Keeper of the Clown Bell

Parabola of Western Civilization If you've studied Zeno's paradoxes  then you've probably spent some time pondering the hypothetical illusion of time and space as described in the race between fleet-footed Achilles and the  dour, sullen, and unsmiling tortoise who, having been allowed a head start in the contest, is mathematically (logically) assured of victory. It's a real head scratcher for Deplorable Americans but educated Globalists understand the reasoning and accept the outcome without getting all hung up on the Truth vs. Appearance of its conclusions. Unfortunately (or not) any parable has the same limitations that are built into the structure of all narrative lessons because the start and end, like the race itself in this example, are set arbitrarily by the philosopher with the goal of making his point. In real life there is always something that came before and the story never really ends but, alas, humans only understand (if you can call it that) their world t

Born to Rumson I got my first PlayStation at the turn of the century and I cut my gaming teeth on Metal Gear and GTA - hell. I've got a copy of Red Dead (pre-redemption) - so I've not only got game but I’ve had game for a long time. I've also got three boys ages 25, 16 and 10 so our steadfast support of the Sony Corporation and their gaming console has been going strong for 20+ years and in that time we've played some of the great video games released in into the marketplace. In no particular order I'd like to call out a few favorites: Assassin’s Creed Black Flag - A pirate theme and that goes a long way in my book Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Very funny with a huge cast of characters Call of Duty: World at War (Nazi Zombie module) - high horror with great weapons and death Oh, I know, I know, there's a lot more. Endless entertainment and great story lines. 1000 times better than the best movie and all controlled by "you" - the guy holding the thing-a-mu

I should make it clear right up front that I haven't watched any television since the November 3rd election and I doubt I will ever watch the boob tube again. To qualify that declaration I need to explain that I grew up with television in it's 2nd golden age, when there was still only 3 networks and a few UHF channels that were pretty fuzzy on the cathode ray tube, and it was "on" in my house pretty much all the time. I watched all the famous shows as a kid and people of my generation have a strange kind of shared consciousness from a virtual world that we ALL experienced regardless of where we grew up - from Washington DC to Washington State, from the Alamo to Niagara Falls,  from America's flaccid penis to America's erect penis  - we all were marooned on Gilligan's Island. As I grew older and moved into my own home I maintained the habit of my youth and kept the TV on as a kind of electronic squawking carnival in the background of my busy life. By the ti

  Hey, what the hell is going on in DC? I was there on January 6th and it was a great party filled with Patriots and friendly folks from all over the country. Yes, a few exuberant people “stormed” the Capitol but no harm was done. The Congressmen went right back to The Peoples business after a little break and promptly violated their oath of office by certifying votes for an incontinent dementia patient. So, next thing you know, they fill the Swamp with 20 thousand troops and build 12 foot prison wall for the inmates. It’s strange, even ominous and I can’t wait to see what happens next.

What happened to the 11,000 tweets? Twitter has conducted a "purge" of "conservative" voices from its "platform" and that includes the account of one Donald J Trump who happens to be the President of the United States of America. To which I say GOOD! Let's take it from the top. A purge (the bad kind) does not include getting kicked off a social network. If that's such a bad thing then the problem is with the society and not the network. Purges are when police officers bust down your door at 3AM, grab you and drive out to some empty field where they shoot you in the head and then tossed your limp body in a mass grave. A conservative is someone like Mitt Romney or these tools at the Lincoln Project who are free to post whatever lies or inflammatory rhetoric they want on Twitter. Twitter has no hatred for “conservatives” or Republicans as far as that goes and I don't think a single member of Congress or the political establishment has been "p

I loved the idea of the Save America March on Washington DC and enthusiastically drove up to our nation's capitol on the night before the rally so that I could wake up early and get down to the Ellipse between the White House and Washington Monument obelisk to participate in this historic event. Milling about the national mall with the hundreds of thousands of MAGA faithful adorned with their fanciful garb, flags and funny t-shirts was wonderful and I felt good being among my people. It was the perfect bookend to Trump’s first term as I reminisced fondly about the Trump Rally I attended the on the last day of the 2016 campaign and was happy to know the energy and love of Trump’s hate (hate for communists, child molesters and FakeNews scum) was still going strong. What a day! The sky was overcast and there was a cold January DC breeze blowing across the Potomac river and chilling the American Patriots as they patiently sat through warm up routines by the Trump kids and faithful fr