ChrisOravec
@chrisoravec.bsky.social
Native American Style flute and photos of Western US scenery. No DMs please.
Sorry I don’t know why it comes up green and no pic. Sorry.
July 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Sorry I don’t know why it comes up green and no pic. Sorry.
It all started with Hesiod’s Golden Age.
July 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It all started with Hesiod’s Golden Age.
I have a long quena-like flute of his. Good ol’ Erik the Flutemaker!
July 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I have a long quena-like flute of his. Good ol’ Erik the Flutemaker!
I may be wrong but Scrubs always looked to me like a version of the hospital novel, House of God by Samuel Shem.
June 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I may be wrong but Scrubs always looked to me like a version of the hospital novel, House of God by Samuel Shem.
Yes, good post. If you live in Colorado see today’s (June 26) NYTimes story on Breckenridge-Dillon, Moab Ut. and elsewhere in the Mountain West.
June 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Yes, good post. If you live in Colorado see today’s (June 26) NYTimes story on Breckenridge-Dillon, Moab Ut. and elsewhere in the Mountain West.
Lee is my senator. If you want public lands please call your own senator. And call the Parliamentarian to appreciate her procedural courage:
Elizabeth MacDonough
OFFICE OF THE SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN UNITED STATES SENATE
Address S-133 U.S. Capitol
Washington
DC 20510-0001
Telephone (202) 224-1299
Elizabeth MacDonough
OFFICE OF THE SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN UNITED STATES SENATE
Address S-133 U.S. Capitol
Washington
DC 20510-0001
Telephone (202) 224-1299
June 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Lee is my senator. If you want public lands please call your own senator. And call the Parliamentarian to appreciate her procedural courage:
Elizabeth MacDonough
OFFICE OF THE SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN UNITED STATES SENATE
Address S-133 U.S. Capitol
Washington
DC 20510-0001
Telephone (202) 224-1299
Elizabeth MacDonough
OFFICE OF THE SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN UNITED STATES SENATE
Address S-133 U.S. Capitol
Washington
DC 20510-0001
Telephone (202) 224-1299
Paying people, no matter what side of the political spectrum, to have children is wrong.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Paying people, no matter what side of the political spectrum, to have children is wrong.
It’s worse. The Nazi party nationalized German industry without taking over the day-by-day management, with full cooperation. Except for prison labor, of course.
June 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It’s worse. The Nazi party nationalized German industry without taking over the day-by-day management, with full cooperation. Except for prison labor, of course.
The rule’s name lends itself to a number of bird-related puns….There is the “Byrd bath,” when… Ms. MacDonough scrubs and analyzes [the provisions] to make a judgment. Anything that does not survive the scrutiny is known as a “Byrd dropping,” and is removed from the legislation before it can advance.
June 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The rule’s name lends itself to a number of bird-related puns….There is the “Byrd bath,” when… Ms. MacDonough scrubs and analyzes [the provisions] to make a judgment. Anything that does not survive the scrutiny is known as a “Byrd dropping,” and is removed from the legislation before it can advance.
A bit on Elizabeth MacDonough from NYTimes: “As [the Senate] moves forward with the budget reconciliation process, it now falls to Ms. MacDonough to enact Mr. Byrd’s rule.…
June 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A bit on Elizabeth MacDonough from NYTimes: “As [the Senate] moves forward with the budget reconciliation process, it now falls to Ms. MacDonough to enact Mr. Byrd’s rule.…
Give her office a call and tell her she’s being noticed for a great job. I did!
June 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Give her office a call and tell her she’s being noticed for a great job. I did!