Butchblog

An occasional missive

  • The Good Stuff

    I’m a curmudgeon, too quick to get drawn into the dark side of experience, to grumble and groan about the state of the world. In my defense, I’ve this year…


  • Bring Back the 60’s—an addendum

    “…and its 1,2,3 what are we fightin for?don’t ask me i don’t give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam,and its 5,6,7 open up the pearly gates. Well there ain’t…


  • Bring Back the Sixties

    “Far out, groovy, outasite, you’re trippin’, stay high and fly.”  I think I made that last one up. But it fits. We had our own language back then, we being…


  • What Could Have Been

    Trigger Warning: This column may make you sad—or worse. I can’t get this question out of my mind: What would our world be like if Kamala Harris had won?  I…


  • Operation Epic Insanity

    Petey Hegseth is probably responsible for the insipid naming: Operation Epic Fury. It fits his tough guy stance. A better naming would have been Epic Fail or Epic White Man’s…


  • Ten Ways to Keep From Going Insane in Troubled Times.

    One:  Quit reading the news scrolls. The news will only depress you. And mostly there’s nothing you can do about it. Two: Go for a walk. Or do anything out…


  • A Sick Person

    I wanted to take a break from writing about the orange monster, but he just won’t get out of my head. The man ruins everything—even the Olympics—with his small mind…


  • A Sad Clown

    And a dangerous one I didn’t watch the ‘state of the union’ address. Bev and I never even considered it. We knew it would be awful and ugly, which by…


  • Two TV Shows

    I watch too much TV. And I’m not ashamed of it. Some medical professionals claim that watching too many hours of television is bad for your brain, that the gray-matter…


  • Know Your Enemy

    It’s time to stop pretending we can all get along. The divide has become too deep, and too mean. I’ve never been one to “turn the other cheek.” All that…


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