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I woke up this morning, looked outside my window, and saw Lightning’s Girl covered in a reasonable dusting of white snow. Ugh. Winter came early. And with the arrival of winter comes all the usual Capital District winter memes and jokes. You know the ones. The ones where we see three snowflakes outside and the…

Not the easiest way to spend a Tuesday night. I had my TV tuned to MSNBC, and I’m simultaneously doom-scrolling Twitter on my cell phone. Trust me. After all the blather coming from Lee Zeldin about how he would become Governor of New York and put all the MAGA plans in action … I was…

The Haka, if you’ve never seen it before, is a traditional battle dance and ceremonial greeting of New Zealand’s indigenous Māori. It has evolved into a powerful and compelling symbol of unity and pride among New Zealanders. And for the past 100 years, it’s been part of New Zealand’s sports culture. The New Zealand national…

I’m just going to say this out loud. I did NOT win the Powerball drawing. I did not win the $1.6 billion prize. Believe me, though, had I won, things surely be different around these parts. 😀 Back in 2011, I blogged about what I would do had I won the then-astronomical $300 million prize…

It is through the written diaries of Anne Frank that we understand the horrors and pain of those who suffered at the hands of the Nazis in World War II. Those people suffered for no reason other than their faith. And for two years, Anne Frank – along with her family and several others –…

Twitter has rarely offered me anything of great value. I signed up to it when my blog was over at the Times Union, in that I was encouraged by the TU higher-ups to have a larger social media presence to help promote my blog. Or, in true-speak, to help promote people to visit my blog…

Although I had furtive spurts and stops and starts with blogging, I consider August 25, 2009 as the birth date of this blog. 13 years ago today. That was the “Hello world” post 13 yeas ago – the blog was hosted by another entity, and transferred to an independent portal in 2017. And it’s posted…

Yesterday, Congress voted on House Resolution 8373, codifying the right to contraception and birth control. All Democrats and eight Republicans voted for codification, protecting the right for Americans to make their own personal decisions on family planning. The remaining Republicans voted against this bill. That included the the usual cross-eyed MAGA chuds from the Congressional…

I’m still blisteringly numb over this week’s s Supreme Court ruling. The fact that the Court basically said that a woman’s right to control her body must be left up to the states, but states could not rule on concealed-carry gun rights … just makes me sick. And if you don’t think that abortion rights…