Okay what is this CRAP that “Republicans won’t take the vaccine”? I have heard it a few times in the last couple of days. Funny: when TRUMP ( I believe he was a Republican president...?) announced his plan to develop a vaccine for the Sinos’ Infection at “Warp-speed” , I do NOT remember hearing by … Continue reading Operation Warp-Fact →

People seemed to like my post about velvet, (Sartorial Sadness) so I thought I’d try another fashion meditation. It beats politics, right? I would swear there was a time in the early 70s when I did not even own a dress or skirt. To be dressed up was a “pants suit” à la Hillary. Then … Continue reading Skirting The Issue →

For two years, it seems, there haven’t been any TV shows. But I remember when we could look forward to certain sitcoms—okay, they were fun! Y’know, All,In The Family, Maude, MASH, Seinfeld, Mary Tyler Moore, Seinfeld—and dramas like the cop shows, series about doctors or lawyers...it gave the week some structure. I’m not a snob, … Continue reading Oh, it’s a damn re-run! →

Not that it’s warm here; I think we’re gonna get snow tomorrow night. But it is mid-April. Soon I will have to put my velvet clothes away. I have no idea who decrees this stuff, y’know, like no white shoes after Labor Day, but I have heard you can’t wear velvet after March 15. I … Continue reading Sartorial Sadness →

So (from memory) the hot headed young Tybalt cries in Romeo and Juliet, when admonished that he has to simply endure the insults of a rival gang of youths from the Montague family. Well, now Uncle Joe has offered me a similarly unpardonable insult: he has announced that on September 11, 2021 (yes on that … Continue reading “Uncle, t’is a shame!” →

A. Do you remember a bombing in one of America’s iconic cities this past winter? B. do you remember the date? C. Do you remember which city? D. Do you remember the perp’s name? Nah. Me neither. But something reminded me of it just now, so I looked it up.: Christmas Day, 2020, Nashville. Anthony … Continue reading Pop Quiz →

...the GOP half: WHY ARENT THEY YELLING ABOUT THE BORDER?!?! It’s not like we’re a tiny minority. Oh wait: it’s more like that one-half isn’t “we”. They don’t represent us, we who understood the importance of the border wall ( surely that’s not such a complicated thing?), ‘Remember the blessed, sane days of Trump’s term, … Continue reading Half of the US Congress →

in America, we’re guaranteed (or we were) that we can’t be deprived of life, liberty or property without “due process of law”. The fundamentals of “due process” are notice and “opportunity to be heard”. You get a chance to argue, before an impartial tribunal, why those precious attributes of existence should NOT be taken from … Continue reading “Life, liberty and property”:Two down , one to go! →

I was gonna just add a comment to my thread yesterday, where I was speculating about Isaac’s age when Abe bound him to the sacrificial altar—but not many people might still be following that, and (as Simon knows) yesterday I made an amazing discovery. Scholars of the Talmud believe Isaac was 37 years old at … Continue reading Isaac Peaked as a Patriarch at Mt. Moriah’s Pinnacle →

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry:hold not thy peace at my tears; for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.” (Psalm 39:12) Lately we hear people sanctimoniously intoning that it is unChristian if we don’t open our borders (and our purses) to these … Continue reading Wandering Judaeo-Christians →