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Sunday January 22, 2022
Let’s set the scene, first.
A country long considered a satellite state, almost a colony, of a nuclear superpower changes its government. The new government rejects its former connections with the superpower, and tries to build an alliance with an opposing superpower.
The first superpower feels threatened. It masses its armed forces close to the offending nation. It threatens to restore the previous status quo by force.
Meanwhile, the other nuclear superpower ships heavy weapons to its new ally.
Nuclear war seems imminent.
You probably think I’m writing about the current situation in Ukraine. I'm not. I’m describing the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Categories: Sharp Edges
Tags: Russia, Cuba Missile Crisis, Ukraine
Thursday February 3, 2022
Welcome to February. In our calendars, February is the odd month out – although it has an odd number of days only every fourth year. If months had feelings, February would surely feel discriminated against. The shortest in class, for example. The exception to the rule. The lonely one.
Thirty days has September,
April, June, and November.
All the rest have thirty-one
Except for February alone…
That simple rhyme is a mnemonic – a way of helping people remember.
Categories: Soft Edges
Tags: Mnemonics, February