16 hours agoWomen Perpetrate More Sexual Violence Than Has Previously Been Acknowledged5586Elle Beau ❇︎Facinating read, awakening an old not-pleasant memory 40 years old.Facinating read, awakening an old not-pleasant memory 40 years old. I suppose it could qualify as an outlier of the type you discuss. Edited from a memoir: Never, never, no matter what else you do in your whole life, never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own. …6 min read
2 days agoIt’s a nice drive to White River on a winding, two-lane state road.I usually dawdled through the Muckleshoot Reservation to see the drying gill nets and smell smoking salmon. I didn’t this time because the whole idea seemed screwier than ever. I felt conspicuous as hell in White River. Too much city work does that to you. I broke into it gradually…Detective Story9 min read
3 days agoHer Towering Blonde Beehive…hit the eye first, dating her puberty, like the vintage year on a wine bottle, to when Plymouths had tail fins and gas was a whole lot cheaper. I wondered if it was a wig; probably not. Some people change with the fashion; others freeze in an era they last…Detective Novel6 min read
Aug 5SEATTLE IN THE SEVENTIES?Sure, I could tell you stories about Seattle in the seventies. It still had a kind of innocence then you didn’t usually see in cities its size. But that didn’t make it boring. The Nixon Justice Department waged part of its losing battle against the antiwar crowd in Seattle after…Seattle 1970 S5 min read
Aug 4Secret Agent ManThere’s a man who leads a life of danger To everyone he meets he stays a stranger With every move he makes Another chance he takes Odds are he won’t live to see tomorrow Secret Agent Man Secret Agent Man They’ve given you a number and taken away your name…. — Johnny…1960 S12 min read
Aug 2A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR THE HOUSE SPEAKER’S VISIT TO TAIWANA MODEST PROPOSAL FOR THE HOUSE SPEAKER’S VISIT TO TAIWAN China’s egregious threats against a woman old as me, who happens to be third in succession under our Constitution should President and VP go down, has got me thinking. No surprise bullies act this way. It was ever thus. …Nancy Pelosi2 min read
Jul 31This is the most demonic thing about Putin82118Alexei SorokinDid you see the news about the US indicting an FSB spy for his extensive work organizing disruptive…Did you see the news about the US indicting an FSB spy for his extensive work organizing disruptive groups here to help sap American will? Reportedly not in custody, probably on the lam. Intercepted email to the organization that made its bones under another set of initials while billeted on…1 min read
Jul 30Island Music in The DesertA story (well, a rant) by a writer I like mentioned LinkedIn, stirring memories of positive interactions. One was reconnecting through the platform with a good-looking wildlife biologist from a long-ago job with the Arizona Game and Fish Department. In my reply I briefly described the memorable 1970s encounter when…Duck Hunter Diaries6 min read
Jul 28SNOW IN THE GORGEThe Skook Saga Continues When I got her on the pay phone outside the Pick ‘N Shovel, and after I filled her in on our son’s new buddy Ralph, my wife was sad to hear about the Petoskey mine being shut down. “I’ll call his wife tomorrow to commiserate. …Suspense Novel9 min read
Jul 21Dostoevsky is canceled95932Alexei SorokinI agree with your other commenter here; if Russia is the baby and Putin and Co.I agree with your other commenter here; if Russia is the baby and Putin and Co. are its bathwater, don't discard the baby with the bathwater. Wasn't it Lord Acton who said evil only requires good men do nothing? Too many good men did nothing for too long and allowed…3 min read