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Rosie the three-legged dragon and the munchkin invasion, part three

After mommy wrongfully punished her for playing with the munchkin, banishing her to the inside of the lair for the second time that same day, Rosie planned to run away from home until deciding it would be a good idea to eat first. This is the third part of Rosie’s latest adventure.  You can catch…

The datacenter delusion

They used to say country over party.  Perhaps, we should put the future over politics, and rather than behaving like craven fools politicians should lead. If you’ve been looking for an issue that finally unites Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives alike, opposition to so-called AI datacenters might be it.  As the Associated Press characterized…

Rush’s “The Trees” and the life and death battle happening in your backyard

While many have claimed the classic song is anti-union and anti-socialist and some of have argued the opposite, to my knowledge, no one has attempted to interpret it literally, as in this is what trees and other plants actually do and have done for hundreds of millions of years.  On the surface, Rush’s classic “The…

Rosie the three-legged dragon and the munchkin invasion, part two

When we last left Rosie and Carlitos, they were stuck in the lair by mommy’s decree, barred from joining a party in the enchanted forest, where adult humans and munchkins frolicked. Rosie might not have been interested in that, but the food commanded her attention, causing her to come up with a plan. This is…

The quality of life canard and the irresistible appeal of nostalgia

Though some might claim otherwise, I was there and few would really want to go back to a time when our lives were shorter, far less convenient, far less mobile, and far more of a pain in the ass in almost every measurable way. Over the past several weeks, more than one person has mentioned…

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