Mad Mac's
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Disappointed American. 35-year English teacher (retired). Reader. Sox fan. Cultivating my garden.
"How many good people are there in this world? Too many to count."
"How many good people are there in this world? Too many to count."
I sure hope this is some other dude named Jim Henson.
October 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I sure hope this is some other dude named Jim Henson.
When I watch this commercial, I imagine all these people celebrating *for a different reason*.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAva...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAva...
Are You Sitting Down? Book Now :30 | Southwest Airlines®
YouTube video by Southwest Airlines
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October 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
When I watch this commercial, I imagine all these people celebrating *for a different reason*.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAva...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAva...
"I guess we're all hunting like everybody else for a way the diligent and sensible can rise to the top and the lazy and quarrelsome can sink to the bottom. But it ain't easy to find. Meanwhile, we do all we can to help those that can't help themselves and those that can we leave alone."
~ "Our Town"
~ "Our Town"
August 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"I guess we're all hunting like everybody else for a way the diligent and sensible can rise to the top and the lazy and quarrelsome can sink to the bottom. But it ain't easy to find. Meanwhile, we do all we can to help those that can't help themselves and those that can we leave alone."
~ "Our Town"
~ "Our Town"
Herman Melville Explains it All
"As for the residue of the Pequod's company, be it said, that at the present day not one in two of the many thousand men before the mast employed in the American whale fishery, are Americans born, though pretty nearly all the officers are. . .
"As for the residue of the Pequod's company, be it said, that at the present day not one in two of the many thousand men before the mast employed in the American whale fishery, are Americans born, though pretty nearly all the officers are. . .
August 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Herman Melville Explains it All
"As for the residue of the Pequod's company, be it said, that at the present day not one in two of the many thousand men before the mast employed in the American whale fishery, are Americans born, though pretty nearly all the officers are. . .
"As for the residue of the Pequod's company, be it said, that at the present day not one in two of the many thousand men before the mast employed in the American whale fishery, are Americans born, though pretty nearly all the officers are. . .
So. . . time for a war? What say you, Congress?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mEs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mEs...
Duck Soup (10/10) Movie CLIP - To War (1933) HD
YouTube video by Movieclips
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June 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
So. . . time for a war? What say you, Congress?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mEs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mEs...
Hoopsa, boy a boy, hoopsa!
Happy Bloomsday, to those who celebrate! #bloomsday
Happy Bloomsday, to those who celebrate! #bloomsday
June 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Hoopsa, boy a boy, hoopsa!
Happy Bloomsday, to those who celebrate! #bloomsday
Happy Bloomsday, to those who celebrate! #bloomsday
One day we'll wake up and Trump will be dead, and #KilgoreTrout will tell us: "You were sick, but now you're well, and there's work to do." And we'll start fixing all this.
Where have you gone, #KurtVonnegut ? He'd tell us what's what.
Where have you gone, #KurtVonnegut ? He'd tell us what's what.
April 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
One day we'll wake up and Trump will be dead, and #KilgoreTrout will tell us: "You were sick, but now you're well, and there's work to do." And we'll start fixing all this.
Where have you gone, #KurtVonnegut ? He'd tell us what's what.
Where have you gone, #KurtVonnegut ? He'd tell us what's what.
JD sez: 'Unfortunately, Danish leaders have spent decades mistreating the Greenlandic people, treating them like second class citizens and allowing infrastructure on the island to fall into disrepair.'
Meanwhile, the U.S. has "Redland". Blackland. Ladyland.
Meanwhile, the U.S. has "Redland". Blackland. Ladyland.
March 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
JD sez: 'Unfortunately, Danish leaders have spent decades mistreating the Greenlandic people, treating them like second class citizens and allowing infrastructure on the island to fall into disrepair.'
Meanwhile, the U.S. has "Redland". Blackland. Ladyland.
Meanwhile, the U.S. has "Redland". Blackland. Ladyland.
VP JD looking sharp in his Space Force tunic!
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March 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
VP JD looking sharp in his Space Force tunic!
i.guim.co.uk/img/media/44...
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I wonder when Trump will name himself NBA Commissioner. Sure seems to be a lot of DEI going on there.
March 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I wonder when Trump will name himself NBA Commissioner. Sure seems to be a lot of DEI going on there.
So, how's that Pete Rose pardon coming along? Couple of weeks? Too busy making peace in Ukraine?
Will he make himself head of the Hall of Fame and remove Jackie Robinson as a DEI hire?
Will he make himself head of the Hall of Fame and remove Jackie Robinson as a DEI hire?
March 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
So, how's that Pete Rose pardon coming along? Couple of weeks? Too busy making peace in Ukraine?
Will he make himself head of the Hall of Fame and remove Jackie Robinson as a DEI hire?
Will he make himself head of the Hall of Fame and remove Jackie Robinson as a DEI hire?
Five years ago today was my last day in a classroom. They sent us home for "two weeks", but we never went back.
