Author Archives: Scott Smith
What Would Strom Thurmond Do?
(I wrote this originally wrote a draft of this post in February of 2025, several weeks before Senator Cory Booker’s 25-hour floor speech). You know who would hate DEI? Former US Representative and Senator, Strom Thurmond. Thurmond was so incensed … Continue reading
Tired
I am so tired of waiting, Aren’t you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two – And see what worms are eating At the rind. … Continue reading
Peak Performance
I realize I am late to the party, but here is my obligatory David Lynch-related post. I think that Blue Velvet is the only one of his films that I’d seen, so I’m not as knowledgeable about him as many … Continue reading
No, That’s Not The Reason
(Bad Word Alert! Though it’s part of a quoted sentence…therefore even my mother would forgive its use in this case). During my time on Facebook, I responded to a comment in a friend’s post where some of my friend’s friends–were … Continue reading