BREAKFAST AT THE DINER #54
Kirstin was nowhere to be seen, and Harvey said, “Hey, Chief,” so I knew instantly that breakfast would be a little worse. … [read more]
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Peace and loud quiet
Cranky Old Man #76
… [read more]Canon is a shitty company that sells printers and print cartridges. The cartridges have a built-in chip that, if it’s missing, won’t let your printer print.
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Blowing stuff up
How to Blow Up a Pipeline,
by Andreas Malm
Verso Books, 2021
• from a library
• from a bookstore
• from the publisherWritten in what he calls “total despair mode,” Andreas Malm, a professor of human ecology at Lund University and a longtime climate activist, presents: How to Blow Up a Pipeline. … [read more]
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No more New Yorker.
Cranky Old Man #75
… [read more]How come Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes gets charged and convicted for fraud, but prosecutors have no interest in the company’s board of directors?
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Same as me
Cranky Old Man #74
… [read more]A tale of perseverance against near-absolute stupidity and cruelty:
When the Taliban banned women and girls from athletics, and they were in life or death danger, the national girls soccer team fled the country.
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Effort and patience
and generic dish soap Cranky Old Man #73
To mark the one-year anniversary of prosecuting little people, fools and easy targets instead of the people who organized the 1/6/2020 riots and insurrection, Attorney General Merrick Garland has emerged from his shadow to say a few words. … [read more]
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Seven movies
Boom! (1968)
— NO, except for laughs —The credits announce: “Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Noel Coward in a movie by Tennessee Williams.” Three out of four ain’t bad, but Tennessee Williams wrote lots of overwrought and overrated rot, in my opinion. … [read more]
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Mustard toast
Cranky Old Man #72… [read more]I know you’ve been waiting, so here’s the ten best films of 1931.
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I pay little attention to drug prohibition hysteria these days, but it’s an eyeball roll when the Drug Enforcement Agency is decoding emojis to protect us from drug abuse.
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Some links, a few stories
Cranky Old Man #71I’m on a diet and can’t cook anyway, but ham and bananas hollandaise looks delicious to me.
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Who doesn’t like a nice inspirational quote? … [read more] -
Someone to vote for
Come visit my lovely state of Wisconsin for a few minutes. It’s a beautiful place. Great cheese. Go Packers.
Let me introduce our state’s Governor, Tony Evers. … [read more]
