Read Watch Listen Toto, we're not in Chow Hall Eats territory... (This was a draft I didn't post. I'm going to have a go at cleaning it up and posting it. I'm clearly not following the Make it Rich as a Blogger Playbook.) I love Poke. I always wonder if it should be spelled Poké.
Read Watch Listen Memory. I successfully cancelled a few streaming platforms. I'm probably not the only person who signs up for trials or for a series and then forgets to cancel. It's not a great feeling knowing I've been mindlessly paying one company $10+ a month and not
London Extrapolations Two years ago, making the blog work with Lightroom and an increasing number of hard drives was easy. Step away for just a moment, and the muscle memory deteriorates. Took me ages to find and reconcile a few images I wanted to post today. Such is the blogging life. Poor
Blog Requiem Sorry for the dramatic title or subject line. I got in my car today and the classical music station was playing Mozart's Requiem. Texted some friends and told them if they hadn't listened to it in a while, they should. One friend wrote back, I think
Foreign Policy Dirigible There are times that I miss my old USG job. Those times are increasing in frequency. Holy shit, I'd be 5 years from a life-long pension and health care! Won't lie, that's a waking thought more often than I care to wake to. But
Blog Out damn spot... It turns out I did sign up for Apple+. I blame (and thank) Chuck for the Severance recommendation. I am doing my best to spread the contagion. It's a great show. Tonight I started watching The Tragedy of MacBeth. I think MacBeth and Hamlet are neck and neck
Blog She's so popular My mom and I share an inside joke. I can't remember how it started, and there's no sense trying to explain it. It just won't make any sense. But here's how it plays out. I listen to a lot of 70s and
Blog Chow Hall Eats: Eggs and a tortilla The other night I mentioned getting a burrito at Bimbo's (or is it Cha Cha?). Chuck replied, saying that he prefers tacos, so as to avoid the gluten. That reminded me that I would like to try cutting out gluten. Just want to give it a try. This
Blog Me again > It's nice in the sun, the shade's not fun. ~ Neighborhood mail carrier. It's been pretty chilly in Seattle. I overheard the mail carrier saying that to a neighbor. We all had a good laugh at the unintentional rhyme. I'm glad we
Blog Madness Wow, Fareed Zakaria just summed up in a couple of minutes what I've been trying to argue - inarticulately - for years. (Dad, you'll like this clip, for a lot of reasons.) > Welcome to the new age of bloated Pentagon budgets, all to be justified
Consuming Journalism Consuming Journalism: Shoddy work at the Huffington Post On 12 July 2017 (“06:28 pm ET”), the Huffington Post published an article by Mollie Reilly with the headline “Report Says U.S. Intelligence Agencies Heard Russian Officials Discussing Trump Team in 2015 [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russian-officials-trump-associates_us_59669790e4b0a8d46d11e247?adq&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009] .” There are a lot
Buzzfeed Consuming Journalism: Unnamed sources aren't bad, using them poorly is After the recent G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, President Trump took to Twitter [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/884142582191849474] to make a reference to a ceasefire of some kind in Syria that he brokered in talks with President Putin. On 10 July 2017, Buzzfeed posted an article by Nancy Youssef
Bloomberg Consuming Journalism: Technically true, intentionally misleading On 9 July 2017, Bloomberg Politics revealed another embarrassing gaffe for the Trump Administration. According to a Bloomberg tweet [https://twitter.com/bpolitics/status/884255892895662080] (also included below), the Trump Administration mistakenly referred to the leader of China as the leader of Taiwan. However, if you click on the link
Fujifilm X Series Jill Dougherty on Putin's Diplomatic Poker Game On 17 May 2017, veteran journalist, academic, and expert on Russia Jill Dougherty [https://twitter.com/jillrussia?lang=en] spoke at Town Hall Seattle [https://townhallseattle.org] about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategy and objectives with respect to the United States. Dougherty, who has been covering Russia for decades,
Fujifilm Ilan Pappé at Town Hall Seattle: Prospects for Peace in Israel-Palestine On Monday 22 May 2017, historian Ilan Pappé [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Pappé] spoke at Town Hall Seattle in a forum titled “Prospects for Peace in Israel-Palestine [https://townhallseattle.org/event/ilan-pappe/].” Mr. Pappé, an outspoken critic of Israeli policies towards Palestine and the Palestinians, spoke about the
