A question that runs through my mind almost constantly is, “Who cares?” I think it when I read the news, when I overhear people talking, as I scroll through social media, and a bunch of other times. The reason I think “who cares” is because people are always making proclamations. Pineapple doesn’t belong on pizza….
Asking what talent is may seem silly. It’s something we can all identify. Yo Yo Ma is a talented cellist. Shohei Ohtani is a talented baseball player. Kate Atkinson is a talented writer. Everyone knows these things. But what is talent? That’s a much harder that simply identifying talent. The internet defines talent as “natural…
I’ve listened to Christmas in the Stars: A Star Wars Christmas Album a lot over the years. I started listening to it as a little kid, and it’s still one of my favorites. When I was little there were two parts of the album that I didn’t really get. One was in the song, “What…
Donald Trump said on Truth Social, “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t!” Taking him at his word, which is always dangerous with a BS artist like Trump, I agree. We should end Daylight Savings Time. In other words, we…
Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I listen to a lot of music. That includes lots of Christmas Music. For holiday music, I have jazz, blues, rock, gospel, country, pops, and klezmer. But I only have two classical albums. Another way of putting it is I have about 200 classical albums in my…
According to the internet, etiquette is, “the customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group.” I’m certainly no expert on what most people think of when they think of etiquette. I don’t know what the differences are between forks. I have no idea who to invite to…
In my last post, Our Messed-Up Healthcare System, I made a parenthetical reference to unemployment and how that deserved a rant of its own. Here, for your consideration, is that rant. And I am in Connecticut. I know it’s a little different in each state, but it’s close enough that anyone will have similar experiences….
Most of us already know that the US healthcare system is a disaster. Disaster really isn’t a strong enough word. I don’t have the active vocabulary to find a better one, though. So, I’ll stick with disaster. Being unemployed, I’m getting a very personal sample of how bad it is. Last year, I was working…
I don’t have much of anything to say today. It’s not writers block. It’s a case of the things that are on my mind aren’t my stories to tell. That’s something I’m always conscious of. You may have noticed that I talk about myself a lot in these posts. That’s because I’m uncomfortable telling other…
I never met a plant I couldn’t kill. That’s what I always tell people. It’s not absolutely true. I have four house plants that seem unkillable. Don’t ask me what they are, because I couldn’t tell you. They are green, though. One is some kind of cactus, I think. Anyway, I have no idea how…
