Apparantly, Italian right-wingers have suborned Tolkienin order to promote their drivel. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/world/europe/italy-tolkien-exhibition-meloni.html?unlocked_article_code=1._kw.a1K_.JjZROaL7FrcV&smid=url-share
Loved, yet lonely You might have the unconditional love of family and friends and yet feel deep loneliness. Can philosophy explain why? https://aeon.co/essays/how-is-it-possible-to-be-loved-and-yet-to-feel-deeply-lonely
Birthday presentSo, my birthday is this upcoming Monday. Today, the wife said that, while she was out shopping, she got me another birthday gift (yes, there have been gifts; no, the wife isn't good at lining up with the actual dates for this sort of thing), even...See More »
I am in painI've been in this particular case of pain for about 6 weeks now. I'm still having trouble walking and standing, but I'm getting by. I am making incremental improvements, but it's still an up and down road. Getting old is not for the weak.
Look, if you just put a big bowl of candy out on your porch on Halloweenyou have to expect some little turdhead — or their turdhead parent — to just swipe the whole bowl and ruin things for everyone else, because while most people may be good and decent, there are still enough turdheads in the world to ruin everything...See More »
In addition to Matthew Perry we also lost Richard Moll this weekend. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/richard-moll-played-towering-bailiff-night-court-dies-80-rcna122606
Went to my chiropractor this morningand my back is feeling different. I've been going to this chiropractor (who's at our local orthopedics institute, so there's a minimum of woo woo) for several weeks now in attempt to deal with the pain mostly in my right hip when I stand and walk. He...See More »
Someone should do a biopic of George Westinghouse just so Nick Offerman will have to grow muttonchops.
So, I get a voicemailyesterday morning from my sister-in-law who tearfully wants to tell me that my brother is going in for coronary bypass surgery Wednesday morning and he just wanted me to know, just in case, you know. Is it bad that I could not possibly care less?