There are always exceptions. That’s what makes English so fun. Or should that be frustrating?
Given the state of the economy, this might not be an unusual sentiment. mind you, today’s seniors don’t have living parents to move in with. I remembered of this cartoon last week when reading the obituaries in my local newspaper. As is customary, it was mentioned that one woman had been predeceased by her parents, […]
Are the floodgates opening? Will women’s sports survive? Last week Enes Kantner Freedom declared himself for the WNBA draft. He is a recently retired National Basketball Association star, a human rights advocate, and looking to make a point I guess. Immediately afterward Royce Wight, another retired NBA star, followed suit. The 6’10” Freedom would be […]
I wrote this piece more than four years ago, when the conflict between Russia and Ukraine was in its infancy. I put it aside for editing and then forgot about it. Today I finished it. While Justin Trudeau is no longer Prime Minister, the rest remain true. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has framed Canada’s […]
For some unknown reason having to do with algorithms and search engines, a lot of the people who discover this space do so though Googin’s Rocks. I have no idea why. but my previous posts of these outcrops in the Atlantic at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, are among the most viewed posts here. I didn’t […]
I love walking on the beach early in the morning before the crowds arrive. usually it is just an expanse of sand, but sometimes the waves bring in some interesting wooden shapes.
The call was a bit late in coming, to put it mildly. By about 27 years. I was forwarded a voice mail message yesterday from a musician looking for feedback on some songs he had submitted for airplay. He said I had told him the station would play them, and he was wondering what the […]
Cheaper than the chicken with bones, but the taste is rather different.
If Americans want to fix their democracy, they might begin with looking at election financing, When a candidate can receive millions from an individual donor or an organization, you have to wider if there is some influence being purchased. I know the arguments and the court cases that have allowed the system to devolve to […]
There’s a certain amount of truth to that. If there was such a thing as evolution, it seems to have stalled. We don’t see apes becoming human. Though some humans do behave like apes, so maybe evolution reached its peak and is now being reversed..
random thoughts from lorne 
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