Does it seem to you that the media are full of stories regarding various issues relating to homosexuality? From the "Drag Queen Story Hours" being foisted upon five-year-olds in public libraries; to Pride Month parades; to the "normalization" of prostitution by re-naming its practitioners "sex workers"(in the Wall Street Journal, no less); every day's news …
So we need some new cat memes, and photos. First, here's Kikyo taking over the unmade bed. Remember this one? And some new ones. The above is especially relevant around here right at the moment. From last June, when it was over 100 here. Help! Kitten Invasion!! Happy International Cat Day! Pet your kitties, and …
Every year, the last weekend in July is the Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair. For 2020 and 2021, the fair was not held, due to the onerous Covid restrictions by the Dictator of Washington State. The Fair was back this year, and just as wonderful as always. Sponsored by the Bellevue Arts Museum, parts of …
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I have a friend who just started his own WordPress blog, and in a comment on his new site, I told him that everybody has to start somewhere. Which is true. We should cut new bloggers, new students, and new businesses a lot of slack, since newbies often make mistakes, If they learn from their …
Hubby first introduced me to Japanese Anime before we were married, and now I'm hooked too. We watched the entire series of Inu Yasha, where the modern girl Kagome Higurashi time-travels through her grandfather's sacred well, and ends up in the medieval period. She has all sorts of adventures with her dog-half-demon friend Inu Yasha, …
Continue reading Might there be a use for a smartphone in Feudal-era Japan?
Since we have been married (2003), Hubby and I have taken five big road-trips. In 2006, I played with my local orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York (summers there have slots open for student and amateur orchestras to play for the local audience-our concert got standing ovations). After the concert, we rented a car …
On July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first human being to set foot on our huge satellite, the Moon. It was perhaps the most momentous achievement of Humanity, and to this day it has never been duplicated. I think that every American should give a rousing cheer for America, and its space …
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This past weekend, the Wall Street Journal did a story on Isabella Rossellini, daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini. She had an illustrious career as a model and actress, and now lives on a farm in New York State. The article gives prompts, and she filled in the rest. To the prompt: When you're …
Continue reading My sentiments exactly! Isabella Rossellini on “when you’re older”
Much has been made, in the press, about the huge cost overruns on the Webb Space Telescope project. It's time now to ignore all the cost overruns, and see the result of decades of scientific work by NASA and its private-sector partners. Today, the first images taken by the Webb telescope in its orbit around …
Continue reading The multi-billion-dollar Webb Space Telescope, showing us our Universe
Here in the Seattle area, like in many cities across America, we are seeing a deterioration of many different areas of society. Public schools are failing, having been closed for many months during the Covid pandemic (by governments). Parents are pulling their kids out of public schools, so reduced numbers of students lead to less …
Continue reading Dispatch from the deteriorating Puget Sound area
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