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The KJ, a whiskey drink with twists & turns

Stories big and smallApril 10, 2025775Views 0Likes 0Comments

I attended the most lovely, sweet and generous Irish wake memorial yesterday for the most lovely, sweet and generous of people, KJ Donoghue. Memorials, while sad for the life lost, can be extraordinary for bringing people together and sharing stories. We don't know the length of our lives, and while KJ's was shorter than many others'…

What the heck is generational intelligence?

GenerationsApril 8, 20251KViews 0Likes 0Comments

There are many forms of intelligence, right? You may have heard of people who have -- Musical intelligence, Logical-mathematical intelligence, Interpersonal intelligence, Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence and/or Spatial intelligence There is, of course, business intelligence, which often includes -- Dashboards Reporting …

What makes a generation a generation?

GenerationsApril 8, 20251KViews 0Likes 0Comments

For as ubiquitous as generational influence is, we have little shared understanding of what makes a generation ... a generation. Yet, the information is available and knowable. Here are some basics: First, we need to understand that generations, like people, have a life path. -- They are born. They have a childhood.…

HCR FTW!

Cultcha, PoliticsApril 2, 2025684Views 0Likes 0Comments

Every American, imo, should listen to Heather Cox Richardson's eight-part video series, The American Paradox. Yeah, it's history. Yeah, there's lots of details in there. Yeah, it can get a little long here and there, but multitask and do the dishes while you're listening, listen while you're driving, or something. But listen. The Republican party of…

Through different eyes

Politics, Things I PonderApril 2, 2025655Views 0Likes 0Comments

I wrote this "comment" on a /trump-lovin' friend's FB post in response to his glorification of Elon and calling out those advocating destruction of Teslas, dealerships and such. (I agree on the "let's not vandalize and destroy" part. Didn't agree on what else he wrote.) *** While I think many people are delighted to see folks selling…

Maps!

Little BitsMarch 25, 20253KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Truly, I was never into paper maps. Local, national, global -- didn't matter, not my thing. Couldn't read 'em. Couldn't follow 'em. Couldn't understand 'em. But these rendered versions? This dimensional stuff? Fascinates me endlessly! I think it's easy (well, it has been for me) to just be like, "Oh, I'm an American. We live on this piece of land.…

Resident, Alien

CultchaMarch 24, 2025759Views 0Likes 0Comments

I adore -- adore, adore, adore -- the show Resident Alien. While the whole show is great, the cast is well-cast, the writing is fab and the show is funny, Alan Tudyk plays the alien in a most brilliant, adorable and enjoyable way. Totally recommend the show. Netflix. iykyk A tidbit I'd have never ever guessed: Dude is…

Generations and technology

GenerationsMarch 21, 20251KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Societal mood shifts and moves over time and in (obvious later) eras. Generations, and which one is in young adulthood, midlife or elderhood impact these shifts everywhere, including technology. Here's a look at generational archetypes and technology. Mind you: generations (at least those in the U.S.) encompass tens of millions of people, span 17-23 years and…

The Gaslighter in Chief

Cultcha, PoliticsMarch 18, 2025727Views 0Likes 0Comments

For every R running around, trying to defend Trump, calling him great, calling him a leader, calling him whatever version of presidential-ness, really? I mean, really? He's a narcissist. Period. And narcissists gaslight -- ALL THE TIME. They don't know anything but gaslighting and saying the most contradictory, unbelievable BS and presenting it as reality ... because…

Thank you, KJ

Burning Man, ExperiencesMarch 17, 20251KViews 0Likes 0Comments

When I attended my first The Love Burn (and likely last, as it was not my favorite burn -- at all) I wasn't camping with The Sky Bar, but KJ Donoghue -- the visioner, builder and maker-of things-happening dude behind the five-story scaffold structure with an open bar on top -- had told me The…

Scram scam

Little BitsMarch 7, 2025897Views 0Likes 0Comments

I almost fell for it. I really almost did. I love-love-love the OOFOS sandal/flip-flop thing-y. It / they have changed my world for the better. Profoundly. I went from owning one pair to owning many, very quickly. I have them everywhere: in my clothes closet, in the basement by the gardening tools, in my car (if I…

Young Xers

Cultcha, GenerationsMarch 7, 2025979Views 0Likes 0Comments

Generations are, I find, quite fascinating to note. I never watched Northern Exposure when it was on. (I was on a many-years no-TV jaunt through the entire '90s.) But when I started watching the show on Amazon, it was instantly clear to me that all the young actors were Gen Xers, with most born in the…