Worshipping cats since 1978.
Lived and worked in Europe & Asia and could still be if I wanted to, so I'm here by choice.
Retired. Spending my time going to the opera and exhibits of Impressionist painters. Manet is the man. And of course, there's Hopper.
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Interesting read. Nobody LIKES paying taxes, but perhaps our focus should be on seeing that burden fall appropriately and getting what we pay for...rather than cutting services to reduce the hit we take.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/o...
Paul Rosenberg was an art dealer in NY & Paris who represented Picasso, Matisse and others in the first half of the 20th Cent.
He fled the Nazis in 1940 and after a long journey to NY, an immigration officer told him
"Don't worry, you are among friends now"
Would he get the same welcome today?
I hope this bullish*t stops before I have to renew mine in two and half years.
abc7news.com/post/trumps-...
Because she was a violent criminal, a worst-of-the-worst?
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/u...
Heard on KCBS news radio while brushing teeth: βAaaand itβs a hot hot HOT last day of winter here in the Bay Area.β
Nobel Committee has just announced that Trump is the unanimous choice for Nobel War Prize. Putin demands a recount, cites vote fraud and illegals voting.
Chekhov's statement that if in the first act of a play we see a gun on the wall, then by the third act someone will use it should be a metaphor for Trump's second term.
Wow, looks like Melania has launched a new line of fashion shirts! A big step up from "I don't really care, do U?"
On sale now at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus"
On The New Yorker podcast, Jane Mayer used the phrase "Pyongyang On The Potomac"
Well, that's looking pretty on-target, isn't it?