Richard's Pretension

Auld Lang Syne will fill the airwaves in a couple days. The song itself is part of the nostalgia it is intended to evoke. We resist updatin...

Some days I feel my age and others not. If there is a reason for the day to day differences (sleep length, diet, exercise, or whatever) I ha...

When I read 1984 (1949) by George Orwell as a school assignment back in the 1960s, the novel’s timeline already had been overtaken by real ...

The information center on my Chevy has a lot to say to me about everything from tire pressure to remaining oil life. Yesterday as the temper...

My choice for a movie last night was a re-watch of the neo-noir The Big Town starring Matt Dillon and Diane Lane at her most stunning. I re...

Prologue: I added this prologue after finishing what follows. I notice this blog rambles more than usual and also ventures off into dorm-roo...

All of us are offensive some of the time – usually in error but often enough on purpose. Anyone who thinks he or she isn’t is in need of sel...