Odds and Ends
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Those of you who have probed my blog and pages, in full, can doubtless surmise that I’m a classical music fan. But that doesn’t preclude me from branching off into other genres; I’m also quite enthusiastic about jazz and classic rock. Recently, I discovered a Russian-born, classically trained pianist who performs classic rock songs in…
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The art of foreign policy is quite simply: it’s a good guy, making a deal with a bad guy, to get rid of a worse guy. Then, afterward, you’re left with a dilemma: Can the “good guy” control the bad guy? Can he rein him in when he acts up, and if so, will the…
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I am a blogger. I am also a novelist. More importantly, I am a devoted husband, loving father, and a recent grandfather. But I couldn’t be a, b, c, d, or e, with any measure of effectiveness, if not for f: Being a friend of physical fitness. Thus far, in my life and times, I’ve…
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Tap or click below to watch this Roadrunner/Wile Coyote short:
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Let’s kick this post off with a limerick. Here we go: There lived a man from North Carolina- Who owed a shitload of money to China- When looking over the note- He started to bloat- And dropped dead the next day from angina- ***** Hey, Michael, so whatcha been thinking about? I’ve been thinking a…
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If you think the poor bastard above choking his steering wheel is having a rough day, imagine a day in the life of the cave dude below: You might come away with a whole new perspective of the term Door Dash. It took the entirety of the Pliocene Epoch and a portion of the Pleistocene…
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I realize we all have busy lives; but I promise that the 23 minutes required to watch this video will not be 23 minutes you’ll wish to have back. Some portions will serve to enlighten you. Other portions may prove embarrassing. On some level, big or small, the video describes everyone presently alive, for no…
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Because “American” is not an ethnicity, and “America” is essentially a patchwork quilt, she’s a nation devoid of a definable culture or a cultural aspect not mutually exclusive to market inventions. But that doesn’t preclude her from having an ethos, a vibe, or an atmosphere. For example, football, autumn, and Thanksgiving, on their own merits,…
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If you haven’t already seen the video, you’ve at least heard about AI’s latest shtick: Keeping grandmothers alive. Give it a watch. It will only take a minute. My thoughts are below. We’ve finally made it! A generation ago, thanks to medical science, what used to require major surgery is solved with an in-and-out procedure.…
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A fool’s paradise There is a proverbial bridge that leads to a proverbial place. The place is commonly referred to as “Too Far,” accessible by the abovementioned bridge we just mindlessly crossed. And presently, we appear to be standing on Too Far’s threshold, preparing to get drawn into its vortex. Once in its grip, the…
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