San Francisco Winter 1918-1919
I had to stop writing our article on the Spanish Flu before getting into the second wave. My PTSD was ablaze and I was about to self-destruct if I kept on course. You see, these are not numbers to me.…
David
Conspiracy Theories
We have become the most well-informed people in the history of the world, while at the same time choosing to be morons who believe nonsense. Believing conspiracy theories is a very strange phenomenon, because we all know “something is dreadfully…
The Spanish Flu
The image above is from the hospital at Camp Funston, in Fort Riley, Kansas, or “ground zero” for America’s greatest pandemic. Go ahead and forget that “fact,” because you’re about to get one heck of an education. What is Influenza…
A New Novel
. . . produced during a self-quarantine. Your author has two things in common with Martin Scorsese. Italian descent. We both despise the Superhero genre. It is not film. They consist of the same damn plot, void of any acting,…
A Short Course in Economics
Your author is a consummate student of life, and has read copious amounts on far-reaching subjects, both common and eclectic. And for this reason and because our society has put the blinkers on, turning ridiculously tribal, this paper will not…
Meatless Bachelor’s Chili
Because this boosts your immune system (and we’ve added secret ingredients), and helps with “social distancing,” we’ve decided to also call it: Corona Chili! Ingredients Mushrooms (Shitake, Maitake, Portabello, ABM, Turkey Tail, Lion’s Mane, Chaga, Cordyceps, Oyster) Black Beans (refried,…