I do, these days ignore news of the United States (which are not) but this bad news caught my eye. This from the New York Times: “The American West is burning more quickly than it…
I had the following conversation with myself this morning.Me: It is amazing but when my phone predicts rain, it rains on time. When it says it is going to be sunny, it is sunny.Alter Ego:…
Faithful readers will know that I recently escaped from the United Arab Emeritus, most recently. An Etihad Airways jet whisked me from Abu Dhabi on May 8, 2022, landing in Toronto making my way westward,…
This is a truth. If every day of your life was a good day, you would not appreciate the joy of having everything fall into place. When things fall into place, they happen in a…
Like almost everything, instagram can be both good and evil. I shall begin by illustrating Evil. Some so-called follower tried to convince me to join with him and his ‘guru’ and invest in something called…
I woke up in a super good mood, obviously not because of the weather. It was dark at sunrise as it is pouring rain with gale force winds. Oh well, into each life some rain…
Faithfully read the longer article on the hearings. This is the bottom line: “Liz Cheney, the committee’s other Republican, summed it up: “President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of…
The Friday, June 10, 2022 edition of The Economist World in Brief contains the story of two madmen simultaneously in a row. I found it sobering, depressing and frightening. First was our anti-hero Trump. “America’s…
This proverb comes to mind: the early bird gets the worm. Of course, I Google it. Cambridge University has the following definition: the person who arrives first is the one who is successful: Another definition:…
I was lying in bed (actually a mattress as the men who are putting together the bed do not arrive until Thursday) when a song came to mind. So I, of course, Googled it. I…