STOP THE KILLING-GIVE PUTIN A MAR-A-LAGO SUITE
In my youth, Mussolini—the pompous human meatball of Fascism—had recurring night terrors. Not of war, but of his own people turning on him, stringing him up by his boots, and […]
LIVE IN A CAVE OR VISIT THE MOON?
WHY IT TOOK SO LONG TO GET SMART I want to be proud of my ancestors, but they screwed up. They spent a disgraceful half-million years doing nothing. Thousands of […]
HISTORIES BEST LOVE GIFT
T Scholars don’t study romance, but without it, there would be no reproduction; thus, we wouldn’t exist. This story is a shout-out for history’s leading lovers and the rest who […]
TWO GUYS TAKE ON “FIVE GUYS”
IIT WASN’T EVEN A CONTEST We sat through a long symphony last night. It lacked excitement and inspiration. Nevertheless, for this couple, the night was a roaring success. Not the […]
THE MIDDLE FINGER FROM A NURSING-HOME ESCAPEE
Stick around long enough, and the geriatric demographics catch up with you, too. I once met some Maine RR enthusiasts who seemed to have skipped the usual steps of […]
DUMP YOUR WAZE . GETTING LOST CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE
It is simply inconceivable! For a child of the 1930s, navigation technology today boggles my mind. A small instrument ball looks down from the heavens and can identify you, me, […]