Curations from the Human Jungle
[This is how things go these days. Trying to make the point that no one pays attention to me, or to the pants that i happen to be wearing, I post that I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard someone say "Did you see those pants that Stephen Morris was wearing?... Continue Reading →
[Big doins' at The Parsonage today. No silliness. More explanation to follow. SM]
[Silverbelle Sandy turns 80 today. Need we say more? SB SM] https://silverbackdigest.com/2021/04/03/silverbelles-can-grow-giant-vegetables-too/
[Macau ... ever want to go there? This may change your opinion. How can you not admire someone whose name is "Teddy Yip?" SB SM] WORDS BY TIM STRUBYPHOTOGRAPHY BY BERNARD BAKALIANVICTORYJOURNAL.COM Macau, 1959. When author Ian Fleming landed in this 11-square-mile, Portuguese-controlled city situated on the western bank of China’s Pearl River Delta, the... Continue Reading →
[Before we go out for the evening, my wife, Silverbelle Sandy, likes to check out my choice of outfit. Her inspection is punctuated by a terse comment: "Change your shirt ... I'm wearing blue," or "No, not those pants again," to which I respond "If I had a dollar for every time I've heard someone... Continue Reading →
[Here's a little known fact about me ... I am an honorary member of the Mount Saint Joseph Class of 1964. That's why I happened to be in Rutland, Vermont recently when the class celebrated their collective 80th birthday (although, truth be told, I am WAY-Y-Y-Y younger). One of my "classmates" is Mark Treanor. Here's... Continue Reading →
[After spending most of my business career convincing people of the importance of recycling, it's hard to say "don't," but these are items that will gum up the works. SB SM] A tangled string of Christmas lights can shut down an entire sorting line. A greasy pizza box won’t jam the machinery, but it can... Continue Reading →
[If you watch a documentary on Silverbacks, or really on any species other than our own, you realize that unwritten rules are what govern life on this planet. In the case of baseball, the known rules are so well-established that it's hard to not be fascinated by the ones in the fuzzy gray zone. I'm... Continue Reading →
[Poor Ireland. The place has been exploited for thousands of years, its resources stripped and robbed. And yet the spirit of both the people and the land seems irrepressibly defiant. Yes, the wolves, eagles, and even the trees may be gone, but given time, they will be back, and they will thrive. Nature always wins... Continue Reading →
[Batman never exactly jumped the shark. Compare this with the clip of Buster Keaton shared earlier this week. Who can believe the advances in film technology in only a half-century. Warning: clip contains high drama that might induce heart attacks. Suggest two or three shots of brandy, and maybe smoke a joint, prior to viewing.... Continue Reading →