Here are some links I found interesting – with minimal comment.
An illustration from the internet.
A quote.
“Si Luigi Mangione mató a ese CEO, imaginense de lo que Waluigi Mangione sería capaz.” – Sergio
Month: December 2024
Caveat: Poem #3049 “Not necessarily accurate, though”
ㅁ cool weather predicted giant snowflakes on my phone's little weather report thing
– a tetractys.
Caveat: Wut
I’m overwhelmed and close to burn out.
I’m feeling very gloomy at the moment.
Caveat: Poem #3048 “Growth mindset”
ㅁ The economy can keep growing, even if we run out of stuff. Like a currency unit in, e.g., Zimbabwe, it is unbounded. Reality a canvas for our hopes.
– a nonnet.
Caveat: Poem #3047 “A declaration of intent”
ㅁ I shall prefer to take a rest. I'm stressed, from working far too hard. I think a day of nothing's best. I shall prefer to take a rest. I'll sit and meditate, depressed. I'll watch the ravens in the yard. I shall prefer to take a rest. I'm stressed, from working far too hard.
– a triolet.
Caveat: Santaized
Santa came to the gift store. Unfortunately he was a bit early this year (he had scheduling conflicts), so he wasn’t the big hit he’d been last year. Anyway we still had a fairly decent sales day. Christmas season is in full swing. What life choices did I make such that at age 59 I run a gift store in Alaska that plays Christmas music all day long? I look like a mentally unstable elf.
Caveat: Poem #3046 “Just so many random ghosts”
ㅁ Really I'm just an alien here. The people gathered around me are remote, unknowable. But they all feel the same. At least, I guess so. They, too, wonder: what is this? Why here? Now?
– a nonnet.
Caveat: Links #108
Here are some links I found interesting- with minimal comment.
- The Nobot
- Tiny steps to building state capacity in Chicago
- Too much effort was expended in producing this, no matter how much effort that was
An illustration from the internet.
A quote.
“어째서 사람이 이 모양인가” – South Korean Conference of Catholic Priests, in response to the recent failed auto-golpe by president Yoon [“How can a person be like this”]
Caveat: Poem #3045 “What to say…”
ㅁ i called my mother not actually easy so much bitterness
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Amnesty
This crazy thought occurred to me, as I think about the brouhaha over the Hunter Biden pardon, in the news currently.
Per that linked blog post, Biden should pardon everyone who is potentially subject to DJTs retribution. But! Biden should also pardon DJT and all of his crime-adjacent-friends. Wait, really? Yes. DJT and his crime-adjacent-friends are going to get away with it all anyway, right? That’s somewhat of a given, at this point. So if Biden preemptively pardons them, up to and including the emperor himself, it rather takes the wind out of their sails as far as accusing Biden of illegitimately deploying pardons to benefit his own “team”, and bypasses all the inevitable both-sidesing in the media. We could call it a blanket amnesty on the whole giant Red-Blue culture war. DJT gets to start with a “clean slate” – we can see how long that lasts. He’ll make a mess of his clean slate on day one, is my guess.
Caveat: Poem #3044 “The winter solstice only 2 weeks off”
ㅁ A rainy morning emerged like Aphrodite from the purple clouds.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Links #107
Here are some links I found interesting- with minimal comment.
- Gonzo at the failed Korean auto-golpe
- Handwriting over typing
- “Either we embrace the value of life, of nature, or we do not. Not to do so is monstrous, a philosophy suited to absurd killer sci-fi robots and mad Cthulthoid gods.” – Eugene Earnshaw
An illustration from the internet.
A quote.
“Craig, Alaska: Where everything is a little bit half-assed!” – G. Klein, a local booster in my town.
Caveat: Poem #3043 “Take it or leave it”
ㅁ not worth dying for, this life of tribulations; but that's the set up.
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #3042 “Above the clouds on the evening flight from Seattle to Ketchikan”
ㅁ the world appeared curved the horizon a red gash then the airplane turned
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Links #106
Here are some links I found interesting- with minimal comment.
- Publick Universal Friend
- I lived in Mexico City almost 40 years ago. The expat scene appears unchanged.
An illustration from the internet.
A quote.
“I wouldn’t be so hard on you if you were stupid.” – Jeff Hawkins (my stepson), speaking to his son.
Caveat: Poem #3041 “The trucks going by at 5 AM”
ㅁ the smell of diesel makes me weirdly nostalgic for paris, or seoul
– a pseudo-haiku.
Caveat: Poem #3040 “Events down the driveway”
ㅁ Some chickens came and grazed the yard, the dog became excited, then. He lunged, but all the birds stood guard. Some chickens came and grazed the yard, the night was coming, sky was starred. The dog returned to where he'd been. Some chickens came and grazed the yard, the dog became excited, then.
– a triolet.