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Sunday, March 1, 2026

Flashback 2012: Israel vs. Iran war off, for the moment, maybe

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                Double bull stone capital from Persepolis (Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures)       Not to make you guys feel like...
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Saturday, February 28, 2026

Gotcha

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             So I bought a new phone a week ago Monday. I almost wrote "cell phone" but realized I come off as old enough without ...
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Friday, February 27, 2026

The president, the lies and the cannulated cow

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       The beauty of getting out into the world, meeting new people and seeing new stuff, is two-fold. First, you learn new information, fro...
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Thursday, February 26, 2026

Out on the stoop

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       Words are funny things. As you well know. I began re-reading Philip Roth's "Goodbye, Columbus" Wednesday and was struck...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Pet surrenders surge in hard times — the right way and the wrong way

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Kaye Larsen Olloway at Fat Cat Rescue, 2023.        The black Kia rolled up shortly before midnight to Fat Cat Rescue, a 7-acre haven for f...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Restaurant notes: S.K.Y.

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S.K.Y.        My sons are foodies, and I am always glad when they pick the restaurant, as I know I'm going to dip my toe into something ...
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Monday, February 23, 2026

'The ghost in the machine is just us' — AI pinch hits. But there's a problem...

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  I also asked Gemini 3.0 to create a new columnist's bug for me — I'm overdue. Notice anything wrong with it? That's right, the...
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