by Scott Feldstein | Saturday, January 7, 2023 | politics, rants
My interest in US politics lately has mostly been just waiting for the department of justice to indict someone–anyone–for their role in planning the 2020 coup attempt. I’m not sure what outcome it will bring, but I feel those indictments must come or the DOJ...
by Scott Feldstein | Wednesday, October 19, 2022 | music, rants
I once heard a very thought-provoking definition of genius. The idea is simple and to me quite compelling. I don’t imagine it’s a complete picture of what we consider genius, but I think it’s a very neglected component. The idea is, genius is love....
by Scott Feldstein | Monday, September 5, 2022 | music, rants
The other day I was watching a video clip of Geddy Lee and Alex LIfeson of Rush play one of their prog rock instrumentals, “YYZ,” with drummer Omar Hakim. The trio appeared on stage as part of a tribute concert honoring recently deceased Foo Fighters drummer, Taylor...
by Scott Feldstein | Tuesday, August 16, 2022 | rants, tech
Something I do roughly 2-3 times a day, every day: open a photo in Preview on my MacBook Air, reduce the size by 20-25%, then save it. I do this because I took the photo on my iPhone which has a 12 megapixel camera on it that produces images approximately 3,000 by...
by Scott Feldstein | Tuesday, July 19, 2022 | politics, rants
Let’s start here: the Second Amendment to the Constitution is bullshit–twice over. First of all, the modern interpretation of it really only began in the 70s. For the prior 200 years no one thought it was guaranteeing individuals the right to own firearms. It was...
by Scott Feldstein | Monday, May 30, 2022 | politics, rants
Evangelicals weren’t always the anti-choice, single-issue voters they are today. In fact, they used to be moderately pro-choice. Believe it or not, the NRA hasn’t always been concerned with the second amendment. It’s purview was once limited to “firearms safety...
