How’d we get here?
It’s Friday. I really wanted to write about something fun today. I can’t. I’m just stunned at the cost of things. The shortages of things. How’d we get here? Let’s…
A long, slow war.
A symbol of defiance in the Russian invasion of Ukraine has fallen. The last of the resistance fighters hiding in that steel plant in Mariupol. Ukraine actually ordered these one…
“White supremacy will not have the last word.”
Those are the words of President Joe Biden as he visited Buffalo, New York. He was there because of the mass shooting that happened at a grocery store on Saturday.…
It’s Elon’s world. We are just living in it.
The alert from CNBC came early this morning. “Elon Musk says Twitter deal cannot move forward until he has clarity on bot numbers.” The discrepancy here seems to be over…
A terrible weekend.
As I read the news on television this morning, I wonder what’s happened to us? It was a terrible weekend for gun violence in this country. A mass shooting at…
Just what is NATO anyway?
When the news came yesterday that Finland wanted to join NATO, and Russia started new threats, I decided it was time for a little history and geography lesson. First of…
Update: All Geeked Out.
The headline from Axios: “Astronomers capture first image of black hole at center of Milky Way.” Why it matters. Axios says, “this historic breakthrough offers an unprecedented look at the…
All geeked out
I’m a space freak. Always have been. I try and watch a little “Star Trek” everyday. Old episodes. New ones. Movies. Good ones. Bad. Doesn’t matter. In fact, my husband,…
Update.
Just in. Inflation actually went down last month. 8.3%. Before we celebrate too much, it’s still near a 40 year high. We will see how the markets play out today.
Fill her up. Umm… maybe just a half a tank.
We all know that the price of everything is going up. New inflation numbers will be released later this morning. There is some belief that there may be some improvement.…