by Butch Mazzuca | Feb 20, 2020 | Fun With Language
Famous quotes I’d like to share – 1) When I die, I want to die like my grandfather– who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.” –Author Unknown 2) Advice for the day: If you have a lot of tension... Read More
by Butch Mazzuca | Feb 17, 2020 | Recent Commentaries
Normally I refrain from singling out either democrats or republicans. My political lexicon is left, right, liberal, conservative, etc. But today I’m going to depart from that practice and single out a party I believe is going off the rails. On December 10th 2019, 44... Read More
by Butch Mazzuca | Feb 10, 2020 | American Life, Recent Commentaries
Unlike English, nouns in French are designated as either masculine or feminine. A house is feminine, “la mansion,” while a pencil is masculine, “le crayon.” So what gender is a computer? A group of men might reason that computers are feminine (“la computere”)... Read More
by Butch Mazzuca | Feb 3, 2020 | Recent Commentaries
Understandably the president is sometimes described as a street-brawler because when you’ve spent most of your life in the Manhattan real estate market, the “Hit me & I’ll hit you back twice as hard” attitude is necessary just to survive. And that’s precisely the... Read More
by Butch Mazzuca | Jan 27, 2020 | Climate Change, Recent Commentaries
I was unable to attend the recent climate lecture at Battle Mountain H.S., but I did read Nate Peterson’s (the Vail Daily’s editor) article on Friday when he reported on the event, and was struck by the lack of specificity regarding the topic. Not on Nate’s... Read More
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