I often believe, and state here, that not much has changed from the turbulent 1960s to the mediocre 2020s. It is a mistaken belief. Readon for proof, and about things never imagined.

Quirky Donald Trump is CONVICTED (not just indicted) of felonies and American voters re-elect him president. Maybe voters just did not want a woman? 1968 election winning President Richard Nixon is rolling over in his grave. With his new 2025 position Trump pardons other CONVICTED felons without regard to their crimes or histories. And the pardoning of J6 criminals is only one of his efforts to re-write history. And we let him do it. All of us.

Quacks, political version. Modern American Politicians do not just talk crudely and rudely in public, they actually lie better and believe what they say. Truth is now a debated issue, not a fact. And we let it happen. All of us.

This should be a time in life when no political or world event will bother me, since being old not only makes one unimportant, but also uncaring: The End is near. The Golden Years are ruined now, as not only is political fighting the standard of the day, but so is the ending of all normal life.  A self-centered government is governing by feelings instead of the above-referenced debatable facts. Senior support programs, research into senior health issues, and recissed* (sic) funding for Public Information and Education, all change the tone and tenor of The Senior’s life. Thank you, Donald J, Trump. If all of us had the billions you have, we’d all be okay.

A recent scientific paper postulates that Time is not linear and representing it that way is a mistake. Without insulting the scientists, it is linear. If using a circle to depict my life and its events makes more sense, it will take more explaining. I know when I reach my end it will not be right back at the beginning. Or stuck in some right-angled corner. I can understand the concept of time ALSO being dimensional, and possibly the past and the future already existing, but until I bounce back and forth between dimensions like Billy Pilgrim**, I’ll remain linear. And eventually horizontal.

Quantum Mechanics, (QE) continues to blow The Mind. As a regular reader (You are, right?) you know QE is often talked about here. What The Mind keeps coming back to is the “Russian Nesting Doll” aspect of discoveries. Remember as a kid when we were told Atoms are the building blocks, and make up all things? As of 2026, scientists have drilled farther down*** The Big Bang pipeline and found “Point-like” particles with “no measurable internal structure”. Well, how they hell did they find them, then? Quarks, Muons, Leptons. We’re getting better at seeing really, really, small things, but will we ever be able to see The Smallest Thing, if it even exists? Boom.

Quiltcore? There is an anti-electronic media trend taking shape in our country. Young participants read books and reject smart phones, use simple cell phones instead, and actually play outdoors. One of the new trends these YOUNG people are trying is Quilting. Yep. Sewing disparate**** patches of cloth into one complete, united bed warmer. Old-timey DEI. As you learn more about Quiltcore-type activities, however, you see modern improvements. There are computer designs and computer guided Smart Sewing machines, making tasks a little easier and faster. Can you see a future of laser guided quilts raining down on our enemies?

There are more Q’s but no more room. Do not let me know if this is already too long. The decision has been made to post. Don’t troll me.

*Recissed is a bastardization of recission which is, per Ai “a request by the President to cancel funding that Congress has already appropriated but has not been spent.” It results in existing programs and research being suspended and new programs and research being stopped. Imagine a cancer research facility planning and budgeting for millions of dollars in aid in December and the new Administration in January saying “Screw you. You’re not getting it.” Not an exaggeration.

**SlaughterHouse 5, Kurt Vonnegut. 1969.

***See? Linear time. Vertical, but linear.

****Unless you really know the meaning of this word, look it up.