I ran across a list showing the most popular toys of each year from 1950 to 2010. It’s from Mental Floss. Here’s the link: https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/toys/most-popular-toy-year-born You will need to copy and paste that into a browser. I’ve discovered that the direct links I’ve provided in past posts are breaking at an alarming rate. I blame this on a few things. Link rot has been a constant for decades. People and organizations change their websites or…
A couple of months ago, I cleaned out the fridge and discovered a vibrant blue-green and white mold on some spaghetti sauce. Obviously, this container got shoved to the back of the fridge and wasn’t seen for a while. The mold against the red sauce makes for a striking and artistic contrast. If you look at a closeup of the mold, you can see that it has a fuzzy, almost cottony texture. …
We are zooming through the month of May, and I’ve written nary a word on Without Obligation. Time to rectify that. The title of today’s post, “The Impossible Corner,” sounds like it could be describing the constant existential threats U.S. democracy is facing at the hands of Donald Trump, his sycophantic enablers, and the billionaire monopolists. While I could shout at length about all of these topics (like Trump’s outright theft of $1.776 billion from…