No more doom p0rn

Dear alternative media… I respect and admire your goal of presenting dissenting opinions.  There are always (at least) two (or more) sides to every story, and let’s face it: the mainstream media machine has always felt fake and conjured to me.  Even in childhood, I felt a sleazy, slimy, sensationalist, manipulative vibe from every newscaster, … More No more doom p0rn

There’s a hole in my bucket list, dear Liza, dear Liza…

Welp, I had all these amazing goals totaling about 100 items, spread across 2 separate posts (here and here) and separated by 3 years (from each other). And welp, it’s been a few more years after that… …and welp again, things….have changed. Many of those list items were solo projects, but a significant number of … More There’s a hole in my bucket list, dear Liza, dear Liza…

Websites that rule – Part 12 [the YouTube channel edition]

It sounds cliché, but it’s hard to believe it’s been more than a year since I did one of these.  This installment of my Websites That Rule series is a bit of a departure, in that it’s not individual websites, per se, but channels from a single website: YouTube.  I’ve become a Big Tech Skeptic … More Websites that rule – Part 12 [the YouTube channel edition]

Happy holy sh*t this is my 16th Thanksgiving on this blog (!)

(Jeff Foxworthy: “That’s dedication right there.  I don’t care who you are”.  Or that I have no life.  I  spare myself a lot of headache by being boring.) 😉 This is probably the best Thanksgiving I’ve had in a while.  Last year’s was OK, but a bit too solemn; forgive me – I was still … More Happy holy sh*t this is my 16th Thanksgiving on this blog (!)

I’d like to move

It’s a quiet, peaceful evening, in a quiet, peaceful household. One kitty pretends to sleep in the top floor of a cat tree, another hanging out with me on the couch. My custom-made Eclectique station plays on TV through the Roku box connected to it (about as high-tech as we get), while my companion waves … More I’d like to move