I fell down the disaster-prep YouTube a while back. I have an affection for disaster and apocalyptic movies and books; do enough searches, and YouTube starts suggesting survival videos for your pleasure. I’m a bit cautious – it’s easy to infect your YouTube algorithm, and it takes an infinity to set it right. I don’t want to be inundated with conspiracy vids, and the line … Continue reading Disaster Prep and Tech That Endures
I have a whole playlist of music that is good for my mood. I call it Songs I’m Loving Now. It got that title because the list is fluid, but “currently” felt pretentious. New music is added as I find it, and older pieces that haven’t been spun for a while get returned to the library for a period of rest. Nevertheless, there are some … Continue reading Good Mood Music
I don’t have one particular quote or mantra that informs my life. I’m a well of words, a consequence of a lifetime spent deep in books, but they swim about most chaotically, and I’m not the best at dropping the appropriate bot mot at the most effective time. I’m more about l’esprit de l’escalier. I could carry about one of my many quotation collection books, … Continue reading Happiness is an apropos quote.
1. We live in a world where the unspoken message is that we’d best be earning our air in some way, and “some way” should involve us making serious contributions to our nation’s economic growth. If you aren’t helping the corporate bottom line, are you even a citizen? You can take some time off from economic hustling if you’re in the business of producing the … Continue reading Productivity is a Bane and a Blight, an off-the-cuff joint.
From Famine to Feast 