Ouch! I’m feeling what used to be called the generation gap. None of the contestants recognized the Smothers Brothers on yesterday’s Jeopardy!
A Year With Lyrion
A bit over a year ago, I reconfigured my music network over from the last vestiges of Logitech Media Server and onto Lyrion. It’s been great, and their adding support for SiriusXM has been wicked good. Will channel 20 finally turn me into a Springsteen fan?
For all of my experimentation with various headphones and in-ear monitors, if I were forced to limit myself to one pair of each type, for laptop and phone use, these would be them.
They are both from Sony and they happen to be the least expensive products they have. The headphones are the MDR-ZX110, the earbuds are the MDR-EX15LP. They sound nothing at all alike, but they’re equally excellent. Being hairless, I stuck some foam on the headphone band for cushioning.
Coke Diet
I’m listening to Trump’s live press conference. The way he’s rambling, repeating himself, contradicting himself, slurring his speech a bit, and sniffling throughout, he sounds like someone on coke. It’s one way to keep from falling asleep in meetings, as he’s been doing lately.
Who will tell Trump, “you’re playing with World War Three”?
An Order of Sanity, Please
Brahms was really good at composing evocative and emotive music for small ensembles.
A Fool for All Seasons
First, Trump antagonized our allies, claiming they’d somehow been taking advantage of America’s trade policies for decades. He used that as a bogus excuse to slap a series of arbitrary, punitive tariffs on them.
Then, after starting his war of choice in Iran, he insulted UK PM Keir Starmer for offering to assist “after it had already been won.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dn3j04lydo
Of course the war hasn’t already been won, and now Trump wants those same countries he insulted to join his war and protect the Strait of Hormuz.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-iraq-us-trump-march-15-2026-9bbed3c906146844be08fdfd02595754
So it’s no surprise why, so far, no other nation has taken the bait. This makes Trump look foolish, and by itself is enough to rank him as the worst-ever president of the United States.
Chaos-hole President
Right now, with the way the war with Iran is going, Trump’s luck seems to have finally run out. Unfortunately, he’s taking us along with him.
From demolishing the White House East Wing and decimating the Kennedy Center, then making false claims about medical treatments, to the crisis in the Middle East, Trump continues to be the president of chaos and confusion. But don’t worry, the Trump phone is on its way. Soon.