Tales from FAR Manor

The not-so-far future: The New York Times, Special Edition (July 4, 2009). Be sure to read the My Times link to hear the publishers 's...

Guess what? Another cliffhanger! Friday, August 20, 2021 Tanks a Lot Yes, that was Rene’s unit that the newsies turned into celebrities. How...

Climate change seems to have pushed Planet Georgia’s peak color season from late October into early November. I posted some shots around Ami...

DoubleRed is, or perhaps was, all doom and gloom after the networks called the election. We got to talking, and I don’t know if she realizes...

Tomorrow is The Day. If you haven’t early-voted, get out and vote. Monday, June 14, 2021 A Dispatch from the Rear Rene sent an email… Hola, ...

After church this morning, I got accosted by one of Mrs. Fetched’s cousins. “I hear you’re supported Obama,” he growled. “What of it?” I sho...

Too long. Good thing we turn the clocks back tonight; I needed even more than the 25 hours we get today. After Mrs. Fetched’s helper ended...

I was feeling a bit depressed yesterday. I didn’t have the opportunity to apply my particular brand of catharsis — play Skillet’s Comatose ...

Happy Hallowe’en! Friday, March 5, 2021 Marching Orders Rene said it was like hitting five numbers in the Lotto — not the jackpot of teachin...

Even if there was anything good on at the theater, you don’t have time for it… so Weekend Cinema brings the free and fast to your computer s...

OK, yeah, goplets stink anyway. But now I smell fear. Not the manufactured fear of black people, brown people, people wearing turbans, or (G...

Pretty weird: wandering around at Gold Rush, I saw a booth emblazoned with “Georgia Department of Defense NOW RECRUITING!” Turns out not to ...

The Boy has sort of settled down lately… if he’s having the kind of blow-ups he used to have, we’ve been insulated from them by his residenc...

In some parts of the country, the financial meltdown was well underway long before the rest of us got the idea. James H. Kunstler, on his bl...

Monday, January 11, 2021 Caught in the Draft With last year’s Really Bad Flu getting people to take a real close look at the junta, they nee...

The Boy seems to be having trouble with the starter in his car. It rolls off easily enough, but turning the key doesn’t even produce a click...

I really didn’t want to write more about the Big Gooey Kablooey today. Fortunately, after a rainy day (the first in at least two weeks, so i...

The credit meltdown continues with the occasional temporary break in the action. Looking at the 5-day Dow(n), it looks like the shorts tempo...

Wow. How could I have missed the Great Financial Meltdown of 2008? Some prognosticator am I, huh? ;-) Thursday, September 17, 2020 Iraq and ...

Some stations have their pumps bagged, but more stations than not have gas to sell now. The lines have faded away and the four-lane was chok...