Monthly Archives: July 2020

Siri, or SOMETHING is not only listening to me, it’s actually hearing me

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

It was a long time ago that I arrived at the conclusion that our technology is listening, parsing and ultimately categorizing us by political categories for boxcars when the revolution comes. I know this because the most obscure conversations in … Continue reading →

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In which I Plagiarize My Own Review of “What Our Eyes Have Witnessed,” By Stant Litore–from Five Years ago

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

Note:  This is a review I wrote a long time ago, about a book I absolutely love.  I decided not to re-blog it, because the editions (and subsequent book covers) have changed. I also post this because my Facebook page … Continue reading →

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Magic for Libraries, Lockdowns, and Just because

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

When this whole pandemic thing took off, the lockdowns in California were as bellicose as perhaps anywhere else.  I for one, did not take to it very well, and judging by the societal trajectory that I see at the moment … Continue reading →

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You Think Covid-19 is Bad? Wait Until I Release The Pandemic Pocket New Testament

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

  You don’t have to tell me that 2020 is turning out to be a veritable, traumatic melting-pot of apocalyptica.  I mean, I’m over here, trying to coax that beast out of the sea, setting up a ways and means … Continue reading →

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Strange Stories Amazing Facts, and how Reader’s Digest is an American Treasure

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

I’ll never forget the time my dad got this book in the mail.  He handed it to me when I was a kid and said, “you’ll like all the interesting stuff in here.” He was right.  I actually never did … Continue reading →

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The World’s Last Night

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

  “The doctrine of the Second Coming is deeply ‘offensive’ to the whole evolutionary or developmental character of modern thought. We have been taught to think of the world as something that grows slowly towards perfection, something that “progresses” or … Continue reading →

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In which I borrow from my own, 2006 Book Review of David Shenk’s “The Immortal Game”

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

Note:  Apparently this review (which in and of itself is FOURTEEN years old)–has been sitting as a draft in my blog-post hopper.  I have a tendency to think my Amazon reviews are wasted if all they do is languish there … Continue reading →

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The Lincoln Conspiracy–an unfinished review

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

Thus far I’m halfway through what has turned out to be a psycho-therapeutic pit stop.  Being that the current state of the world is one of unmitigated anger, listless calls for some undefined goal of “justice,” the burning of infrastructure, … Continue reading →

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