Month: March 2015

Bette Davis, Deception

liars and dupes: Deception and working truth (6)

 Facebook vs. the public toilet Texans! You can’t shit  here!  Your asshole  is in Washington…. Wisconsin Union Rathskeller crapper, circa 1968 Broadcasting one's impassioned message was harder back in the old days....
A weathered tree trunk carved into a humanoid figure outdoors.

Nobel Lies: Deception and working truth (5)

Noble lie, big lie and the 'cause' "There's a sucker born every minute." P.T. Barnum, were he our contemporary, might now say, There's a true believer born...

Believers and fools: Deception and working truth (4)

 Believers and fools, liars and dupes  The Executioner's Son The Great Famine of 1932-33 has always be recognized as one of the darkest periods in Soviet...

Winter to Spring, Northern Wisconsin

March 14, 2015 Over the last several days, the temperature has risen from -30F to +60F yesterday (well, +56F).  Nice. At below-zero temperatures, tamarack limbs turn brittle and easy to...