Remembering Challenger

High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds – and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there I’ve chased … Read more

Thursday miscellanea #122

Well, “they” understated our Christmas snow, and then got Snowpocalypse about right.  So, if there’s a trend, “they” were due for a thoroughly inaccurate forecast.  It came Tuesday night.  Two to four inches of snow predicted, and…it rained.  No complaints here.  I’m over snow for the season. An Alabama law firm has filed suit against … Read more

Social media didn’t kill shame, but they’re an accessory to the crime

On Monday a friend and I were lamenting how horrifically and enthusiastically a person of our mutual acquaintance is publicly celebrating her adulterous affair.  The destruction of one’s family is regrettably blasé all by itself anymore, so commence the mainstreaming of also thoroughly humiliating one’s spouse, I suppose.  Did you catch that New York Times … Read more

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