• Update 11/09/2025

    Odd thing I recall:  We dropped more tons of bombs on Vietnam than we did on Germany in WWII. ………………………… “It is too late to be concerned after a ship has capsized.” –quote from my old academy text on ship stability, in the chapter, “Large Angles of Inclination.”  The author was our instructor, who had Continue reading

  • Update 11/02/2025

    In the Things I Learned the Hard Way Dept.:  Do not wear your hearing aids in the shower. Another thing:  If you think you’re being followed, don’t go home. …………….. Update:  I now have a note on my shower door about hearing aids. ………………. Trumpy is still on a quest to kill Obamacare.  This time Continue reading

  • Update 10/26/2025

    Real movie fans: This Bollywood classic still captivates Indian movie-goers 30 years on:Fans of Diwale Dulhania Le Jayenge or DDLJ still flock to a Mumbai cinema that has shown the film every day for three decades straight.  – Dunno know where I saw this. …………………………….. So, a family notified police and they stopped a guy Continue reading

  • Update 10/19/2025

    Trump now says that the Watergate scandal was “an illegal hoax.”  Really.  He said that.  Another hoax, eh?  Right up there with climate change and the Sandy Hook school shootings. ………………………….. Something I have long wondered:  What ever happened to Roebuck? ………………………. What Else is New Dept.:  In a speech today, Trump called the Prime Continue reading

  • Update 10/12/2025

    What?  Another Trump friend is a sex offender?  No! Here, from MSNBC:  Robert Morris, a former Trump campaign spiritual adviser, pleads guilty to child sex abuse.  The Dallas-based ex-megachurch pastor was taken away in handcuffs and must register as a sex offender. ………………………… Trivia:  The average cumulus cloud weighs 1.1 million pounds. But the air Continue reading