Author Archives: nick

I like the Pope. He seems like a very nice guy who cares about all the people in the world who are suffering, which is all the people in the world, more or less. He is obviously not very bright, … Continue reading →

Up here, living in one of the circles of the heavenly realms, we are still exposed to the suffering of the billions not living in the heavenly realms. Earthly conditions are better than ever, but they are also more universally … Continue reading →

I would never display Robert E. Lee’s Confederate battle flag. I’m a Union guy. I’m glad the Union won. But I love the South. These days there is less racism down here than there is up North. It is less … Continue reading →

My friends think I have gone over to the dark side, because of my disagreements with what goes under the label “progressive” these days. I don’t think so. I think they have, through inertia and intellectual laziness, drifted over to … Continue reading →

ISIS is a Satanic death cult. It, and other groups like it, are Satan’s army. Good and evil. These are Lord of the Rings times. Islam is the religion of Sauron. Meanwhile, God’s army, under the non-leadership of Barack Obama … Continue reading →

1970. One evening when we were living on Waller, I was tripping on acid and decided to go for a walk. It was already dark. I was down on Haight at Scott, the borderline between the Haight and the Fillmore … Continue reading →

I remember when we were living on Waller St, corner of Scott. Back then it was on the borderline with the Fillmore, which was a black ghetto pretty much, before it got gentrified. The corner store, where I went for … Continue reading →

Sitting on the porch swing, Southern dusk, sipping some Jameson’s. The oxycodone kicked in awhile ago. Some morning doves have made a nest at the top of the porch pillar over in the corner. They do this several times a … Continue reading →

I’m reading the biography of my distant relative, William Henry Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensible Man. The Democrats labeled Seward an “extremist”, because of his uncompromising stand against slavery. Nowadays, the Democrats (and the media, but I repeat myself) call you an … Continue reading →

I have labored in the vineyards of Information Technology for more than four decades. I have designed and implemented database software, and web software, for organizations that process large amounts of national traffic. I currently develop and market my own … Continue reading →