It was a scary, uncertain, tumultuous time. Just like today. With the help of science we got through it.
It's not the "woke-mind" virus after all. It's MAGA who are fatally infected.
It was a scary, uncertain, tumultuous time. Just like today. With the help of science we got through it.
It's not the "woke-mind" virus after all. It's MAGA who are fatally infected.
March 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Five years ago today was my last day in a classroom. They sent us home for "two weeks", but we never went back.
It was a scary, uncertain, tumultuous time. Just like today. With the help of science we got through it.
It's not the "woke-mind" virus after all. It's MAGA who are fatally infected.
It was a scary, uncertain, tumultuous time. Just like today. With the help of science we got through it.
It's not the "woke-mind" virus after all. It's MAGA who are fatally infected.
When you've lost Bret Stephens. . .
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
Opinion | Democracy Dies in Dumbness (Gift Article)
Until Donald Trump, no president has been so ignorant of the lessons of history, so incompetent in implementing his own ideas.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
When you've lost Bret Stephens. . .
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/o...
Somewhere out there there's a woman named "Karen" who's making payments on a Tesla that she bought because she was worried about climate change -- and I feel bad for her. (Especially since she's been laid off from her job with the USAID.)
March 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Somewhere out there there's a woman named "Karen" who's making payments on a Tesla that she bought because she was worried about climate change -- and I feel bad for her. (Especially since she's been laid off from her job with the USAID.)
Just a thought here. What about presenting the State of the Union (or any Trump presser) with a 1960's style laugh track?
March 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Just a thought here. What about presenting the State of the Union (or any Trump presser) with a 1960's style laugh track?
Fox -- greatly responsible for breaking America in two -- tells us how the Super Bowl "brings us together".
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
February 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Fox -- greatly responsible for breaking America in two -- tells us how the Super Bowl "brings us together".
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
So although I don't really watch football anymore, I have seen all or at least part of *every Super Bowl*.
Just one question: Why don't they play it on Saturday? It makes so much sense.
Just one question: Why don't they play it on Saturday? It makes so much sense.
February 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
So although I don't really watch football anymore, I have seen all or at least part of *every Super Bowl*.
Just one question: Why don't they play it on Saturday? It makes so much sense.
Just one question: Why don't they play it on Saturday? It makes so much sense.
Let's relocate all the Palestinians. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
Trump Says He Wants Jordan and Egypt to Take in Palestinians From Gaza (Gift Article)
President Trump said he had spoken to Jordan’s leader and planned to call Egypt’s on Sunday. Most of Gaza’s two million residents have been displaced in 15 months of fighting.
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January 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Let's relocate all the Palestinians. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
'I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve, or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six.’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFSs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFSs...
A Child's Christmas in Wales, A Story
YouTube video by Dylan Thomas - Topic
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December 25, 2024 at 1:14 PM
'I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve, or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six.’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFSs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFSs...
This may be a stupid question, but is geo-thermal a non-renewable resource? Do we become leeches sucking the blood out of our planet? (Obviously a long-term problem, but. . .)
“geothermal energy could meet 15% of global electricity demand growth between now and 2050 if project costs continue to decline. This would mean the deployment of as much as 800 gigawatts of geothermal capacity worldwide” www.iea.org/news/technol...
Technology breakthroughs are unlocking geothermal energy’s vast potential in countries across the globe - News - IEA
Technology breakthroughs are unlocking geothermal energy’s vast potential in countries across the globe - News from the International Energy Agency
www.iea.org
December 13, 2024 at 12:11 PM
This may be a stupid question, but is geo-thermal a non-renewable resource? Do we become leeches sucking the blood out of our planet? (Obviously a long-term problem, but. . .)
It will. All those pesky enslavers. (They didn't figure much into it when I was a kid.) And the whole Revere angle.
Poe, I guess, didn't have much use for Longfellow. (He took the title of critic seriously.)
Poe, I guess, didn't have much use for Longfellow. (He took the title of critic seriously.)
December 10, 2024 at 7:41 PM
It will. All those pesky enslavers. (They didn't figure much into it when I was a kid.) And the whole Revere angle.
Poe, I guess, didn't have much use for Longfellow. (He took the title of critic seriously.)
Poe, I guess, didn't have much use for Longfellow. (He took the title of critic seriously.)
We've got some serious billionaire-drain going on here. Assuming that their billions came from their elite -- sorry, unmatched -- skillsets (why else would they be so richly rewarded?), what happens to their companies, and all the money that would have trickled down to us?
December 4, 2024 at 6:30 PM
We've got some serious billionaire-drain going on here. Assuming that their billions came from their elite -- sorry, unmatched -- skillsets (why else would they be so richly rewarded?), what happens to their companies, and all the money that would have trickled down to us?
It was great, until my brother-in-law started ranting about immigrants being given phones, and that's why people can't have dental care.
November 29, 2024 at 5:20 PM
It was great, until my brother-in-law started ranting about immigrants being given phones, and that's why people can't have dental care.
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Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
November 25, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians