Well, since the end of May last year, I've been a live-in carer for mom. In February 2022, the doctor estimated mom had 3 to 6 months, so we really are on borrowed time here. In October, mom nearly died, but we staged an intervention, and she's since been home on hospice care, losing her mind a bit more every day. She's confused everyday, and that' ( Read more... )

I first heard the term 'Political Correctness' in the run up to the 1988 Presidential election. At that time, it referred to the tendency for politicians to use wording so as to minimize offense to any particular voting bloc ( Read more... )

This week I watched Farha on Netflix ( Read more... )

The other day, The ExPrez, #45, said that we should "terminate all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution" and install him as President ( Read more... )

While I have been in California looking after Mom, my Dad's wife let me use her old car. It had been sitting in the yard, only had 300 miles driven on it in ten years. So, they let me borrow it, as renting a car for an unknown period would be prohibitively expensive ( Read more... )

When I was a kid I had a thing about numbers. Not only did I have a fair aptitude at math, but I was fascinated by the patterns I could see in numbers. And fascinated to consider, if we had 6 digits on each hand, we'd have a Base 12 number system, and all the patterns would express themselves differently. But, we have a Base 10 system and it occurs ( Read more... )

When I was a working man, giving to charity was automatic. I picked several causes I wanted to support, and had auto-pay monthly from my bank account. Not a lot, considering my income. But, I supported 6 causes, for many years ( Read more... )

In 2013, I moved to London. Something I secretly kinda wanted to do the whole time I lived in the UK (1989-2020). For years, I always said San Francisco would always be my favorite city, and I do absolutely love it. But, especially after living there for 7 years, its just a statement of my experience to say London rocks, and is in every way better ( Read more... )

The UN estimates the global population to reach 8 billion this November.
Turn of the century we were at about 6 billion.
When I was born 60 years ago, it was just over 3 billion.
People who can are already starting to move due to climate change. Tough times are coming.

I was quoting the lyrics for We Are The Champions to a friend, which entailed looking them up on google first to ensure I didn't get them wrong. Below a search, google has questions "PEOPLE ALSO ASK ( Read more... )