Common sense has never been common . . .
Saturday, August 15, 2026. It's a slow start to the Satyr's day at 10:30 a.m. . . . Forecasts for Green Country : Moderate Southerlies, hot at 104º with an index of 109º this afternoon in TulseyTown.A whole degree cooler. Big whoop.
In the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. – Kahlil Gibran
Stanford researchers have used AI to create 16 viruses not found in nature. – Matthew Brown, at SFGate.
Judge Sullivan has had enough. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discocourse. 8.13.26
Author Denise Chávez is 78 today, born in 1948 Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Uncompromising, often controversial film director Nicolas Roeg was born on this day in 1928 London. The English filmmaker was known for his striking visual style.
The “first lady of American theatre” Ethel Barrymore was born on this day in1879 Philadelphia, Pa.
On this date in 91 years ago in 1935, humorist Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post, died in a plane crash flying from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Point Barrow. FYI — I went to high school in Tulsa, named after Rogers.
“You know, everybody's ignorant, just on different subjects. All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.” – Will Rogers
Vegetarian discipline might not get you there . . .
Friday, August 14, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . Hotter still. Forecasts for Green Country call for strong Southerlies, 105º real temperatures and 112º late afternoon indices in TulseyTown.
Worth considering this election season: Many members of Congress get elected as millionaires. AOC was elected as a waitress.
. . . silence is corrosive to anyone with a conscience – Miles Taylor, The real anti-weaponization fund, Defiance, 8.13.26
Today is Steve Martin's 81st birthday. The comedian, actor, playwriter and novelist was born in 1945 Waco, Texas.
Halle Berry is 60 today. The first African American to win the Academy Award for best actress, she born in 1966, Cleveland, Ohio.
Cartoonist Gary Larson , the creator of The Far Side, turns 76 today. He was born in 1950 Tacoma, Washington.
One of the best-selling authors of all time: novelist Danielle Steel is 79. She was born in 1947 New York City.
If you think you can attain enlightenment by insisting on disciplinary regulations and making vegetarianism fundamental, you are wrong. The best mental exercise for relinquishing egotism is contemplating impermanence. – Dogen
Lovers in spite of it all . . .
Thursday, August 13, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . Windy Southerlies are in the forecasts for Green Country, bringing yet another hotter day with a 112º index for TulseyTown this afternoon.
The choice of who left the decoy plane to travel with Trump … revealed that Trump opted to protect his loyal aides rather than any cabinet officials, prizing loyalists over members of the government. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Trump's plans for a White House remodel: $ 1 Billion. – Miles Taylor, Defiance.
Boomer's are a problem, because, why? – Robert Reich, What To Do With Us Boomers, on Substack today.
Birthday reminders in the mailbox this morning . . .
Alfred Hitchcock was born on this day in 1899 London, England; Annie Oakley, “Little Sure Shot,” was born in 1860 Darke county, Ohio; one of the pioneers in the American women’s rights movement, Lucy Stone, was born in 1818 West Brookfield, Mass; Fidel Castro was born in 1926 Birán, Cuba; and English composer John Ireland was born in 1879, Bowdon, Cheshire, England.
Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungenpremiered on this day in 1876 Bayreuth, Germany.