A next installment of C-19 ruminations was prepared and left to the wayside. This one is more needful. I’ve had a sense of discomfort throughout most of the pandemic lockdown, not due to the discomforts of upset to daily life and restriction (even as my circumstances are really quite livable). I’ve felt a gnawing lack […]
Beyond Coronavirus, II
In a life of government directed quarantine, we’re mostly helpless to do anything but our own protective isolation. Given the option of civil penalty and the transparent factors that lead to widespread social animosity; people screaming at the stupidity of covert gatherings, why buck against that? We’re also helpless to speak into the economy. It’s […]
Beyond Coronavirus, I
Trillions of words are already expended on the immediate coronavirus but not so much beyond the immediate emergency motions. Here is a loose rendition thereof, a part I. I’ll start where a lot of others will probably end; where are we headed? ‘Memento mori’; or ‘Remember that you must die’, attributed to Socrates. The matter […]
Around the Corner
So much water under the bridge since my last post… Gainful employment hampered regular posts but that is now interrupted by an epidemic. I had also vowed to myself to limit political commentary, particularly as it involves Trump. Finally, there is something more dominating I’m sorry to say. In place of public sparing, I’ll ramble […]
From the Hip
We’re now Day x, 4? into the impeachment mess. How much do I care? Hardly at all. The ruling class and media seem clueless to how numb we all are to the perpetual shit-storm day after day, year after year. But I do follow highlights, perhaps five minutes or less a day, and in that […]
Opinion 11/8/19
The Trump impeachment equation seems to go something like this: Wild-eyed Democrat zealots and all of major media are resolute in ousting Trump by any means. Stern-faced Republicans, a mash-up of capitalist and evangelicals, are aggressively defending Trump primarily because of the first group. Meanwhile, the vast majority of people (including leaders in many other […]