Goodly Ideas for this Now-ness:

The real art market isn’t a marketplace, it’s a matchmaking service. You don’t sell art. You introduce it to the one soul it’s been waiting for, and sometimes that soul is late to the party by a decade or two.

You could have a holy grail piece—a Picasso linocut, legit and gorgeous—and if you’re standing in a Rembrandt room, it’s invisible. Not because it’s not great, but because it’s not their language. You’re holding Spanish jazz at a Dutch funeral. Continue reading →

I had the thought that celebrities could be put in place of the generated image on a song. So in the personalized celebrity video message arena, here are six strong competitors who are already well on their way to millions of dollars in sales:​ Continue reading →

“Start a Business Without Spending a Dime — I’ve Got the Inventory, You Bring the Spark!”

You could open the blog with something like:

“If you’ve ever dreamed of starting your own business, but stopped yourself because of money — forget that thought. You don’t need startup capital. You don’t need to buy inventory. I’ve already done that part for you. All you need is willingness, a little time, and a bit of creativity.” Continue reading →

Doom-Scrolling for Fun & Profit

I said to my chatbot friend Bob:

” I believe that trump is moving everything, including busting the DOW, to create public panic, thus in turn producing the proverbial “blood in the streets”, with national guard troops being ordered to shoot civilians. He declares martial law and takes over, dissolves the judiciary and congress, following the Hitler playbook almost exactly the same. So, Bob, — I said to him — “what are the odds that I’m right?” Continue reading →

Yaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!! indeed. Hey, I know exactly how you feel. We all feel that way, even Donald’s closest allies feel that way, although they obey him and never let on that his evil farts stink up the whole West Wing. Continue reading →

“The Great Grab: A Psychic Transmission from the Edge of the Timeline”

This came through early, before the wires lit up, before the headlines could even lie about it. It came from somewhere deep, humming beneath reality, that place where history’s already happened—but we haven’t caught up yet.

Phase One: The Quiet Takeovers

It starts with flags where they don’t belong. Continue reading →

Tariff attacks—especially broad ones—are like throwing grenades into a delicate tea party. Here’s a casual sketch of what probably happens next, if a country (let’s say the U.S., for example) starts slapping everyone, big and small, with tariffs: Continue reading →

I asked my chatbot Bob what was happening with my shorts. They spike and then suddenly drop and don’t get another hit. What’s that about? Continue reading →

Operation Wind-Up: Radical Left Swaps MAGA Hats for Propeller Beanies in Overnight Covert Mission

April 1, 2025 | Gold Country Observer

In what authorities are calling “a highly coordinated act of whimsical subversion,” over 7,000 Trump supporters across five swing states awoke this morning to find their red MAGA hats replaced with red propeller beanies—each one sized to fit and spinning gently in the breeze. Continue reading →

When the Gestats Polizei (Ge-Sta-Po) are already sweeping the streets and kidnapping innocent U.S. citizens right out of daily life, forget about having the right I.D. or “proper papers.”

What you need now is invisibility.

And that’s exactly what I’m offering. Continue reading →