if writing your book takes 12 years rather than the five or six you budgeted, so be it. suck it up and get the job done. and when the publisher says, "We don't publish books longer than 600 pages," you just bloody well shrink the font.

Apparently, Dasha does not love lures. He'd rather chase squirrels.

"When your heart knows the way, run in that direction."

- Rumi

Today is Rumi's 818th birthday.

Marilyn Monroe owned one home during her lifetime. She bought the Spanish-style hacienda at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood, thought to have been built in 1929, for $75,000 in early 1962. She named her home “Cursum Perficio,” which in Latin translates as “I end the journey.”

My grandfather, 17, embarked for America in 1912 from Odesa. With no money and no assistance from his family, he sailed on a freighter taking logs to Havana. Somehow, he succeeded and built his version of the American dream. Now, we are supporting Ukraine during its struggle against tyranny.

This is the unadorned truth. Anyone who tries to build a case for bitcoin is not only ignorant, they are hoping for a future that will never come about. There is one bright side to bitcoin and the like: trump and his family are all over it, and they'll end up holding ashes.

How quickly will he sue nobelprize.org once he realizes they will never, ever award him the Nobel Peace Prize?

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

The Borowitz Report has a new feature, "Traitor of the Week." Any suggestions?

1/2 As we await the dreadful return to office of the former president, let's be realistic. His appointment of Merrick Garland, whose dithering & delays in taking action against the thugs and traitors set the stage for this recrudescence, is one of Biden's two greatest failings.