December was light in new music but pretty good... "Tambourine" is such a banger for me acoustically. And for the Tom Waits, I just love the line "Come down off the cross, we can use the wood"

4 star:
* Tambourine (Eve)
* Come On Up to the House (Tom Waits)
* Sock It to Me Santa (Bob Seger & The Last Heard)

3 star:
* Pianomaniakks (Intro) (Levi.Sct)
* To All the Girls I've Loved Before (Albert Hammond)
* 'Zat You, Santa Claus? (The Heavy Remix) (Louis Armstrong & The Commanders)
* Old Folks Boogie (Little Feat) A while back the physicist Edwin F. Taylor headed a "science and spirituality" group (one that I co-lead for a while after) at the First Church in Belmont (UU). He knew of my interest in dealing with morality and asked me for notes on his own ahead-of-time eulogy essay he was writing, If We Did Not Die

Media I consumed last year... 4 star in red, 5 star red and bolded...

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oldie but a goodie

We don't have the right to force regime change in other countries, and I think Trump said he wasn't going to be this kind of interventionist.

Friends that lean left, do read Maduro's wikipedia page. There was a lot not to like about this guy. (I still trust the process of Wikipedia though the coverage almost seems slanted but maybe he was that bad.)

Folks who lean right, do think about Trump and his promises not to be this kind of screwing with other countries president. And how convenient a smokescreen this is for a guy with incredibly low popularity numbers right now. Ten was the number this year, shoehorn these into 4 galleries: my favorite overall, ones involving people I love, ones involving creatures, and then just generic "visuals"

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My 13th Annual One Second Everyday,
Featuring cameos from (in order of first appearance)
Jon (Torso and Marimba), Lynette, Myles, Duke, Eslam, Maria, Kyle, Me, Don White, Jim, John, Swans, JP Honk incl Dom and Ben, a Cement Mixer, Julie, Matt, Susan's Frottoir, Porter Sq's "Gift of the Wind", Cindy Scott, BABAM incl Rayyan, School of Honk incl Josh, JP Honk incl Tim Dan Declan Lindy Steve Leigh, Yamato Taiko Drummers, Gibbs school band, First Friday incl Carrie, Wren, Chas, Aurora, a Covid test, Glenn, Rebirth Brass Band, Reena, Matthew, Kellie, Anna, JP Honk incl Tom and Duane, Not Art, First Friday incl Max and Nyle, Arun, Liz, Tesla Takedown incl Marie, Dig Dug, Scott, Geese, Krista, Lisa, School of Honk incl Timothy, Fish, my beard, Linda, Donald Duck, José Carioca, and Panchito Pistoles, Joe, BABAM incl shola, Wake Up the Earth, Karen, JP Honk incl Sam, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, ADubbs' legs, Juggler, Susan, Lena, Kelda, SoH incl Nat and Kaleb, a kitten, David, Adam, Tractors, Roxanna's memorial, Olive Garden, Mom, Cousins incl Lauren , Ken, Ron, Aunt Susan, Maurie, Terry, a bunbun, Roman, Anisha, Romane and her mom, a doggo, a cardinal, Improv Asylum, Blue Man Group, Agnes, Mia, Aaron, Portland Sea Dogs, Brent, Lucas, Lincoln, Clawdette Smm Smm, JPHonk incl Diego and Malia, Extinction Rebellion, Kyle, Tom, Dylan, Sarah, Abby, Emma, Todd, Alpacas, a squirrel, JP Honk incl Matt, Marsha, Cathleen, Karen, Jordan, Cordelia, Eva's Relish Recipe, Elio's oyster shucker, a horse, a tapdancer, Minuteman crosscountry track, Middlesex Activist Band, Arthur, Dalia, stiltwalker, tumbler, Alien Bill, Sophie/Zoot, a spooky skeleton, John Lochiatto, a Red Rebel, T-rex Skeletons, T-rex Clowns, another cardinal, Diego, a kitty, a windup insect, Car Gurus, Charles, Andrew Pinard/Jonathan Harrington, an anti-ICE Eagle, Bethlyn, Calvin, Chloe, Puck (RIP), Bard

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Don't let the powers that be bury Jack Smith's testimony about Jan 6
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