by Ken | Dec 15, 2020 | Chronicles, Everyday Life, Family & Personal, Politics, Economy, Science
Turned the last month-page of my “Cats in Space, with Food” wall calendar. I am definitely yelling “Jumanji!” at the end of December 31st. Apart from the stress of new plots of sedition almost every day since the election, and millions of...
by Ken | Sep 20, 2020 | Business & Work, Editorial & Discussion, Everyday Life, Family & Personal, Politics, Economy, Science, Woodworking & Other Projects
Dinner with friends on the back deck Friday — Mer and I, cousin George, Jeff and Mike. It was a soothing evening with perfect weather between some seriously hot days recently and suddenly cold ones. Topped it off with just Jeff and us two with an episode of...
by Ken | Feb 10, 2015 | Editorial & Discussion, Politics, Economy, Science
The Cuddlr app came out for Android, but I still am not sure about it. Apparently it’s doomed to failure according to critics. Is it due to collective social awkwardness toward strangers and even friends? Or are we so touch-starved all around that holding hands...
by Ken | Jun 24, 2012 | Politics, Economy, Science
I was in my second parade of the year with the lodge, this time for West Seneca Community Days. I got to hold the American flag again, and again I got salutes from a few vets. However, one caught my attention above all others. In front of one house stood a man...
by Ken | Dec 27, 2010 | Editorial & Discussion, Politics, Economy, Science
Excerped from an article linked from a forum I belong to: “[T]he division of the world into rival nation states, A BASIC CHARACTERISTIC OF CAPITALISM, stymies any rational and systematic international cooperation. ” {emphasis mine} It’s not only...
by Ken | Apr 10, 2010 | Everyday Life, Politics, Economy, Science
My friend Jim from grade school (who found me on Facebook a little while back) took me out to a shooting range in Tonawanda the other day. I fired a Remington 597 .22LR, Saiga .223 (takes both .223 and 5.56×45), and Beretta Storm CX4 .45 ACP. He also showed me...
