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This story starts off with Nicholas playing in the Wake County District Honour band which he had auditioned for a while ago and was successful in getting a seat with that saxophone of his. They started out with a patriotic tune and of course one's mind had to wander a bit... I'll never forget the one night that Dad was playing his guitar, Grandpa was playing his ancient mandolin, and I was playing the flute.…

Somehow I get the impression that if they were assigning seats at the UN, they'd think that putting Iran and Iraq next to each other and Israel in the same row as those first two would be a totally great idea! If you get the chance, do go visit the remarkable young people manning the Peace Booth…their caring and thoughtful engagement in the political process and commitment to justice and equality for all in spite…

The more I see of the open (un)civil war roiling the GOP, the more Donald reminds me of Emperor Cartagia and I seriously wonder if he has a council of severed heads he talks to in the basement of Trump Tower. Anyway, he would have been wise to heed this nugget of wisdom from Ambassador Mollari: "Only an idiot fights a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the throne of the kingdom of…

Just saw an advert on the telly for Chia Hillary Clinton and Chia Donald Trump. Yes, you heard me correctly… I'm not sure what scares me more: finding the Chia versions preferable to the real candidates or admiring Chia's uncanny ability to match The Donald's skin tone! ;) (And yes, apparently they have Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders on offer as well…)

Yesterday, it was hard enough bearing witness to two huge corporations engaging in levels of bureaucratic officiousness that would make Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz absolutely giddy with joy (if proper permission had been secured for such joy and signed in triplicate and countersigned and approved…and if he actually remembered what joy was like in a non-bureaucratic sense if he's even capable of such an intellectual leap of faith) with the goal of SUCCESSFULLY DOING EVERYTHING IN…