Random Bullshit
If asked to name my favorite artists in movies, books, and music — not necessarily “the best,” but my personal favorites — who are still living, it would be Steven Spielberg in movies, Stephen King in books, and Paul McCartney in music.
Settle down, I said “living” — not dead.
And yet, judging by the critical reaction to Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, and King’s ongoing unhinged rants on X, well … their 1970s-’90s glory days are long, long gone.
Haven’t heard much from McCartney lately — but that includes hit songs.
Getting old is a bitch.
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Despite its flaws, and God knows it has them, YouTube is a wonderful education tool.
I think back to my school days when movie day was a treat. Any movie would do, even the mating habits of penguins. But on YouTube, you can go down rabbit holes of any subject that captures your fancy. Astronomy, classic music, the works of Shakespeare, it’s all there.
And that’s a wonderful thing. Thanks, YouTube.
Now cut back on the ever-increasing, fucking advertisements.
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Immigration hell
I maintain that the left’s utopian goal of peace on Earth through immigration is noble and admirable.
But the volume and speed of that immigration — legal and illegal — is the source of all our woes.
You have to allow for and encourage assimilation, and that’s simply not possible the way things are done now.
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I have a new Substack, mostly to plug my book. My first post (aside from the intro) is the short story “Homebodies.”
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