Bemused and a little bewildered April 3, 2025 Life Another day of research and socializing on line. Bemused March 28, 2025 Life So much stuff going on. So little signal among the noise. Tuesday Observations March 25, 2025 Life The Promise of the Web was decentralization. The gift of the Web was decentralization, democratization of information. The centralized watering holes are a vast shallow lake with a few deeper spots. But not many. Sunny and Cold Saturday March 22, 2025 Life Left for the beach and it was **just** 50ºF with light wind. Heavy winds blowing *all* around everywhere else. Big Gap March 20, 2025 Life Yuge! And other such nonsense. NewSpeak Daily News November 21, 2024 USPOL Big news day. The puritanical character assasination industry won and Gaetz quit (appropriately) to take away one HUNK OF RED MEAT. Bad idea to go after someone so young IMHO. Bluster November 20, 2024 GEOPOL The open question is whether the Ukranians can start WWIII in spite of ongoing Russian forbearance Phase-Change November 16, 2024 Life The personal phase-change came yesterday starting mid-morning and culminating later in the day. United November 14, 2024 USPOL Cancellation is a form of exile and alienation. Quick Update November 12, 2024 GEOPOL SHOCK! Trump is an Isolationist Imperialist Catching Up November 12, 2024 Life & USPOL The election passed. Now we live on. After good red wine last night. August 25, 2024 Life Hazy sunlight and high humidity turn the near distance gray; complements the mild handover. Archetypical Entanglement June 19, 2024 Life Today, June 19th, 2024 08:35 June 16, 2024 GEOPOL Refreshing our memories: a reminder from the Kremlin Enough? June 10, 2024 USPOL It would appear that the Political Class has been overly optimisitc about the peasants. The Usual Chest-Thumping June 6, 2024 USPOL A reaction to the D-Day 80th Anniversary splash