Recent Comments

1. 5 days ago on Looks Good on Paper

   I wonder what she has in her, what’s the word. Her fantastical trunk? Her enchanting container? Wondrous crate? Shoot, it’s either her mystical chest or her magical box.

2. 6 days ago on Prickly City

   Lack of regulations lead to the Swill Milk scandal in the 1850’s.

3. 19 days ago on Looks Good on Paper

   Check out some of the MAGA Trump ‘art.’ On second thought, maybe don’t.

4. 28 days ago on FoxTrot

   Apple cranberry pie!

5. about 1 month ago on Wallace the Brave

   Get the Cornell app, ‘Merlin.’ It is the only useful reason to own a smart phone. It will identify bird calls and has pre-recorded calls that you can use to call back to the birds.

6. about 1 month ago on Wallace the Brave

   Barred owls are easy to identify by their call: “Who Cooks for You?”

7. about 2 months ago on Prickly City

   I heard an interview with Ann Selzer, the Iowa pollster who had Harris winning. She has a great reputation not simply because she has been accurate, but also because she is willing to release her results when they lie outside the mean. She had insightful observations about how the demographics of older voters have changed and accounted for Harris being ahead. I am cautiously optimistic. Of course the threat of violence (already starting with ballot boxes going up in flames) and the promise of contested results if Trump loses is frightening. We have three potential outcomes:1.) Trump wins legitimately and Harris concedes. There will be protests, but I don’t expect a high level of violence.2.) Harris wins a clear victory which stands up to the legal challenges, and the MAGAt’s (briefly) turn to violence. 3.) Harris wins, but a state legislature (I’m looking at you, Georgia) sends an “alternate” slate of electors to the Electoral College and the election is stolen for Trump. This is my greatest fear. If my worst nightmare happens, what will supporters of democracy going to do? Will we mope in the street like we did in 2016, or are we willing to start throwing our wooden shoes into the guts of the machinery?

8. about 2 months ago on Prickly City

   This and more of this. Early voting (no excuse absentee in my state) helps, but there are limited sites and short hours. But however you do it, vote!

9. about 2 months ago on Prickly City

   As the election gets closer, the comments for Prickly City are become more and more unhinged.

10. about 2 months ago on Last Kiss

    He may think it’s creepy walking through a cemetery at night, but she has to walk out alone