Opinion Dominion

I'm also all in on this take:

First, let me predict that, with the large number of White House resignations yesterday, there is a lot more disclosure to come about Trump ...

Well, I guess they figure no one from the US is going to be on the phone to them complaining (for the next couple of days, anyway).  

 

....I offer a diversion:   Google suggested I watch this bit of real estate porn (not normally my scene, but I follow The All Knowing One...

In December, I bought some red radishes at Mulgowie, and decided to pickle them (the first time in my life I had pickled anything, as it hap...

From Peter Wehner writing in The Atlantic: The problem with the Republican “establishment” and with elected officials such as Josh Hawley i...

The previous forecast for days of rain seems to have been a bit out:

So, I finally got around to watching Cabaret on DVD last night.  I was 12 when it came out so it held no particular interest at the time. B...

That was a couple of days ago, as was this: Unfortunately, the rest of the week is going to be like this: This is actually the first I can r...

My annual short but well earned break is, for a change, taking place with a fair bit of ocean view. Like this:  It occurred to me today that...

I don't recall reading about the first Christmas card before, but this is it. Smithsonian magazine explains that it was privately produc...

This video is more or less an ad for Otis elevators, but the imagery it presents of the re-vamped Empire State Building is still pretty plea...

Lo and behold! Brisbane actually got clear-ish skies for this evening's viewing of the Jupiter and Saturn conjunction. Here it is, taken...

A month or two ago, Google suggested I watch an 8 minute BBC video about Svalsbard, the island up north of Norway which used to be Spitzberg...

I quite the new Spicy Pepper Paneer pizza now in Australian Domino's.   It's vegetarian too.   In fact, I don't mind their regul...

Phil Plait has a fun post up noting that, provided protons do not decay, the last big thing to happen to the universe might be black dwarve...

I've been so busy I have not got around to praising a Brisbane restaurant. Last Friday night, I was shouted to a fantastic meal at Moda,...