Wonderland or Not
Personal blog with a little social, political and pop cultural commentary added.
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Red Red Wine in The Midnight Hour - 2 days ago
This isn’t a pleasant thing to read after drinking a liter of an almost sweet red wine. A wine the wine-seller convinced us was meant to taste good with chocolate.The Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) amendment to the House health bill, which would bar federal... Topics: abortion, Cooper Culture, opinion, Poltics/Society, wine
Inspiration on Old School Friday - 3 days ago
The theme for Old School Friday this week is songs that inspire.I was lucky to have seen this musician/artist a couple of times when I lived in NY. What if God Were One of Us is probably her best known song, though she doesn’t tend to do much pop.... Topics: Cooper Culture, joan osborne, Music, old school friday
My Ordinary Opinion on Extraordinary Rendition - 5 days ago
Distracted by health care legislation, Afghanistan, unemployment and local and state elections, the recent decision on rendition has not received the attention it deserves. Extraordinary Rendition, not the well written story, or great piece of blogging,.. Topics: Arar, Cooper Culture, ethics, Extraordinary Rendition, torture
Happy Halloween - 9 days ago
Each night father fills me with dreadAs he sits at the foot of my bedI don’t mind that he speaksIn gibbers and squeaksBut for seventeen years he’s been dead.From The Listing Attic, Edward Gorey. Circa 1954.For some gory Gorey, see my... Topics: Cooper Culture, Gorey, Halloween, limericks, poetry
Make Me Smile On Old School Friday - 10 days ago
The theme on this old school friday is Makes Me Smile.From the time I was around 9 or 10, thanks to my father’s collection, this has been the one. I’m sure I’ve posted this here before, but it is what it is. It makes me smile.My First My Last My... Topics: Barry White, Music, old school friday

























