I have now published eight stories about our trip through the Maritime Provinces of Canada, plus at least two others focused on our preparations to come. At this moment, I am sitting in a red Adirondack chair at Cape Forchu on the western most tip of Nova Scotia. I am looking out at the sea across a pile of rocks and some seaweed at a lovely seascape with a large white with red roof lighthouse…
I must do a better job of proofreading my stories. I just read what I published and am reminded of an old lawyer friend who had a tag line on all his memos that said “dictated but not read”. No excuse, I will do better.
Now, on the subject of DJT v. United States of America. I don’t know how any of you feel about the SCOTUS decision on presidential immunity (I, clearly, dissent), but since our system, right or wrong, makes it the new law of the land, it has certainly significantly raised the bar on the standards for which we must all consider putting someone into that now especially vaunted chair. I do not know whether this decision…
Doing the Right Thing I spent all day yesterday getting ready for and anticipating the presidential debate. I cancelled going to the airport here in Norfolk to pick up my youngest son and his wife in order to not miss a moment of that debate. From the first moment of the 90-minute debate, it was a jaw-dropping and heart-palpitating experience to watch as Joe Biden fulfilled all of our worst nightmares of looking every bit…
We saw Civil War and found it confusing and mildly upsetting. I wouldn’t particularly recommend it, but must note that Canadians in particular might enjoy the trivia that in the circumstance of that Civil War, their currency is the only one with value remaining.
My friends at Best Buy delivered my new TV today. Notice I did not say install. Yep, they dropped off the new one, still strapped in its box. I had taken the old one off the bracket, so they took that and left. I had seen the Geek Squad do this several times, so I just went through the drill and installed my TV, and voila! New TV at no cost and now I only…