The lingering fragrance (is that patchouli oil?!?) left behind by the ever dwindling number of baby boomers shuffling off the planet brings to mind the lofty goals and miserly achievements of Generation Us. Oh how…
Posts published by “Tommy Wayne Kramer”
It would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to determine the point at which smallish, people-friendly towns evolve into big anonymous cities that grow to the point they become unlivable. I knew a guy who talked about…
The wheels are coming off the Good Ship Climate Change, and crop yields from Wind Farms are expected to be low once again this year. The sky continues not to fall, and predictions that Fort…
Question: Is media-generated fear of AI warranted? For 25 years the technowizards at Goggle haven’t been able to tame the Spelchuck monster from scrambling real words into wrong words and / or imaginary ones. It…
(NOTE: Upon learning we live part-time in North Carolina, friends have requested information about relocating. They receive responses like this.) Dear California Resident: Thank you on behalf of the North Carolina Visitors and Relocation Bureau!…
I plowed on. The cautious (sane) part of me whispered, told me to turn around, go back! back! but I pressed ever east, across the dusty washboard trail, searching the skies for the Drinkin’ Gourd,…
“This is it?” “Ain’t that whatcha asked for? A cheese sandwich? “Yeah, but I mean this?” “Y’expect some pimentos mixed in? It’s what it is. It’s like a bowl of Cheerios, y’know? You ask for…
Is it possible to spend enough money to solve the homeless crisis, now in its Elevendy Seventh decade and showing no signs of getting better? Is there enough money to fix it? No. A research…
Youth is lousy preparation for old age. Everything boys learn from ages 5 to 30 is likely to result in scores of accidents, dozens of injuries, multiple trips to the emergency room and death by…