As is tradition, I shall be pretty much going dark for the upcoming holiday weekend. Going to touch a little grass, eat and drink a bit, and ignore (if not turn off completely) the phone. It’s a bit of self-care that I, as they say, mindfully practice. Plus, this year, there’s already been too much […]

The last couple of weeks…they’ve been a lot. We wrapped the “longest in history” business, with some mixed feelings. We’re back, we’ve been back paid, and life continues. Of course, being what time of year it is, the fact that it’s only a continuing resolution means there’s no money on the books yet, and starting […]

So, we’re well into week four, and still no particular movement on anything. The legislative branch continues to stay buried in their bunkers, emerging every now and then to vote the same way they have the last dozen times, and the executive branch is way more into trashing landmarks of great historical significance than governing […]

I woke up with a weird sense of existential dread and anxiety this morning. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t just because it was Monday morning. The weekend was productive -I made a lot of progress toward meeting the deadlines for those creative projects I’m working on with other people- one’s not quite done, but I […]

On one level, after writing in a space for nearly a quarter-century, you feel like you’re running out of things to say. On another level, there’s so much happening in the world that things to write about come spewing forth from the media fire hose more quickly than one can form positions on them. On […]

At noon today, we’ll have crossed over into the second half of 2025. The first half has been…a lot. The last five months, especially, have felt like five years. There’s just been too damned much of it. Go look at any of the retrospectives today (such as the opening paragraphs of this daily newsletter) for […]

‘Tis Boxing Day; hope you’re enjoying your two turtle doves, and are ready for all those other birds over the next week and a half… After watching Congress pull a miracle out of their asses at the last minute, our Christmas here was quiet; we mostly lounged around reading, playing video games (the family gift […]

I’ll be honest, this week’s been kind of a foggy blur, interrupted by periodic explosions of flatulence. I haven’t been sleeping well for reasons that elude me, and I’ve been having all kinds of interesting lower GI issues (to the point of sore abdominal muscles!) for reasons that sort of also elude me, but were […]

Another week watching the world burn (or at least watching some people scattering kindling willy-nilly in world burning anticipation) while the press and pundits focus on their navels and that shiny squirrel over there who’s going to do exactly what he’s going to do regardless of whether Joe Biden’s compassionate and completely within the bounds […]

As is my tradition, in the interest of my mental health, I’m planning on turning off my phone today for the long weekend. Such actions support my desire for some well-deserved quiet time at home and on a couple of select adventures with friends and chosen family, while minimizing the instances of the extra stress […]