thomas farley's blog: Recent Episodes
thomas farley's blog
Twenty years later I am still confused as what to call the people that the world calls Islamist terrorists. The Taliban certainly represent this kind of group. But who are they really? Have we accepted them as religous fundamentalists first … Continue reading →
NB: Select “Play in a new window” if it stalls in Safari or on Mobile. Patience, Grasshopper. Plays quick in Chrome. Original Post My old boss John Gray loved golf and he loved a good joke. I always tried to … Continue reading →
[00:00:02.550] Some thoughts on what happens when you bounce a check. In today’s world, and I’m sure most of you don’t, I haven’t bounced a check in twenty, twenty five years. So when a check of mine was returned for … Continue reading →
In the last fifty years America has become a lot less joyful and playful to the benefit of no one. Except to the people incapable of having fun who enforce today’s morality standards. I’m 63 years old. I have no … Continue reading →
Woke up after only an hour and a half or so, typical for my chronic insomnia. Worse, I had another stress dream. People don’t understand them. They can understand, a little, about my violent nightmares because I am killing someone … Continue reading →
Few online editors rely on a manual of style anymore like CMOS. They may have a self-developed style sheet but that’s it. Complicated word problems are the province of editors with university presses, literary reviews, or those hardcopy editors working … Continue reading →
I’ve been watching Lost in Translation again. Well written. I think Sofia Coppala said that the movie was specifically written for Bill Murray to co-star in it and if he didn’t agree then the movie wouldn’t have been made. Total … Continue reading →
Medical advice offered by friends can become as toxic to that relation as money between friends. ROUGH AND UNEDITED TRANSCRIPT [00:00:15.930] Testing, one, two, three, four. Testing, one, two, three, four. Good evening from Pahrump, Nevada. It is 12. I … Continue reading →
Medical advice offered by friends can become as toxic to that relation as money between friends. ROUGH AND UNEDITED TRANSCRIPT Testing, one, two, three, four. Testing, one, two, three, four. Good evening from Pahrump, Nevada. It is 12. I don’t … Continue reading →
Advice offered from friends can be as toxic to that relation as money between friends. ROUGH AND UNEDITED TRANSCRIPT OK, let’s call this part two of people trying to help. Maybe a side issue, because I mentioned talk therapy and … Continue reading →