A Marine Confronted Me at an Airport 20 years Ago. I Just Learned that He Hasn't Forgotten It.A Marine at an airport confronted me about what the news chooses to cover, and what it ignores. Twenty years later, I still can't forget what happened that day. In 2005, I was in Santa Maria, California, covering the Michael Jackson trial. It was... See More » (1)
I don’t know what collagen is forBut I’m pretty sure it’s going to help me be all good looking at stuff. You all better watch out, like when Santa comes to town. 🙂↔
Once at Xmas I saw a black Santa statue in CVS and it had me thinkingI am half chinese and I have never wanted there to be a Chinese Santa because it would be weird. So why do we need a "Soul" Santa? I know it is only May but I was just reflecting a bit on that.
Why do people mock and ridicule others for talking openly about their mental health struggles?What do you think would be the biggest challenge for Meta following Mark Zuckerberg's decision to reduce his CEO role? What do Jehovah’s Witnesses say about members who predict specific dates for the end of the world? What are some challenges of a... See More »
Merry Christmas! 😂I come out of the bedroom this evening and he’s got classic Christmas carols playing, singing along to “here comes Santa Claus” while he walked through the kitchen with a basket of laundry. 😳 I don’t know if he started taking happy pills or his... See More »
Is it time to end the US Postal Service monopoly? Or simply increase the price of a 1st class letter 20 cents to help them break even?Photo above - Screenshot from "Miracle on 34th Street". Children's letters to Santa are delivered to the courtroom where he is on trial. Postage was 3 cents in 1947. It's 78 cents today, double the official rate of consumer inflation. The Post... See More » (+1)
I Can Choose How I RememberFor so many years now, as the day of Joe’s death has rolled around, I’ve spent thousands of words in trying to explain how I feel at the time. Far too words have I used in remembering the things we shared and did together over a lifetime cut far too... See More » (+2)
California’s $20 per hour fast food wage. First semester grades are in . . .Photo above - cleaning red snapper, dockside in Florida. This writer once held this job, at below minimum wage. And I have the knife skills to prove it. Before assessing the accuracy of the link below, let’s assess the sources involved. TND (The... See More » (+1)
what would you have thought about her responses?I found a penny, and she said, “Wow, great find,” so I called it a lucky penny because I’m trying to look on the bright side while she’s off doing who knows what. She was just constantly coming at me. This family member can be kind of stuck up—like... See More »
If you need a website that pretends to "call" emergency services with AI responses, I have just the one.I also have one for Santa.
Ashleigh Brilliant (1933-2025)Originally from England, he was the author of the witty postcards he both penned and illustrated called Pot-Shots. I began collecting them when I was about 13 and now I have a couple thousand. He lived in Santa Barbara and occasionally sent me... See More » (+12)
Merry Daylight Saving Time Eve!Be sure to prepare yourselves as Santa Clocks is coming to take back that extra hour of sleep he gave you six months ago! And if you’re in a country that abandoned this archaic tradition, bravo
March 6th in HistoryMarch 6th 6 March 1457: King James II decrees that there should be regular archery practice and that "football and golf be utterly cried down and not used". 6 March 1708: Prince James Stewart, "The Pretender", sails from Dunkirk for Scotland... See More »
Happy SundayThis is not about your salvation.. Regardless of your own understanding of God... Santa in the sky.....or sewage in the streets... To find it.., you have to be willing to step outside the box that created your suffering. And in that humility...... See More »
Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record NumbersWall Street Journal Feb-25-2026 In its 250th year, is America, land of immigration, becoming a country of emigration? Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out... See More »
We are going to AricciaAriccia (Latin: Aricia) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Central Italy, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Rome. It is in the Alban Hills of the Lazio (Latium) region and could be considered an extension of Rome's southeastern... See More » (+1)
Two new blesseds: A Lebanese monk and a French FranciscanThe Pope authorises the beatification of Béchara Abou-Mourad and Gabriele Maria, and recognises the heroic virtues of a Ligurian priest, an Indian Capuchin friar, and a layman from Brescia. By Tiziana Campisi Lebanese priest Béchara Abou-Mourad, a m... See More »
Maternity in the Prati districtThe primary maternity hospital located directly in the Prati neighborhood of Rome is Casa di Cura Santa Famiglia (Santa Famiglia Women’s Hospital). Here are the details for maternity services in or immediately around the Prati area: 1. Casa di... See More »
Saint Margaret of CortonaMargaret of Cortona (1247 – 22 February 1297) was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona. She was canonised in 1728. She is the patroness saint of reformed prostitutes;... See More » (+1)
News from RomeAs of February 21, 2026, major news in Rome includes the damaging of a 17th-century Bernini elephant statue near Santa Maria sopra Minerva, with investigations underway, and a variety of cultural events, including a 150th-anniversary exhibition for... See More »
The clergy at Palermo CathedralPalermo Cathedral (Cattedrale di Palermo) is led by Archbishop Corrado Lorefice. The cathedral is a major site for veneration, holding the tomb of the martyred anti-Mafia priest, Blessed Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi. The clergy in Palermo, including... See More »
Santa moved to North Africa and became a sheikh. He's Muslim nowThe store found a use for his Santa figure for Ramadan (+1)
A familiar move with a new twist: Trump tries to cut CDC funds he just signed into lawBy Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR February 13, 20261:18 PM ET It was deja vu from 2025: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week announced more than $600 million in cuts to public health grants in California, Illinois, Colorado and... See More »
Speculation on Seahawks’ sale heats up following proposed WA ‘jock tax’Whether or not the Seattle Seahawks are sold after Super Bowl LX remains to be seen, but the timing of such speculation comes shortly after the details of an income-based “jock tax” on professional athletes in Washington state went public. A... See More »
Secret Santa giftI was late submitting my gift, so understood why I didnt get one. Yet just now I got my gift. Anyone else get their gift much later too?
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