Category: Bits and Pieces

Sorry for the silence today. I’ve spent the entire day working on my app, which has morphed considerably from my original idea. And yes, I’m being cryptic here because I’m so excited about the direction the morphing has taken, I don’t want to share too much information before I’m ready

  “Before I Fall” By The Closet Conservative Critic Let me suggest that this movie is not for everybody, even while I tell you how much I enjoyed it. It’s more or less aimed at the youth market, and is somewhat of a more somber-reflective re-make of the 1992 box

From Sultan Knish:

I try never to click on Slate, but sometimes one has to.  I have to share with you one of their latest book reviews.  I will add no commentary, but will leave that to you: How Can Literature Resist Islamophobia? One Writer Answers: Gay Muslim Furry Romance. By Matt Baume

The progressive meltdown over the election continues apace.  The trajectory of that meltdown is troubling.  What started as a primal scream on Nov. 9 has now coalesced around the meme that Trump only won the election because of “hacking” by Russia.  Yesterday, Democrat Rep. John Lewis, in an interview with

Half a century ago, The Jetsons promised children an amazing future of technological progress.  And today that future is being realized, if albeit imperfectly.  Exhibit one is Amazon which has produced an app many of you may be familiar with, Alexa.  This from Wiki: Alexa is an intelligent personal assistant

“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.” — Thomas Sowell Uncommon Knowledge, Interview with Prof. Thomas Sowell: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOMksnSaAJ4&w=560&h=315]   Professor Thomas Sowell announced his retirement last week.  At 86, he has earned it.  While he will be

“There’s not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there’s the United States of America. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.” Those of you capable of remembering clear

First, social justice warriors grab another scalp!   This time it’s Cinnabon’s, whose advertisement was cute and clever: ….or an absolute outrage, of course. Sadly, Cinnabon caved within hours and not only took down the tweet, but apologized – http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/12/27/cinnabon-tweets-deletes-carrie-fisher-tweet-after-backlash/95893594/ (Sorry, but I cannot [so far] figure out how to make

I’m not a good photographer, but these capture a little bit about Beijing — including the appalling smog. It’s an impressive city, though, and we had a wonderful day.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSt_Nz4cATc&w=560&h=315] Doggone it, you know its got to be better than the last eight years. Update 1:  Our President & Grandmaster Troll Elect also tweeted out some New Year’s wishes: Donald J. Trump Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me