Who was the second-worst president…
A small prophecy…
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Da Vinci’s camerabox
Five years ago the traveling Da Vinci’s Machines Exhibition visited Denver. During his time, the technology didn’t exist to actually build many of his inventions, but it does today, and this show gives shape and form to dozens of those wondrous ideas. One of my favorites was the camera. Here I crawl as far inside it as I safely can.
Read moreOnce NCAA bribery investigation is done, can we have a look at Congress?
I’m glad the US Attorney and FBI are cleaning up the big-money college sports cesspool, but that’s a drop in the bucket compared to America’s real corruption. First, good on the FBI and US Attorney’s office. But I’m glad someone with a platform larger than mine is pointing out the obvious:
Read moreTotality: Words fail. Pictures fail.
The best photo of a total eclipse you’ve ever seen doesn’t tell 1% of the story. The only way to communicate the reality is through digital processing technology. How very postmodern. August 21, 2017: Easterbrook Campground, SE Wyoming. This was my first total solar eclipse. To say it was life-changing … well, if you’ve seen totality you know what I
Read moreAt summer’s end: Happy Equinox from S&R
Comanche Drive-In, Buena Vista, Colorado
Read moreNebraska fires AD; somewhere Frank Solich is laughing his ass off
Because 10 wins isn’t good enough. As a committed Husker Hater, I can’t stop laughing over this: Nebraska fired athletic director Shawn Eichorst on Thursday, calling for a higher level of competitiveness five days after the Cornhuskers football team lost to Northern Illinois. University chancellor Ronnie Green, who did not hire Eichorst, said in a statement that while Eichorst made
Read moreCan the Caribbean survive?
What will the islands and the Atlantic and Gulf coasts look like in a generation? I’m not a climate expert, so I want to tread cautiously here. That said, our recent spate of catastrophic weather has raised some uneasy questions in my mind. As I write this Hurricane Maria is lashing Puerto Rico. It is, in the estimate of some
Read moreInto the wild blue night
Point/Counterpoint on Medicare-for-All: @Doc argues with himself
There’s been a lot of attention in recent days about the “Medicare-for-All” bill introduced by Bernie Sanders, and the reaction I’m seeing on social media is interesting. People keep posting notes wanting me to tell my Dem Congressperson to support the bill. They want me to encourage Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to support the bill. Tell this Dem to
Read moreIts time to rid the English language of it’s outdated grammar and punctuation rules
Grammar nazis may not like it, but many of our language rules are artifacts of ancient languages that no longer serve a meaningful purpose. I’ve been a writer since the ’70s. I’ve written poetry, fiction, academic, business, political and entertainment pieces. I’ve written for print, broadcast, online, social and mobile. I’ve been responsible for ~2,300 posts at S&R alone (although
Read moreI’m passionate about job hunting
You can’t make this stuff up. Fortunately, you don’t have to. I once sat in a meeting and listened as one of our veeps said, and I quote: “I have a real passion for process enhancement.” I’m trying to imagine what it’s like being in bed with a woman whose passions run toward process enhancement. Anyhow, I’ve been doing some
Read moreDr. Sammy’s Italian sangria recipe
This is the best sangria I’ve ever had. The other night I was in the mood for sangria, but we were having pasta. I found myself wondering if there were such a thing as Italian sangria. So I hit teh Googles. Duh. There’s lots of recipes for Italian sangria. Nothing looked quite right to me, though. So I took the parts
Read moreFleurs de l’obscurité
For #ArtSunday today, here are some of my recent abstract floral explorations. Enjoy.
Read moreWhat Happened: Hillary Clinton blames everybody, but it’s a clearcut case of both/and
We Americans tend to see binaries. Right and wrong. Black and white. For us or ag’in us. Either/or. But in this case, the truth is both/and. Clinton’s What Happened is right. Her critics are right. A lot of Democrats wish Hillary Clinton would shut up and go away. Hillary has a new book, and she clearly has no intention of
Read moreKurt Bardella sees the light. Thanks, but no thanks.
Former Congressional staffer and Breitbart hack may have jumped the GOP ship, but don’t be fooled – his real affiliations and goals haven’t changed.
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