Category: Science and the Universe
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Is this all there is?
Should we keep dancing? A writer we very much admire faulted my old boss, Tommy Thompson, a man of generous spirit, for championing Donald Trump, a single-minded settler of scores. The writer ascribed the seeming paradox to the former governor’s bid, at age 84 and out of office these 20 years, to remain relevant. Relevance.…
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All things come to those who wait
Practicing the virtues of benign neglect. Now it transpires that we should leave the leaves (English is a wondrous language!) on the lawn. Beneficial to over-wintering bugs, apparently. Which is fortuitous because this Head Groundskeeper had no intention of turning over a new leaf this fall. We’ll deal with next Spring when it gets here,…
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We believe in Santa Claus, not A-I
In God we trust, all others pay cash! Received word that a package cannot be delivered to Stately Blaska Manor because of an incorrect address. Somehow they have my e-mail address? How does that work? Should we have our credit cards handy? Apple has upgraded Ol’ Sparky’s operating system with artificial intelligence. Did not ask…
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Sorry, Dave, I can’t do that
Is A-I censoring my blogge? Maybe we are naive (shut up!), but the Werkes is not given to conspiracy mongering. Our limited interest in grassy knolls extends to how they are mowed, nothing else. Those contrails in the sky are not sapping our precious bodily fluids. And, for gawd’s sakes, leave Ray Epps in peace!…
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Going up the country
Baby don’t you wanna go! Every other early October, the Head Groundskeeper and the Lovely Lisa take a break from our increasingly ugly politics to put the top down, turn talk radio off, and put the FIAT 500C’s drive into Sport Mode for a low-speed road trip through Sauk County’s rustic splendor. Our neighbor to…
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Corn sweat and cow farts
How soon before Green New Deal bans farming? The Head Groundskeeper maintains Stately Blaska Manor at a comfortable 72 degrees (when the Lovely Lisa isn’t turning the thermostat to a less comfortable 75). Early in our residence here on the SW side of Madison WI, the man of the house had to promise the wife…