October 2026

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Deceptively nasty weather yesterday

* There was bright sunshine as I looked out my window in the early morning

* The flag was not streaming

* but when I went outside my windshield was covered with frost!

* I then went to Aldi's & bought provisions. I was putting them in the back of my Soul

* When I was hit by a cold & nasty wind coming out of the West!

When I got home I checked the weather map.

It appears that spring will spring itself next week!

Now I am no Wally Kinnan

But, the forecast for next week looks pretty good to me.

There is always the chance that we may get a springtime snowfall, but

I do not see any "existential weather threat" thru the spring or summer!

WHAT DOES EXISTENTIAL THREAT MEAN?

An existential threat is a threat to something’s very existence—when the continued being of something is at stake or in danger. It is used to describe threats to actual living things as well to nonliving things, such as a country or an ideology.

** What I am waiting for is the temp to get above 50 degrees on Blossom Hill so I can venture out on on my bike. I generally do not ride a bike on cold & windy days...

but for some reason, there are a number of prominent 'Existentialists" out there that want us fearful of the weather for some reason.

Weather changes all the time. Am I right about that?

People throughout history are known to adapt to conditions!

example...look how well we all adapted from analog to digital!

https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/article/2009/the-switch-from-analog-to-digital-tv/

I'm serious! Humans are not the only species on the planet that adapt to changing conditions.

All species go through it. The dinosaurs did not adapt when the meteors rained down from above &

thank goodness they did not! But the cockroaches adapted & still live among us.

My question is, will humans survive & adapt from the thinkings of the john kerry's of todays world?

be that as it may...President Joe seems very pleased that John has joined his Team of Existentialists

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/01/27/remarks-by-president-biden-before-signing-executive-actions-on-tackling-climate-change-creating-jobs-and-restoring-scientific-integrity/

PS * there will be occasions where the older/wiser Pea will wander back to politics as a Topic to point out

the existential threat that some politicians present...

Today is one of those occasions.

Friday, March 5, 2021

Everything I loved about Sailing is gone 😭 Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 309

But Kaza, wait!

You looked so very pretty, when we met in Ocean City
Like someone, oh, so easy to adore
I sang this little ditty, on our way through Ocean City
Heading south along the Jersey Shore

On the way to Cape May, I fell in love with you
On the way to Cape May, I saw my dreams come true
I was taken by your smile, as we drifted by Sea Isle
My heart was really gone when we reached Avalon
On the way to Cape May, Stone Harbor's skies were blue
We were naming the day when Wildwood came in view
If you're gonna be my spouse, we'd better head for that Court House
On the way to Cape May
On the way to Cape May
Everybody

On the way to Cape May, I feel in love with you
On the way to Cape May, I saw my dreams come true
I was taken by your smile as we drifted by Sea Isle
My heart… More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7io4Wxxnjc

Thursday, March 4, 2021

In the air tonight

two young dudes do a critique in 2020...the current generation cannot believe that the past generation was at one time considered cool & 'woke' by some people!

Road trips

Brother Timothy, our Family Historian

told me a story yesterday that I did not know.

I'll preface this by saying me & my brothers' love taking car drives!

Timmy told me a story of when our Uncle Dan, my father's brother,

got a promotion while making a career in the Air Force. He was offered two possible assignments:

* Alaska, or

* Hawaii

Uncle Dan chose Alaska!

Uncle Joe, another of my Dad's brothers, decided to pack his family

into the station wagon & take a drive from Levittown, Pa to

Anchorage, Alaska to visit his brother Dan.

I think Dan chose Alaska because brother Joe convinced him that if he selected

Hawaii then Joe & his family & Dan's other brothers, along w/ Uncle Phil would be unable to take

a long drive out to Hawaii to visit with Dan & his family...

or something like that...

I'm disappointed that me & my family never got the chance to drive to Alaska!

Uncle Dan was my Godfather. Wonder if he knew that?

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Bumping along on a Himiway...

Why would an old fart want an e-bike? Well...maybe because you don't have to pedal that much?

If you're wondering where the old guy is riding, I've got a photo!

truth of the day

Sad

On the untimely cancellation of Dr. Seuss

When I sit down to read a book,

Some idjit says to me,

“Oppressor, check your privilege —

We’ll decide what you can see!”

And if I dare to contravene

Or decline to heed his quarantine,

Some philistine on Twitter sternly says,

“That literature’s obscene!

“You must do as we dictate,

“And we shall de-platform that hate!”

Now, what can I say

About the news today?

Under pressure from the mob

A gaggle of millionaires

— Dr. Seuss’s own literary heirs! —

Are nixing six books — they are pressing “Delete.”

And we’ll never again stroll down Mulberry Street.

That’s nothing new to us:

Just go ask Mark Twain

How the story of Huck Finn

Got flushed down the drain.

“Art should break rules!”

So they used to say.

But the fools’ new command

Is that art must obey.

Conformism’s victory is almost complete

So you’ll never again visit Mulberry Street.

The great and the small fry,

From Steinbeck to Weiss

Are pushed into the margins

Their words put on ice.

Harper Lee, Whitman, Rushdie, and Golding —

Faced with complaints, the school boards are folding.

Freedom of speech has nary a booster:

Not at The Atlantic nor at Simon & Schuster.

The New York Times will bellow and bleat,

And the silence will echo down Mulberry Street.

No, this won’t do, this won’t do at all —

This won’t do, these minds so small!

If they see just one word that they deem indiscreet

They’ll melt into puddles on old Mulberry Street.

Hold on a minute! Has it come to that?

Yertle the Turtle? The Cat in the Hat?

The Whos down in Whoville —

All samizdat?

Informers informing, keep your eyes on your feet:

The Secret Police patrol Mulberry Street.

Must we be doomed to litigate

The past, which did not anticipate

The present? Must it be our sorry fate

To comically self-flagellate?

We live and we learn

And our attitudes change.

Every day is a new day —

But isn’t it strange

That people who sell books

Should have the conceit

To put up a roadblock on Mulberry Street?

The hucksters and hypocrites

Are quick to join forces

And report any wrongthink

To Human Resources.

I know what I know . . . and this isn’t right.

Amazon plots

In the dark of the night

And gone is a book

That won’t see the light.

But wouldn’t it be grand

If they cared half as much

About books as their brand?

Oh, but who needs all that reading when there’s Netflix to binge?

The Star-Belly Sneetches now have their revenge.

An intelligent book

Deserves someone to read it.

A book that starts fights?

We desperately need it.

An unpopular view?

The campus should hear it.

But both teachers and students

Are afraid to go near it.

They cling to their wubbies

And bury their faces.

Away with you ninnies —

Back to your safe spaces!

Go back to TikTok or stay home and tweet.

You don’t deserve to see Mulberry Street.

KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON is a fellow at National Review Institute, the roving correspondent for National Review, and the author of BIG WHITE GHETTO: DEAD BROKE, STONE-COLD STUPID, AND HIGH ON RAGE IN THE DANK WOOLLY WILDS OF THE 'REAL AMERICA.'