blood -- lethal injection doesn't -- neither does a gas chamber -- getting shot does. Do I have that roughly right? And are states with a good-sized Mormon population still taking the lead here?

Who ever thought the goofy 1990s movie CANADIAN BACON, starring genius John Candy, would seem prophetic and tragic thirty years later?

Who ever thought the goofy 1990s movie CANADIAN BACON, starring genius John Candy, would seem prophetic and tragic thirty years later?

Has anybody written a self-help book entitled "Don't Do Stuff You'll Want to Hide!" or some such? Sounds like the sort of...

Has anybody written a self-help book entitled "Don't Do Stuff You'll Want to Hide!" or some such? Sounds like the sort of platitude around which one might weave the usual profundities-from-kindergarten web of prose. If you think the idea is a money-maker, feel free to use it. I won't be. I'd want to use a pseudonym.

Wow. Trump back and forth with exemptions when his tariffs threaten to have -- the promised consequences. It turns out its all about power...

Wow. Trump back and forth with exemptions when his tariffs threaten to have -- the promised consequences. It turns out its all about power and the grift, not a sound US economy. You could knock me over with a feather when I learn such things. My salts! Quick, get my salts!

#3GoodThings 1) had productive work day yesterday -- still basking in some satisfaction glow this morning (2) my puppy let me sleep a bit...

#3GoodThings
1) had productive work day yesterday -- still basking in some satisfaction glow this morning (2) my puppy let me sleep a bit longer than usual this AM -- knew I could use it
(3) French vanilla flavored coffee -- yum.

I only recently discovered that Alfred Russel Wallace wrote an essay on "Paper Money as a Standard of Value," in 1898. It seems...

I only recently discovered that Alfred Russel Wallace wrote an essay on "Paper Money as a Standard of Value," in 1898. It seems absurdly early for such a discussion -- as if he had invented television, too.

STARTING to express alarm? They've been quiet or in denial since 2015...

STARTING to express alarm? They've been quiet or in denial since 2015 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/04/im-concerned-ag-state-republicans-start-to-sound-alarm-on-trump-tariffs-00209967?

So ... wait. If I go to the White House, I should wear usual business attire -- for a gentleman, I gather this means a button-down white...

So ... wait. If I go to the White House, I should wear usual business attire -- for a gentleman, I gather this means a button-down white shirt, tie, and jacket. Other wise I'm disrespectful and a hillbilly elegist will give me a dressing down. Unless ... I'm a wanna be Martian? not sure I've got the rules right here.

Thinking aloud. Suppose you called a given nation's leader a "dictator" and you LATER need to make nice with that person...

Thinking aloud. Suppose you called a given nation's leader a "dictator" and you LATER need to make nice with that person because he is necessary to negotiations for which you want credit. What is the best way to make nice? (1) acknowledge and apologize for the "dictator" thing? (2) try, "Yes, I said it but some of my best friends are dictators" or (3) deny that you ever said it? Would someone who is neither a pathological liar nor sliding into dementia go with (3)?

What will be the next European country to inform POTUS that, no, we too GAVE money to Ukraine, we didn't just 'lend some? Germany?,...

What will be the next European country to inform POTUS that, no, we too GAVE money to Ukraine, we didn't just 'lend some? Germany?, Belgium?

Gene Hackman has passed away at age 95. Hackman did a lot of wonderful work, but if one HAS to pick a single outstanding character among...

Gene Hackman has passed away at age 95. Hackman did a lot of wonderful work, but if one HAS to pick a single outstanding character among his many -- a lot of us would default to his Lex Luther, the classic foil for the classic Superman.

Rest in Peace.

One and only one Republican voted against the budget resolution in the H. of R. this evening. Anyone know anything about him and why?

One and only one Republican voted against the budget resolution in the H. of R. this evening. Anyone know anything about him and why?

Am I the only one who wonders whether German television plays endless re-runs of Ich Liebe Lucy? Because it looks like they've just put...

Am I the only one who wonders whether German television plays endless re-runs of Ich Liebe Lucy? Because it looks like they've just put Ethel's husband, Fred Merz, in charge of the government.