Monthly Archives: November 2021

Can’t let this giant’s passing pass unnoticed. From the lyrics to the cryptic crosswords, a true genius of words and — literally — letters!

WARNING: NSFW (language)… All right, all right, ya’ fierce Maccabeans! Take it easy! Here is what the tribe has come down to a few thousand years later. Enjoy this classic clip and have a fine Hanukkah season for yourselves. We … Continue reading →

So what if it’s pretty much spicy monosodium glutamate?! It improves the flavor of everything it touches, particularly Turkey Day leftovers! Besides, how can you resist the enhancement of umami. Umami is the solution to all your culinary woes outside … Continue reading →

Good morning from a bright and sunny Studio City, where the temperature approaching the bottom of the 10 a.m. hour is 67°F. The cloud cover is 1 percent, and the relative humidity is 40 percent. The winds are out of … Continue reading →

https://books.apple.com/us/book/amusing-ourselves-to-death/id357927096 Finally got to read this, and though it’s dated, many of its main ideas still apply today. To wit, it was Huxley, not Orwell, who had it correct about our future. Cataloguing Huxley’s forecasting, Neil Postman writes something like: People … Continue reading →

All right, all right, ya’ QAnon-lovers & all other Patriot Purgers! Take it easy! Thinking of yourselves on this tragic date in U.S. history. Lots o’ conspiracy theories to unpack in this here video lede, so enjoy ’em all, ya’ … Continue reading →

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1z2x Well, lookee here! More accurately, listen here! Stuff on the MetaVerseThing. Segment 3, which begins at the 11:29 mark, is most intriguing.

How’s that MetaVerseThing going? They already got the systemic power-structures established in it? Are the Rohingas starting to be exterminated? What has Warden Zuckerberg now decreed? Just riffing here…

We don’t shill for just any after-warranty car-protection service. But this here advertisement is irresistible, and our neurodivergent side absolutely is tickled at more than a few moments.

Only going up to 70°F today here in sunny Studio City, where the recent Santa Ana winds had blown in some unwanted heat. Not scheduled to hit 80°F locally until at least Monday. Nighttime lows refreshingly in the mid-50s°F.