Long winded absurdities...

It's Thor's day . . . Windy Northerlies continue to push clear skies and coo/cold into Northern Okieland . . .

"As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities." – Voltaire, who was born on this date in 1694 Paris.

Trump’s demand for recess appointments is a way of breaking the Senate's constitutionality early on. The Constitution, in Trump’s view, is up for negotiation. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse, 18nov24.

Here comes 2025: A preview of 'coming attractions' from Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American.

And, It's also the birth date of writer and director Harold Ramis in 1944 Chicago.

Come to think of it., there's no reason to decide who you are. – Jim Harrison or Ted Kooser (or both), in Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry, Copper Canyon Press, 2003.

Self Help

You cannot decide who you are.

You can only decide to find out.

And unless you are willing,

you'll never find out.

— JAB