UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale: The United Nations has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size. In a session at its headquarters in New York, the … Continue reading Another Reason for the World to Hate US
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Death of an Alleged Sexual Predator
There’s an obituary for Richard Glanton, who died of a heart attack at 79, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and buried in the eleventh paragraph is this little nugget: He ended a workplace sexual harassment suit with a private settlement in the early 1990s What a way to bury one of the stories that had the … Continue reading Death of an Alleged Sexual Predator
I’d Love To Be On This Jury Panel
A class action suit has been filed against Twitter and the trial has begun in San Francisco, but Judge Charles R. Breyer is having difficulty finding enough potential jurors who are impartial with regards to Elon Musk. The case involves Twitter investors who are angry that Musk drove down the price of the stock by … Continue reading I’d Love To Be On This Jury Panel
Bad Bunny Breaks Records
Pardon the more frequent posting, but there are more things that I want to write about, or at least acknowledge, and to do so at my normal one post per day speed would mean I’d fall way behind. Variety reports: Bad Bunny‘s Super Bowl halftime show — or the “Benito Bowl,” as it was affectionally … Continue reading Bad Bunny Breaks Records
Bad Bunny for President?
My first post today was a bit of a downer, so here’s a more uplifting one. I’m taking this from today’s EV.com site, although I’m blocking out a bit of it: Bad Bunny for President? Yesterday was the Super Bowl, which means that the latest battle in the culture wars has concluded. We refer, of … Continue reading Bad Bunny for President?
Plowing On
Things haven’t changed much. Our street still hasn’t been plowed. I don’t blame the mayor for that, even though I don’t hold her in very high esteem. Cities plan their budgets for the kind of weather that they normally expect. We haven’t had a snowstorm like this in ten years, so naturally I don’t expect … Continue reading Plowing On
Snow
Philadelphia, along with a large part of the rest of this country, had a bit of snow on Sunday. It was the most snow we’ve had since I’ve moved into this house nearly six years ago. I was out at 5:00 AM on Sunday morning and pretty much every hour and a half after that … Continue reading Snow
Why Do So Many People Still Approve of That Creep?
As I’ve stated previously, I don’t often write about politics because other people do it much better than I do. But there are a couple other reasons as well. I figure that those who read this blog do so to get away from the harsh realities of the world for a few minutes, so writing … Continue reading Why Do So Many People Still Approve of That Creep?
It’s About Time
I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise. A few years ago I heard that some schools had stopped teaching cursive writing because—? Because in the digital age there was no need to sign one’s name anymore? I never got the logic. I later heard that some of those schools had begun to teach cursive … Continue reading It’s About Time
mmm, mmm, glop!
Quote of the day: Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got used to it.—H.L. Mencken So let me get this right. Robert Garza was a cybersecurity analyst at Campbell’s Soup Company. That’s him in this photo: He went in for what was supposed to be a routine salary discussion with … Continue reading mmm, mmm, glop!