The Alligator King
My dad was a Beach Boys fan. His favorites: "In My Room," "Wouldn't it be Nice," and "God Only Knows." He was also oddly fond of Barry...
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Todd
Aug 7, 20194 min read
Figures
My dad plays sudoku. He might be doing so right now in his hospital bed. A former math teacher, always a numbers guy... except in sports....
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Todd Pound
Jan 26, 20191 min read
No One's Leaving
Pretty dang fascinating to watch fearful conservatism (apparently, the inevitable devolution of conservatism) paralyze both the UK and US...
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Todd Pound
Jan 22, 20191 min read
Land Of Treason
Lorna Doom passed away last week. I missed the Germs (age 9 in 1980 & no older cousins, brothers). It wasn't until high school that...
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Todd
Dec 30, 20181 min read
Brainiac
Roland has been traversing presidential brains for decades, but his examination has never been more wholly accurate... (That hyperactive...
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Todd
Dec 7, 20183 min read
Songs 2018
2018 was bewildering. (And that's a kind assessment.) However, in an impressive display of balance, the year also provided perhaps the...
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Todd Pound
Nov 14, 20182 min read
Home of the Brave
The Democratic Party scored impressive wins in nationwide and regional contests this year. The success means party leadership has a new...
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Todd
Jul 17, 20182 min read
Go Tell Everybody
At the outset of Red Dawn, Russian paratroopers open-fire on a high school. I think I recall the camera lingering on a dead kid. It's a...
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Todd
Jul 1, 20181 min read
Lunging after some glimpse of a new and better world
Families Belong Together. Amid extinction and kleptocracy, Saturday was spent marching for a most basic human right. Ridiculous. But...
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Todd
Mar 2, 20181 min read
If the Kids
"...if you supported us, you would have made a change long ago and you would be making changes now...So this is to every lawmaker out...
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Todd
Feb 7, 20182 min read
Songs 2017
Hi. Gosh, this compilation of faves is atrociously late (although there are homes on my block with Christmas lights still dangling from...
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Todd
Jan 20, 20182 min read
Country Belongs to Women
I've been hiding almost entirely among female sonic standbys lately. If you find yourself soured by a stormy, pornographic presidency or...
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Todd
Jan 12, 20181 min read
U. Shithole. of America.
If your nation has a white supremacist leader who dismisses Haiti and African nations as "shithole countries," or doesn't understand the...
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Todd
Dec 23, 20172 min read
12.22.17 Song: Santa Claus, Robin Hood
In the caption from the AP file photo above,* President Trump is quoted as exclaiming, "How dare you! You are a nonconformist and a...
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Todd
Dec 21, 20171 min read
12.20.17 Song: Merchandise
It's an embarrassing day to be an empirical American,* but a perfect time for a song like Merchandise. When we have nothing left to lose...
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Todd
Dec 16, 20172 min read
12.15.17 Song: Rudolf, Etc.
Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer is a chestnut lodged deeply in my brain. We sang it plenty as kids, inserting irreverent lyrics (as of...
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Todd
Dec 12, 20171 min read
12/11/17 Song
So the alleged rapist says to the accused child molester,* "Go get 'em, Roy!" A cruel punchline to a week that's already witnessed a...
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Todd
Dec 2, 20177 min read
Diablo Dispatch Part 2: Death & Taxes
Preface: I reckon this is my last (chiefly) political post. These missives are not particularly fun. They require math and research. A...
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Todd
Nov 23, 20172 min read
Rockwell Cash Thanksgiving
An adulterous, white supremacist president who bragged of sexually assaulting women endorses a law-breaking theocratic racist pedophile...
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Todd Pound
Nov 8, 20172 min read
Coal-Black Stain on a Pale Blue Dot
With war-torn Syria joining the Paris Accord, the United States is now the last planet on Earth to deny our global climate calamity and...
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