After writing such a grim New Years day and decade post I felt obliged to end by promising good news next. Within a few hours Roy, one of t...

In the southern hemisphere this is the shortest day of the year, the longest night, the pause, the time of in-going and renewal, the beginni...

Naples, Italy Every night at midnight assholes in our neighborhood let off with a barrage of fireworks. Why? WTF? The first night I joked ...

In this darkest moment of Republican children internment camps, this twitter post from Steve Schmidt is a must read. If Republican baby jail...

Finally . . . 19:30 GMT (7:30 PM) . . .  and I have managed to crawl out from under the crashing sky of America one more time. Seems I g...

Four more or less identical mirrors hang above the sidewalk on the front of a strange shop along Sukhumvit, one of Bangkok's busiest str...

Silence is compliance . . . PERIOD Here is the very long list of Republicans who have remained silent on Trump 's refugee ban. Tim...

So Donald Trump picked Steve Bannon as his Chief Strategist. No surprise but wow, just wow. Bannon is a depraved, scorch-the-earth fiend. Th...

I am stunned and angry. Thanks third party voters and people who sat this one out. Thanks sexist women and men who think you need a cock to ...

Bangkok, Nov 9 - morning WTF! It's Nov 8 in America and the presidential election is in full swing and Predator Trump is leading. I kn...

They say the camera doesn't lie.... but does it? MOCA (Museum of Modern Art), Bangkok

I haven't seen this one before, or maybe I have but managed to repress it but, oh man, this little beauty by Steve Cutts is IT and tota...

Still in Medford. If I'd known we were going to be here so long I'd.....I don't know. At least the weather's been good. We...

Congratulations to the DOJ for their recent decision to allow the states to create a regime that would regulate and implement the ballot i...

19:30 GMT Just now Swami, Minerva and I had to come in from the screen porch. Rain is getting my laptop wet. This is only the second eveni...

The onshore wind, laden with the chemical fragrances of all the creams, blocks, sprays, lotions, deodorants and perfumes wafting from the be...

Morning and it's already raining. This could get interesting. The highest elevation in Florida is 345 feet. That's up in the panhan...

I have no idea how I got this photo. I took it from the car as we were driving across the country but, at the time, I was completely unaware...