April, 2020 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The dialectic of the oxymoron: They’re all “responsible gun owners” until they are not.
“Zoonodic” 0
Thom and his guest, Zach Corrigan, discuss how diseases can make the leap from animals to people.
Hoist on the Elmer Gantry 0
Above the Law looks at feedom of religion as practiced at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University.
My American Dickens 0
Though their styles are very different (Dickens, in particular, illustrates what can go wrong when writers are paid by the word), I must admit that Hemingway is my American Dickens. Though I’ve tried, I’ve never been able to finish anything he wrote.
Full Disclosure:
I have managed to read some of Dickens’s short stories, but I’ve never succeeded in wading through one of novels except for A Tale of Two Cities a la Classics Illustrated.
The Trump Show 0
I don’t watch it because I have worthwhile things to do with my time (like crossword puzzles), but Field watched one.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Exercise politeness whilst traversing the nation’s highways and byways.
A Picture Is Worth 0
(Me, I’m working my way through a volume of 200 Washington Post Sunday crosswords.)
QOTD 0
David Dayan Fisher, in the voice of Trent Kort, regarding “smart” home devices:
Not much point for the CIA to bug people anymore if they are going to bug themselves.
G-Farce 0
El Reg is less than amused that a major British media personality was legitimizing the loony theory that 5G cell phone towers are somehow responsible for a respiratory virus. Here’s a snippet; follow the link for the rest.
A Hoard Day’s Fright 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, two interesting posts explore the hoarding of toilet paper, which has no respiratory application unless you happen to run out of Kleenex and don’t have a hanky handy, during a respiratory disease pandemic. I commend them both to your attention (warning: my summaries are gross over-simplifications; that’s the nature of summaries).
Judy Scheel suggests that it’s about trying to maintain an illusion of control in the face of something beyond individuals’ control.
Matt Johnson explores the relationship between personality types and hoarding behavior.
Also. the Inky interviewed two professors, one from Wharton and one from Temple, on the topic.
Curbing the Curve of Crazy 0
In related news, Fred Keith suggests that it’s time for us as a nation to grow the heck up.
Image via Job’s Anger.
So Much Winning . . . . 0
When I go to a store wearing a cloth mask where an employee wearing a medical mask and gloves opens the door for me and asks if she can spray my hands with sanitizer before I enter (as happened to me yesterday), for some fool reason, I don’t feel as if winning is taking place.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Guns and safety just go together.
She reported accidentally firing one shot that hit Diaz in the head. Kremsner said went downstairs to look for help and call 911.
Or not.