Parallax Views

At time of writing, the Kleptocrat is in Beijing, having his ass handed to him by Xi Jinping, although it’s unlikely that fact will have pen...

I don’t know what it is about Trader Joe’s parking lots that makes people just lose their minds. It may be that they tend to be relatively s...

Some time ago I posted about a grafitto in the gap under the bridge over the W&OD Trail near me. Since Dominion Power razed all the shr...

Since Dominion Power razed the shrubbery along the W&OD Trail in The People’s Republic, all the critters that used to live there have re...

Between SCOTUS and the Virginia Supreme Court, both the law and enfranchisement had a bad week last week. I mean—ugh. So I’m turning to ...

Yesterday was one of those overcast days that May has been interspersing with absolutely gorgeous, humidity-free sunshine. Just after noon, ...

This is a bit of a change from my usual posting on vehicular license plates, because it’s not really about the plate, which is not a vanity ...

Okay, a while back I found the mother of all tubers at Wegman’s. I mean—it dwarfed all the other potatoes in the bin. (I have no bananas, ...

Today’s Cinco de Mayo, a holiday celebrated more widely in the US than in México. In my native California, the celebrations will have been g...

Today I am grateful for the poetry of Spring—all the colors that envelop us as Nature throws off Winter’s coat. I’m grateful for brisk tem...