Tuesday Sniping: Delayed El Niño Edition

All the forecasters said 2016 would be the Year of the Unending Winter Rains in Southern California. It did not turn out that way. But 2017… Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, February 19, 2017

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Still in the League…

Ladies & gentlemen, the truly, very, literally, bigly immortal Jaro Jagr…JAGR! Continue reading →

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First Post: Friday, February 17, 2017

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Stormfront, the kind that hates everyone, not just the ‘others’

All right, all right, ya California-haters! Take it easy! If the Golden State won’t tumble into the sea the way you pray it will, well, then, the sea will engulf the state. We’ll miss ya! Continue reading →

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First Post: Thursday, February 16, 2017

Good evening across most of the North American continent now. Good evening there and good late-afternoon here in the West this time. Thank you. Continue reading →

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First Post: Wednesday, February 15, 2017

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Plum perfect

Hey! How’s things going in the Rust Belt & Bible Belt these days? Armageddon can’t come fast enough, right? Meanwhile, La-La Land has got it on lock: blossoms already, plus it’s the proverbial sunny and 75°F. Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: V-Day 2017 Edition

From Richard Wagner to Jonathan Richman…only HiddenEntries, friends in racing, only HiddenEntries… Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, February 12, 2017

All right, all right, White Nation! Take it easy! We know Richard Wagner is one of your heroes, and maybe for more than just his music. Nonetheless, this is immortal, and it will be performed long after Lady gaGA is block-and-tackled off the stage. Continue reading →

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First Post: Saturday, February 11, 2017

Good afternoon across the North American continent now. Good afternoon this time. Continue reading →

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First Post: Friday, February 10, 2017

http://www.libraryofinspiration.com/lit_2010s_deptofspeculation.htm

‘A student asked Donald Barthelme how he might become a better writer. Barthelme advised him to read through the whole history of philosophy from the pre-Socratics up through the modern-day thinkers. The student wondered how he could possibly do this. “You’re probably wasting time on things like eating and sleeping,” Barthelme said. “Cease that, and read all of philosophy and all of literature.” Also art, he amended. Also politics.’

Got that? Yeah? Continue reading →

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First Post: Thursday, February 9, 2017

The money shot starts at 7:58 and runs through 8:13. Dunning-Kruger 2020 can’t come fast enough. Continue reading →

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