Poppy Pounds

A 72-year-old man who can't resist writing about stuff that interests very few other people.

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Trust Political Pollimg

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This is the quadrennial season when we get weedy about political polling.  This is also the season when, because it is political polling, s...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Lying Through Our Teeth

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In the abstract there may be some excuse for a lie.  As a matter of fact, certain lies are enshrined in law and used every day.  It is ok...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Echolalia

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My friend Mark Harris Virshbo knows the name for everything especially if that thing is a malady of the mind.  One day he told me about ech...
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Monday, July 18, 2016

Gobblefunk*

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You was whoopsy-spunkler 1 if you was took kiddlers 2 see BFG 3 . It be jumpsquiffling 4 . Frightsome 5 may be you that kiddlers do zi...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

Smart Coffee

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There are between 6.5 and 7.25 billion people on the planet. All of them are different. Each of them is different from every other one of t...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Betting On Goliath

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Last night we watched a terrific documentary film about Ricky Jay, a scholar, actor and magician.   The documentary is called Deceptive Pr...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Texas Sharpshooter: Adventures in Logic III

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Dear Children: This may be new to you, but bear with me. You will be rewarded. Correlation does not imply causation (cum hoc propter hoc...
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Poppy
A 68-year-old man writing to his grandchildren about his struggles with weight and fitness. A 68-year-old opinionated retiree with time on his hands.
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