Author Archives: WorldWideWeber

Немой

Posted on November 6, 2024 by WorldWideWeber

America has left me speechless. Thoughts are roiling in my head, but it would be pointless to let them out. This is the one exception. I am speechless.

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Teatime

Posted on October 25, 2023 by WorldWideWeber

Many pages into Daniel Dennett’s latest opus, I’ve Been Thinking—by turns informative, entertaining, and maddening (“an engaging, vexing memoir with a humility bypass,” as the Guardian headline writer puts it)—one encounters a passage answering to the first two adjectives above, … Continue reading →

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Mathemagic

Posted on October 23, 2023 by WorldWideWeber

The following puzzle appeared in the October/November 2023 issue of the AARP member magazine. What’s next? Each number after the first is derived in the same way from the previous number. What is the number that logically follows 66? 1, … Continue reading →

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Beastie

Posted on July 4, 2023 by WorldWideWeber

As part of our continuing series on the Wonderful World of Bugs, I invite you to take a look at this scary-looking thing that I felt crawling on my neck on May 10: I had no idea what it was. But, once again: … Continue reading →

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Squelch

Posted on July 3, 2023 by WorldWideWeber

From the New York Times today I learned about the controversy involving Rebecca Journey’s course “The Problem of Whiteness” at the University of Chicago (my alma mater). Like many, if not most, modern controversies, this one begins with a misunderstanding … Continue reading →

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Unhappy

Posted on August 23, 2022 by WorldWideWeber

The headline for a New York Times op-ed piece: “There is No Happy Ending to America’s Trump Problem.” Stop the presses! Fixing the biggest mistake in U.S. history will not be easy or painless! Who’d’a thunk? The task at hand … Continue reading →

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Tired

Posted on July 25, 2022 by WorldWideWeber

You may be tired of Covid, but Covid is not tired of you. Let that sink in. And think about how so many big proud hominids are letting a microscopic bit of pseudo-life outsmart them.

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Christofascism

Posted on June 24, 2022 by WorldWideWeber

One year to the day after musing about the diet of fireflies, I am awash in bitter thoughts in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade being overturned by the U.S. Supreme Catholic Court. Yes, just days before, the USSCC threw … Continue reading →

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Fireflummoxed

Posted on June 24, 2021 by WorldWideWeber

As I was having a beer on our front steps after my daily bike ride, a lightning bug landed on a leaf in a pot of mint on one of the steps. It stayed there for some time (it may … Continue reading →

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Dreamwork

Posted on April 1, 2021 by WorldWideWeber

Last night, in the midst of typically inchoate and unrememberable dreams, I came up with two crossword clues that I somehow did remember: 1. _ _ _ _ Tsar did not place this atop Kremlin tower 2. _ _ _ … Continue reading →

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