The president-elect is locked out of critical transition meetings due to his failure to file an ethics pledge https://bit.ly/4hI2mQ7Read more... )

The Halls of the Gods, or why children don’t go to Valhalla ( Read more... )

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a third of registered voters voted for Trump. Almost a third voted for Harris. And a third didn't bother voting at all. And will all suffer again like we did last time, no matter who we did or didn't vote for ( Read more... )

I was trying to remember if I was the one who introduced you to Tolkien. Generally you didn't like the same books I had. There is a great movie about Tolkien's life, just called "Tolkien". My kids were raised on books, including those. When kids whose families I don't know well tell me their school is not teaching them what they want to know or ( Read more... )

Wide awake under the Full Moon. Biden is no longer in the race; he can go full Dark Brandon. Trump isn't happy. J D Vance by any of his names isn't from Appalachia; neither was his mother; his grandparents left there when they were young for a middle-class union job and 4 bedroom house in a nice neighborhood in Ohio well away from hillbilly ( Read more... )

90 degrees in Hooksett NH. 91% in Miama, Texas. I hate hot weather. Ny air cobditioner is my friend!

and looking at the map, many other places. Grateful for an AC in the LR/DR and one in by bedroom. Almost MidSummer. Lars seems to think he's old enough and we don't need cakes and candles and presents any more.

Happy birthday, Ron!

29 years ago March 20 my cousin PJ died, unexpectedly and prematurely, leaving his beloved Marilla and their children Travis, Tim, and Caitlin behind. Hard to believe it's been that long.