This weekend, I finished a book that, halfway through, I considered not finishing at all. The reason was that the protagonist was so disgusting and evil that she made me almost physically sick. I decided to just skim through the second half, just to see if she suffered the consequences of her depraved behavior. The …
I think the high temperature here today was 94F. Pretty hot for the Pacific Northwest. So I thought I’d post some photos of local water features. Our closest body of water is Silver Lake. Paddlers on Silver Lake On my way to lunch with a friend today, I noticed lots of boats out. Silver Lake …
Continue reading Too hot to sit at the computer. Photos of water to help me and my readers cool off.
Our little black cat, The Lady Kikyo, died this weekend. (the header description is how her little body felt to me) She joined our household, and made us a Family, in July of 2010, adopted from The NOAH Center, a shelter in Stanwood, Washington. In 2024, Kikyo was diagnosed with late-stage kidney disease, and we …
White farmers and business people from South Africa continue to apply to immigrate to America in fairly large numbers. Most of them are solidly middle-class, and they are leaving farms large and small, businesses, and homes they have lived in for generations. To come to a new country, where they will literally have to start …
Continue reading *These are the Refugees We Want: Immigrants from South Africa
Fiona Goddard is a young British woman who went through an almost unspeakable experience at the hands of Pakistani Rape Gangs in the city of Bradford, North Yorkshire. She was under their control for months, became pregnant, bore a child, and had that child taken away from her by the State. The fact that she …
Continue reading Horror. Humiliation. Heroic Courage. A Rape-gang Survivor Speaks.
First, the Air Travel story, from my friend Cynical Publius on X. Full story, followed by X link for those who wish to follow it. RE: Air Canada So now that I’m back from my Norway cruise, there are a few travel-related stories I want to tell. Let’s start with this: IMO, @AirCanada is by …
Byl Holte is a black man, born in America in the 1960s, just on the cusp of GenX. He knows exactly who he is, and who he is NOT. I admire him greatly, for being very astute in his observance of current American culture. and I reproduce two of his recent comments on said culture, …
Continue reading Guide for the Perplexed-an American black man speaks
I have looked back in history to find another example of an advanced, world-girdling empire, that ensured its own demise by inviting barbarians to conquer it in real time. I decided that the example of the Roman Empire, which existed for a thousand years and was conquered by barbarians, is not really a good example. …
On my way home from signing a petition to repeal the unconstitutional income tax, I dropped by a park near the Sammamish River Trail in Woodinvlle. The trail is paved, and divided like a normal road would be. It was a gorgeous day today, and there were cyclists and walkers on the trail, and moms …
Continue reading At the Park: Why we are no longer a high-trust society.
Given that Katie Wilson is still the mayor, it's hard to imagine that very much good has been happening in Seattle. There has been little to no progress on the homeless situation, as can be expected. In the run-up to the FIFA World Cup matches in June, the Seattle city government has actually been moving …
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