Alexa Channels HAL

Earlier tonight, I saw a news headline that read something like “Alexa is going to space”, but I ignored it, kinda. I have Amazon’s Alexa on a nearby device, so I casually said “Alexa, open the pod bay doors.” She nailed it! (If you don’t remember the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”, you won’t get it. Sorry.)

(Useless?) One-Word Prompts!

Jentacular? Deipnosophist? The list goes on.

Most of my dozen or so readers here know I’m in blog (and other) cahoots with Judy/Remi

Reblog: Amen!

I’m an atheist¹ who loves the pure teachings of Jesus. (Well, as far as he instructed how we should treat other people.) John Pavlovitz, a Christian, nails it for me HERE!

A Reblog of Remi/Judy/LifeLessons

I love this poem from Remi, and how she & I danced together before she posted it. (Yes, she posted our conversation leading up to it.) I hope y’all like it as well.

Reblog: The Easy, Selective Morality of the Pro-Life Movement

This is (only?) the fourth time I’ve reblogged posts by John Pavlovitz. I check out his blog 2-3 times each week, and some are interesting, some too reductive. (Sorry-not-sorry if you see this Mr. P.)

“And though I never knew her, I have lost a dear friend.” Remembering Nanci Griffith.

I get a tad sentimental occasionally. I’ve been known to get wet eyes watching some love (or loss) scene unfold in a movie, or even a cheap TV show if I’ve had a couple rum & colas. But it takes a lot to knock me off my feet, for me to spontaneously burst into tears. Yet that happened to me ten days ago, Friday, the thirteenth of August, when I clicked on my news feed and saw the heartrending headline that Nanci Griffith had just died at age 68.

Encounter at WalMart

I’m sad to admit I shop at WalMart. Yes, they underpay their employees, but

Miami Vice, Joe Pera, and the Exuberance of Baba O’Riley

About three months ago I posted about one of my all-time favorite songs, Walk on the Wild Side, by Lou Reed. Another favorite came to mind a few days ago, and it’s driving me crazy that I can’t recall what triggered the memory. I think the song may have been briefly included in a recent tv show or movie I was watching. Maybe it will come back to me in my sleep. The song is Baba O’Riley, by The Who. I bet a bunch of you already nodding & smiling.

A Wonderful Memorial Day Rant by My Favorite Liberal Redneck

I just love this rant. (NSFW – plenty of potty-mouth language.)

If you’re not familiar with Trae Crowder, HERE is the first video of his I found, and I’ve been watching ever since!

Ok, and HERE is another great one.

Stephen Frye’s Audio Rant on (English) Language – Perfect!

So, y’all know I love, love, LOVE words, right? This rant by Stephen Frye (sent to me by a new fellow wordster) is just perfect to my ears, mind, and sensibilities. Also, I kinda like the visual style of its speech-to-text, but I can see where some would not. I hope you enjoy!

(I wanted to send this to Kory Stamper’s Twitter, but she (likely wisely) doesn’t accept DMs. Maybe she’ll pick it up on her dusty blog, which I’ve been following forever.)