Sunday, May 30, 2021

My War With Chipmunks

Ironically, "Chip and Dale" were two of my childhood favorite cartoon characters.


Classic 50s "Chip and Dale;" not the lame "Rescue Rangers" reboot.


Now all I can do is wonder how such loathsome, thieving rodents could ever have been made to look cute. Damn you, Walt Disney!

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Historical Arguments

If I was a historian, I think I'd be asking myself, "Am I just wasting my time?"


It was said, by someone much smarter than me, that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." You would think that would make history and historians pretty important and yet, historians appear to be the Cassandra of academics. 

Friday, May 28, 2021

The Dude Entanglement

The Dude abides.


There are movies that I can watch - will watch - any time I happen upon them, regardless of where it is in the narrative. These aren't "I missed the beginning" movies. These are repeated experience "I love this movie" movies.  "The Big Lebowski" is one of those movies. 

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Really Real

Is reality so complex, so multifaceted, such a large data sample that it's impossible to tell it from even a poorly constructed fiction?


Or are people just stupid?


I suppose it could be both. 

Monday, May 24, 2021

An Immodest Proposal

I think I have a solution for America's embattled police departments.


Kill some white people.


Hear me out...

Sunday, May 23, 2021