I attended my first ever rally yesterday.  It was the second No Kings movement in Philadelphia. I woke up and looked out my living room window around 8:30 AM and saw a few thousand early arrivers for the rally which was scheduled to start at noon.  I got showered and...

... and other household oddities.  I found myself getting up close and personal with a rug this morning.  It started with a little piece of lint and evolved into a fistful of shedded carpet.  The harder I rubbed the more the shedding occurred.  Endless.   Ya know...

I once worked at a conservatory in Manhattan, one which had quite an impressive reputation. Based on what ... well let's just say I'm not an expert when it comes to music.  I don't have a great ear for it nor can I at all produce a sound that doesn't sound...