by Stan Raines I received an email this morning from Patrick Alcatraz, previously unknown but often mentioned on Jerry McHale’s tribute to scurrilousness, El Rocinante, with a link to the new blog Next… The tagline for Next… is “The Chronicle of Border Satire.” The opening edition had several well-written pieces including a take-down on an [...]

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A comment by Stan Raines Surprisingly, at right around six-thirty or so, the lights went out. This was cause of some pertubation for Kathy who had just gotten back from a truncated dog walk in the new morning cold and, I believe, had penciled in a hair wash before returning to school. Lights out, no [...]

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For reasons that nearly escape me (except that I’m the retired guy), I’ve been selected to represent our local Planned Parenthood affiliate at the national convention, so I’ll be gone from Tuesday to Sunday this week. I’m taking my little laptop with me, but my experience is that these folks keep one busy, so I [...]

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This conclusion comes on the realization that I am actually talking to myself here. During the last week, there was one unique visitor to NunnaYerBizness.com. Me. So much for my war on solipsism. Of course, in a war on solipsism, no matter how it comes out, I win. It’s either the joy of being the [...]

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A sincere welcome to some new users. Ed Stapleton, whose acquaintance we made some time ago at musical gatherings at Jack and Penny Hartwell’s house. Welcome to you, sir. We look forward to your input. Psuedonomynous users include challengertx and Political_Outsider. And thanks to Political_Outsider for his kind words on the poem we posted this [...]

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We hope you aren’t too shocked at the new look today. It’s cleaner, we think, and we’re developing a pleasant look. The first job of art and design, to let you know where we stand on a very old question, is to decorate pleasingly. For those who believe that the first duty of art is [...]

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