First Looks category archive
“But There’s No Other Explanation,” Reprise 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Robert Muller explores the attraction of conspiracy theories in times to trouble. Give it a look; it helps clarify why folks willingly fall for stuff that makes no sense whatsoever. Here’s a snippet:
TP Hoarder Gets Wiped Out 0
Occasionally, you hear of someone getting just what he deserves.
The story goes on to say that Mr. Upstanding Citizen purchased the product to sell on EBay, but his Ebay account got shut down.
Details at the link.
H/T to my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
These Modern Times 0
Nostalgic Afterthought:
When I was a young ‘un, it was always a big day when the Sears and Montgomery-Ward Christmas catalogs arrived in the mail.
They kept us out of our mother’s hair for hours.
Hoist on the Elmer Gantry 0
Above the Law looks at feedom of religion as practiced at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University.
A Picture Is Worth 0
(Me, I’m working my way through a volume of 200 Washington Post Sunday crosswords.)
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.
Twits on Twitter 0
We have two pandemics. The other one is a pandemic of the venally stupid (or is it the stupidly venal?–but I quibble).
A Tune for the Times 0
Via my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
Remain Calm. There Is Nothing To See Here. 0
However, our nearby Waffle House is among the closed.
The Day the Music Died Went on Hiatus
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For several years, we have enjoyed series tickets to concerts by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra (a damned fine orchestra which will be celebrating its centennial next year; their performance a couple of years ago of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, my favorite piece–narrowly beating out White Rabbit–was breathtaking).
Regardless of the genre, there’s something about a live performance . . . .
This evening, I received an email from the VSO stating that all performances until mid-April are being postponed because of the coronavirus. Rescheduling details are still being worked out . . . .
Break Time 0
Off to Drink Liberally.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Thursday 0
Join us for fellowship and camaraderie and to discuss living in an age of actual viral viruses.
When: Thursday, March 12, 6 p. m.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
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A Question of Identity 0
Does the individual described in this article remind you of anyone?
