The 9th Circuit has dismissed Stormy Daniels’ meritless defamation suit agains Trump and awarded him 300K in counsel fees. Its a shame he can’t do what Mr. Pickwick does in Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers. Have you ever read it? you should, its a laffriot! And IMHO the funniest part is the trial of Mrs. Bardell’s … Continue reading What the Dickens? →

Little children love passionately, all consumingly, they're overwhelmed by and subsumed in their emotion, as anyone who has ever been a mother knows. They want to communicate that love in the biggest terms they can! ”Like the moon at night” to quote one of my daughter’s favorite books— more than the UNIVERSE! Infinity! (thanks, Buzz … Continue reading The Cradle of Love →

Everybody: read Miranda Devine’s book, Laptop from Hell. i mean, now that even the NYTimes has admitted that yes, it was Hunter’s laptop and yes, everything on it is authentic, i felt like mebbe i should pay the contents some attention. Here’s de dilly: Our president’s family is deeply, deeply involved in very, very lucrative … Continue reading The Bygone-Hapless Administration: it is SOOOO much worse than you thought! →

I do, i really do. Why should we all be forced to suffer a mini jet lag twice a year? But first let me say that i am probably the ONLY person who likes the short days of winter. It’s cosy! its still very much winter here. We got 8 inches of snow yesterday. The … Continue reading Does Anybody Out There Hate Daylight Savings Time? →

“There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, Is is enough: The grave: and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water: and the fire that saith not, It is enough…. There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: … Continue reading Three Things; Yea, Four ( or: Why I Love Proverbs) →

Since last fall, it seems Death is everywhere. if I’m not in its physical presence, then it’s on the phone, it’s a stranger knocking at the door. Will Cdath, having been so generous with its company lately, ever graciously back off for a while, for a few years, until my own summons comes? Ive made … Continue reading Death Calling →

Stuff i want to say but i cant say anywhere else: will you bear it, dear interlocutors? Having your dog wear one of those plastic cones meant to keep her from licking herself is like having a guest at a dinner party who insists on keeping an umbrella open in your living room and dining … Continue reading Ephemera →

l Last night we had a malor-league windstorm. i mean, i opened the door at about 8:30 PM dressed to finish my walk, and was greeted by a noise like a freight train. The biblical ”mighty rushing wind”.. i didnt go, and while i hate to be a wimp, that was no more than prudent. … Continue reading Whatever “LTE”is, I’m in its hands →

….yuh and not in a good way, sometimes. like when our country voted for Bygone-Hapless. oh yes i believe the 2020election was stolen, but it was done by concentrating on a few areas important to the electoral Vote. i do believe a plurality of voters, probally not all citizens, went for ol’ Jo[k]e. Well—happy now, … Continue reading Elections have consequences! →

in 1787, Catherine, Empress of Russia, made a triumphal voyage down the Dnieper River . I’m not sure whether she started in Kiev, but she visited that city, her city, proceeding on down to Kherson at the delta where the river meets the Black Sea. Kherson is the citybthe Russians just captured. in 1787, George … Continue reading Where Were They Then? →