ratiocinations out of thin air and elsewhere
A RECENT NEWSLETTER FROM “THE HILL” included this teaser: “Have you always wanted an Andy Warhol painting but never had the opportunity? Well, here’s your chance (kind of). An art collector known as MSCHF acquired an original Warhol painting for $20,000 and is reselling it for $250. [Continue reading]
WHEN REQUIRED TO POST A PROFILE on the internet, I usually write, “Mystical liberal likes long walks alone at night in the dark in the city in the rain with an umbrella and a flask of 10-year-old Laphroaig.” While this bit of irony works for some readers, others want a little more in terms of personal background information. [Continue reading]
SSSHHHHHH! I’m starting a conspiracy theory here to scare people into getting masked and vaccinated. I want to spread a rumor that the coronavirus is really a conspiracy by the elite alien reptiles to pass their sperm from human to human.
They do this by using the moisture in a sneeze or a cough or a kiss or even just in speaking as their medium to impregnate people and turn “us” into “them.” [Continue reading]
JESSICA WILDFIRE IS BECOMING one of my favorite journalists. She describes herself as an “unfluencer,” which I assume is a play on those odd creatures of social media known as “influencers.” She is also a top writer in government, health, politics, culture, and life on Medium. And because of her, if rather indirectly, I discovered the artwork of Martin Rowson.
