odd memory

For the first time in many years, I just felt the urge for a beer. I could taste it. (I was watching "How It's Made" and they had a segment on making beer.)

This was a strange and disturbing sensation.

Repubican Snowflakes

There was a brief news item about a theater in New York City in which Gaius Julius Caesar was played by an actor made up to look like Donald J. Trump. Of course, Caesar was killed.  

There are Republican snowflakes claiming this was a threat to Trump’s life and was disrespectful.

sad ttuth

Here is a sad truth expressed in the novel "What Distant Deeps" by David Drake.

"Adele Mundy understood better than most how much everyone needed help. Some of us need the help of others just to find a reason for going on with life."