I just heard about this, so I thought I’d pass it along. I don’t normally shop at Target or Home Depot, but I can certainly avoid Amazon for a few days. A consumer boycott is set to kick off on Thanksgiving Day and run through Cyber Monday. The boycott, known as “We Ain’t Buying It,” … Continue reading We Ain’t Buying It!
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New York, NY, It’s a Helluya Town
Quote of the day: The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.—George Orwell Checking in on the Mamdani campaign, he seems to be doing pretty well. At least he’s agitating all the right folks: There has been much rending of garments and gnashing of … Continue reading New York, NY, It’s a Helluya Town
Idiocy or Jackassery?
Sigh. After being a New York Times subscriber for decades, last year I finally cut my ties with them and I haven’t regretted it. They just seem to keep getting worse. Case it point is an article they just ran on whether Apple could actually make their iPhones in America. John Gruber has the details: … Continue reading Idiocy or Jackassery?
Fire in the Neighborhood
As I was walking to the Acme this morning, I saw bunch of firemen clustered around a home not too far from mine. As I got there, I realized the house was completely burned out. One of the firemen was talking to a neighbor and I heard him say that the occupants had been transported … Continue reading Fire in the Neighborhood
A Government Program Supported by a Dedicated Tax
This country’s Social Security program has been in the news lately and as I derive a portion of my retirement income from it, as I mentioned recently, I felt it was only fitting that I should correct some of the untruths that have been floating around in the news about it lately. Such as the … Continue reading A Government Program Supported by a Dedicated Tax
We Interrupt This Blog—
I’ve come to look on this blog as something of an oasis of froth and lightness from the ocean of darkness that is constantly washing up on the shores, to mix my metaphors. And generally I only allude to the news and/or current events if I get especially outraged about something or perhaps if there … Continue reading We Interrupt This Blog—
I For One Would Welcome Our Canadian Overlords!
I truly wanted to stop using content from electoral-vote.com, but this one just seemed too good to pass up. In yesterday’s post they had an item on Canada and how its annexation might affect US electoral politics: O, Canada Be careful what you wish for, you might get it. Have we mentioned that before? We … Continue reading I For One Would Welcome Our Canadian Overlords!
The X Words
I read the news today, oh boy, and it made me very angry. Rather than stewing about it, I wrote this blog post to sublimate my anger. A production of the Stephen Sondheim/John Weidman musical Assassins at Northwestern was cancelled when Black students protested its use of the N-word in one of its songs. They didn’t … Continue reading The X Words
Paul Ford, Broadway Pianist and Arranger, Passes Away
News from broadwayworld.com: BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of Broadway music director, conductor, and arranger, Paul Ford. According to friends on social media, Ford was found unresponsive in his home in New York City this afternoon. Ford began his professional career in the late 1970s and quickly became a sought-after rehearsal pianist and … Continue reading Paul Ford, Broadway Pianist and Arranger, Passes Away
Wishing Doesn’t Make It So
In 1951 when I was two years old, there was no vaccine for the measles, and I came down with a very severe case of it. Of course, I have no memory of it, but my aunts Joan and Jane used to tell me about it and how they’d help my mother take care of … Continue reading Wishing Doesn’t Make It So