Goodbye, 2020 (And Good Riddance)
As I write this, only a few hours remain in the year 2020, and I can’t imagine anyone will be sorry to see it go. Around this time last year, I added a brief post to share a doodle I’d done, and wonder what the
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Wishbook Memories
Halloween is nearly here, and next week brings the even scarier reality of another presidential election, but for me this time of year always brings memories of another annual tradition: the Christmas catalog, or as they were officially known, “wishbooks.” Many Octobers of my youth
Goodbye June
Aaaannd another month’s gone by. Somehow you’d think time would pass more slowly in lockdown, but if anything, it feels like it’s super up. When every day is essentially the same, they all pass in a blur. There have been a few changes from last
Another Month, Another Post
Figured maybe I should check in again as it’s been over a month. You’d think with all this “down time” I’d have more time to write blog posts, but if anything I’m as busy as ever, maybe more so. Working from home means not having
“Our asylums are full of people who think they’re Napoleon…”
For no particular reason, I started wondering today about all those portraits of historical figures standing around with their hands thrust into their vests or jackets. It’s an affectation most often associated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but you see it everywhere in old paintings. So I looked it
Wait, Facebook is Evil?
From the “Well, Duh…” department comes the shocking news that Facebook is in the business of selling information about their users to anyone and everyone willing to pay for it. Somehow an awful lot of folks seem not to have realized that with Facebook, they’re