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Eighteen years ago tonight, the first post appeared on this blog. It addressed how George W. Bush was the only president other than Nixon to cause me so much anger and fear. Before Dubya, I never thought I could despise a president more than Nixon. I certainly never thought I could hate a president more […] Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez Oh My Fucking God, Get the Fucking Vaccine Already, You Fucking Fucks (“You want a two-month-old to wind up on a fucking ventilator instead of you, a fucking adult, getting a fucking sore arm for a day?”) Mind-Boggling Blog Headline of the Week New Physics Experiment Indicates There’s No […] Today brings proof I’m old — I’m eligible for Medicare. At least initially, though, it seems like a good thing. My wife (who was eligible earlier this year) and I aren’t on Medicare itself, opting to purchase a Medicare Advantage insurance policy. Even then, we will be paying more than $2,000 a month less than […] Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubez Afghanistan Will Be What It Always Was (“But our greatest failure [in Afghanistan] was not understanding and challenging ourselves.”) Headline of the Week South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Joins Fellow Republicans in Quest to Kill Her Constituents Least Shocking Blog Headline of the Week Online Trolls Actually Just Assholes […] Where and when the phrase “You’ll eat those words,” the standard idiom to suggest something said or written will be retracted, originated is unknown. As far back as the Book of Revelation, John of Patmos must eat a book held by an angel. A book of proverbs printed at Cambridge University in 1670 contained the […] |
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