Results for: December 2024


Source: NPR

Winter Solstice

I’ve always loved when this day comes around

And even more if you’re cold and snowbound.

It’s a turning point, things will get better!

The sun is sending us a love letter.

Meanwhile, as the shortest day of the year

No margin for error to bring good cheer.


Source: The Daily Beast

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

It’s certainly more than we had bargained for
Three presidents at once! Never before
Have we seen a transition this complex.
While one of the three kind of expects
To rule it all and be the big hero
And he’s the one whose vote count was zero.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Say Jeez!

Who would say no to having God in their life?

Atheists, I suppose, and those who love strife.

But mostly I think it will help your cause

And for only a few would it give pause.

But having “Jesus” in your photo op…?

Well that seems just a bit over the top.


Source: The New York Times

Health is a Habit

What a debate between two advisors

Both known for promoting crazy geysers

Of information to support their view

That usually is too hard to sift through.

But on this I’m aligned with RFK…

Habits not drugs are a much better way.


Source: The New York Post

Really Sick

The kid executes a man in cold blood

And in so doing releases a flood

Of highly emotional online buzz

And in real life too, and it’s all because

Folks simply hate the insurance biz

But supporting this guy? That’s what sick is.


Source: The New York Times

The See Suite

To the extent these drugs have the power

To open the conscience like a flower

And help people gain a much fuller sense

That the world of “possible” is immense

And if there are no bad repercussions

Then add it to Monday meeting discussions!


Source: The Guardian

The End Game

It’s never easy to fill a large void

No matter how much you studied Freud.

And as the hourglass holds less and less sand

The last thing you want is to feel that life’s bland.

The answer’s elusive, not easy to find…

For me? Take lots of risks and always be kind.


Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Sure, Schadenfreude

When fame results from a self-serving loop

First earned for… nothing! A delicious scoop…

Then builds like a snowball rolling downhill

WIthout being driven by any known skill

Well it’s nice to see some form of rebuke

For a life and style that make many puke.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Carolina on my Mind

Five days ago I still that thought he sucked

The Pats and the Jets and his whole construct.

But that was before I first heard the news

He might be someone UNC would choose

To run their program which really deserves

A world class coach with steely nerves.

 


Source: The Atlantic

Find What You Want?

Like most everything around us these days

Shopping has evolved in enormous ways.

Sit on your butt and scroll through the stores

You never even need to go outdoors.

And the winners of this gluttonous mess?

Credit card companies and UPS.