Two weeks late – Christmas Payback December 31, 2020 I turned this in a week ahead of the XMas Reader but due to circumstances beyond my control it missed that issue and the… Continue Reading
For our fellow Mandelorian Fans December 29, 2020 Repairing Baby Yoda’s (Grogu) arms and ears Check out previous post for finished product and details. Continue Reading
Christmas Beyond Earth December 23, 2020 I woke up to three inches of perfect fresh sticky snow a couple days ago. Although I had no plans for a snow sculpture… Continue Reading
Nightmares before Christmas December 22, 2020 I turned in a column to the Reader back to back one week following the next. It was modest and a bit of a… Continue Reading
Christmas Carroms December 17, 2020 When I was a teen my Dad bought us a carrom board. I recall that it was brought out a Christmas for a couple… Continue Reading
A little more on Duluth School Board’s elections December 14, 2020 The following exposition is in reference to my most recent Reader Column Democracy on the Cheap. The editorial in the Duluth News Tribune championing… Continue Reading
Good Sunday December 14, 2020 Over the weekend I became a father-in-law for the second time around. I am very pleased even if the ceremony was limited to my… Continue Reading
Democracy on the Cheap December 11, 2020 My latest Duluth Reader column: It begins: “The Duluth School Board is contemplating changing school board elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years.” Read… Continue Reading
#3 12/9/2020 Nixon Reconsidered…….connections December 9, 2020 I have sacrifices writing on the blog for half a year to, among other things, campaign for Congress as a local crank, maintain my… Continue Reading
#2 12/9/2020, KISS ing Salience Goodbye December 9, 2020 INTRO Isaac Asimov was both brilliant and simple, by which I mean he wrote to be understood by all like the junior high aged… Continue Reading
#1 12/9/2020, Socrates, Faust, Asimov December 9, 2020 #1 I got my only daily habit out of the way at 1:30 this AM when I rolled out of a sleepless state and… Continue Reading
RINO and Proud December 3, 2020 The last four posts are at best rough drafts. I cranked through them quickly and only checked the spell check to fix the most… Continue Reading
A billion people December 2, 2020 This is a map showing the relative populations on Earth. There are two massive blobs. Far East Asia with about two billion people and… Continue Reading
An uncluttered life is a dull life – That’s how I roll December 2, 2020 I have been organizing fifty years of clutter. I am doing it with the intention of reviewing it for future writing projects. Its a… Continue Reading
Trois heurers par jour practique Francais. Pour trois ans December 2, 2020 Three hours a day practicing French. For three years I am more impatient than ever with people who look down on those learning a… Continue Reading