![]() (1) Images of the day: Yesterday was a dry day between two rainy days in my neck of the woods, so I took advantage of the break in rain to walk along the trails of UCSB's North Campus Open Space. Disgusting! ĩ (Thursday): Presenting selected news, useful info, and oddities from around the Internet. Not only is he not banned, but he has been rewarded with a blue check mark. (5) Iranian officials should be banned from social-media platforms that they block for their people: Mass-murderer Ebrahim Raisi continues to post on Instagram, a platform that his government blocks in Iran. (4) Iranian women are being killed on the streets by armed security forces and at home by their families: "Honor" killings continue in the Islamic Republic of Iran. 31, 2019: A wonderful writing course on how to build great sentences. 30, 2010: The most germ-ridden items on a restaurant table. 30, 2011: Iranian cinema and Zionist conspiracies! Words of wisdom: Aging is like climbing a mountain you get tired as you advance, but your vista expands. ![]() Santa Barbara Independent publishes a "Year in Photos" issue: Here are some sample shots. Iranian soccer players are threatened, harassed, & their families taken hostage, with nary a word from FIFA! IRGC's Quds Force Commander warns critical journalists that they will be 'hit' sooner or later. IranWire cartoon of the day: Actress Taraneh Alidoosti and her increasingly impotent tormentor. Barbara Walters, who shattered many glass ceilings in broadcasting, dead at 93. Trump's tax returns released: He paid on average $296K in annual taxes for 2015-2020. Netanyahu has formed the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in Israel's history. (3) One-liners: Brief news headlines, happenings, memes, and other items of general interest. We may witness Ukrainians prevail over the big bully to their north. We may see the end of the brutal Islamic regime in Iran. In the US, fat cats, who have dodged accountability for years, may finally face justice. But there are signs that 2023 may actually be different. (2) Happy New Year! This is a message we repeat every year, but then find out that the new year is much like the old year: full of challenges and disappointments injustices and heartbreaks rough sport and dead ends. Desserts anyone? Cherry-flavored sugar-free Jello, with cherry and pomegranate toppings. ![]() From images chosen by New York Times to represent 2022: Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. I am also posting more book reviews on Facebook and Twitter, in order to share the reviews posted on GoodReads but not on other media. My year in books: This year, I broke my 2021 record in terms of the number of books read (one book every 3 days). (1) Images of the day: A message of hope for the last day of 2022 (see the next item below). Lately, non-book items (such as political news, tech news, puzzles, oddities, trivia, humor, art, and music) have formed the vast majority of the entries.Įntries in each section appear in reverse chronological order.Īrchived blogs up to 2011 Blog Entries for 2022ġ (Saturday): Presenting selected news, useful info, and oddities from around the Internet. Given that the book introductions and reviews constituted a form of personal blog, I decided to title this page "Blog & Books," to also allow discussion of interesting topics unrelated to books from time to time. The rapid expansion of the list of books warranted devoting a separate page to it. It does not store any personal data.This page was created in 2009 as an outgrowth of the section entitled "Books Read or Heard" in my personal page. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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