BTW, just because a post is short doesn't mean I don't fuss over it to get the wording right. If anything because it's a manageable size, it's easier for me to get right. #

When I heard about Jay Rosen's board, an adjunct to his blog, I thought they're slowly rebuilding what I had working 20 years ago. Seriously, the notepad form of blogging, that you're reading now, is how I blogged in 1996 and beyond. It wasn't til much later that I cast that all aside and adopted the title-and-description relatively long format favored by Google Reader and WordPress. What I've been missing is a guilt-free and easy way to post medium length stuff, like this post. #

On TV, recently, I heard a commentator say that everything Trump collides with he wrecks. The panel laughed. He was thinking of people and companies. But Trump has more than collided with the US, in many ways he is the US. I don't think this has fully sunk in yet. And the power the US has to wreck things is almost absolute. It's only with great restraint that we avoid wrecking everything. #

Old School gets its first post on the mother blog. This is an example of a post with no title. It shows up in the feed just like you want it to. Google Reader wouldn't like it, but Google Reader is no more, it's pushing up daisies, pining for the fjords.#

For test purposes I need another singular item here so I can see why the spacing isn't right between the date and the first item. Fixed.#