Stormbringer's Thunder

by Cowboy Bob Sorensen  First, a bit of history. It has been two years (11 August 2023) since I had triple-bypass open-heart surgery. I finally got home on the nineteenth or so and was going to write about all the plastics involved in my hospital stay. ( None of the medical personnel referenced Darwin in my hearing.) My wife suddenly died 20 September and I had many things to deal with. Legal and emotional matters, post-operative brain fog coupled with grief fog... writing that article was not important, but I will do something with it now. Some of my medical plastics, image by Cowboy Bob Sorensen There are various kinds of plastics all over the place. I disremember what all is on the table with my eBook reader (in the red, black, and gray cover, and it has metal and plastic components), but the small water pitcher and cups are discernable. Mayhaps the tube trailing off the bottom of the picture was connected to me. I was taken off guard by the entire experience, and even though n...

by Cowboy Bob Sorensen  After getting acquainted with logic and critical thinking in general, some things practically shout, "Fallacious!" This is very important nowadays, as people "think" with their emotions and do not ask important questions. When confronted with a statement or claim that seems important, it is good to pull back on the reins and slow down. Examine it. A favorite of mine probably tricks gullible folks: This year will be the first time in 666 years that Halloween falls on a Friday the thirteenth. Woman watched by spirits while sleeping, made with AI at Bing That was the comedy. The creepy one up next is...truly bizarre. It was posted on X (formerly Twitter), informing readers that when we wake up between two and three AM without any reason, there is a 99% chance that something has been staring at you for a long time. The clincher is that this is "according to experts." People familiar with my work know that I am mighty fond of asking que...