Commentary

  • When the rhythmic beating of the heart stops

    When the rhythmic beating of the heart stops

    Oh, the horror! Please don’t even ask me to contemplate a life without music… Read more

  • Top Ten Favorite Movies

    Top Ten Favorite Movies

    I’ve been hooked on movies since I was a little boy, tearing off from school to catch the afternoon movie at the local cinema. Except for the first movie on my list, the others are in no particular order. Read more

  • Need for Screed

    Need for Screed

    It’s kind of wild to me that writing was invented around 3200 BC for the completely soulless purpose of documenting transactions, trade of goods, and keeping administrative records. We should therefore appreciate that some brave and enterprising souls, probably at risk of life and limb, broke the mould and started using the art more creatively.… Read more

  • Making the words rhyme for the first time

    It’s not the most creative, but it’ll do for now… As I lie here in bedLost deep in thoughtI contemplate the day aheadWill it be a good fight I fought Or will I run and hideFrom the nasty world outside Read more

  • Cult life

    Describe your life in an alternate universe. I’m not given to fantasizing about the improbable, so I’m not even going to try. But you know who can? The Make America Great Again (MAGA) cult. They are breathing examples of people living the alternate life; the alternate reality. And having fertile imaginations is not a prerequisite.… Read more

  • Hypocrisy, denial and ignorance flourishes in lockstep with the Gaza genocide

    Hypocrisy, denial and ignorance flourishes in lockstep with the Gaza genocide

    Would it hurt to find out what is really happening? Read more