Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

One of the most frightening things about present-day America is the precipitous decline in respect for the rule of law and our expectations ...

Today, April 9th, we celebrate the birthday of Harvard mathematician and satirical singer/songwriter Tom Lehrer , whose marvelously pithy an...

As my Dad might once have said, if this week had been a fish, I'd have thrown it back ... According to a report published in the journal...

I was having a great deal of difficulty in selecting this first Ass Clown for April. The swirling cesspool of drama surrounding the arrival ...

My granddaughter recently introduced me to one of the funniest TV series I've seen in ages: " Cunk on Earth ," carried on Netf...

I'll be 72 years old this fall. On most days I don't feel that old, at least not after about 10:00 AM or so. But I find myself more ...

Who comes up with these weeks, anyhow? A grand jury in Manhattan has indicted Der Furor , making him the nation's first twice-impeached ...

Last batch of the month, this time featuring food-related weirdness ... Courtesy of my friend Birgitta; I wonder if the "stale" ha...

Mike's post last Monday about disappearing comments on his blog, and their mysterious migration to spam, led me to go back and check my...

One of the things I think about every day is how fortunate I am. I was born into a large and loving family during the last generation in whi...