Results for: April 2024


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Glass Ceilings

The argument given for lower pay

In almost all women’s sports is that they

Do not attract the same audience base

So this is huge news to impact the case.

Now salaries will boom, things will change a lot

With TV and sponsors! Or maybe not…


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Solar Power

I didn’t get what the fuss was about

Until I saw it, and it was all out!

You had to have on those crazy glasses

And get over us all looking like asses

But then to see that planetary dance…

Quite a display of the cosmic expanse.


Source: The Economist

Venus, Mars… You Know

It’s happening all across our huge globe

Young men and women, they’re starting to probe

What life really means, what really drives us…

And what are we willing to deprive us?

Seems there’s so little that women and men

Agree is important, again and again.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Rough Ride

Some believe you can stay young forever

With lower-case texts, really quite clever!

So using caps is a right of passage

And, for some, it can be pretty savage.

It’s not just turning caps on with your phone

It’s saying that yes, you’ve finally grown.


Source: The New York Times

Would You Please Stop?!

Aside from two things, I like what he’s done.

The Afghan withdrawal was of course one.

And the other is with student loan debt…

It’s simply not fair that these grads should get

A pass on meeting their obligation!

School was their choice, not ours as a nation.


Source: The Daily Beast

Some Ask “Why?”

The world is expansive, lots we don’t know.

So no one should settle for status quo.

If you’ve got an itch, you should go scratch it

Take to the woods, cut paths with your hatchet.

Go search for Sasquatch, should we take a shot…?

Well all of these guys have said “Yes, why not?”


Source: The Economist

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

“The pursuit of happiness” – quite a phrase,

Core to America’s very first days.

Easy to say but far harder to do

Most of us don’t even have the first clue.

But Finland has cracked it! It’s not that tough…

Saunas (and vodka)! It’s simple enough.


Source: Bloomberg

With a Name Like X…

When folks are left to their own devices
Without some guardrails to show what nice is
The chances are good that they’ll go astray.
So it should be no surprise that today
Twitter‘s become a chaotic porn mess.

But… better fake boobs than fake news, I guess.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Sacre Ew…!

Swimming the Seine used to be commonplace

But all the sewage made it a disgrace.

So now there’s a race to get it all clean

Before the Olympics arrive on the scene.

Triathletes will swim in that river!

Turd-free water would be sure nice to deliver…


Source: The Washington Post

Running Away

Bringing up kids is a hard thing to do

And it certainly helps when you have two

Engaged parents, sharing most of the work.

So it’s annoying if one tries to shirk

These duties of life by running away

Especially if it’s two hours a day!