Richard's Pretension

This being the first week of 2024, some readers might have had some experience with alcohol sometime in the past seven days. Some may regret...

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...