Caption to a nypost.com article: “A CNN correspondent in San Francisco to report on the city’s ‘rampant street crime’ had her rental car broken into Friday — even with hired security tasked with watching the vehicle.” Karma for the wing of the Democratic party? Anyone surprised by this NYP headline…

California coast, photo from theguardian.com: Headline from nypost.com: “Woke LA DA offering free shuttle service so staff can get to work safely.” Everybody else — you’re on your own. From NYP: “Pigeon busted wearing ‘drug smuggling’ backpack at another prison.” British Columbia. Another win for good guys, foxnews.com headline out…

Cue Lee Ann Womack. Human beings are remarkable, although it too often is in a negative way. Here’s something positive: dancing in a subway in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo from theguardian.com: Unsurprising headline from nypost.com: “SVB donated $73M to Black Lives Matter movement, social justice causes.” Are board members still feeling…

Sadly, foxnews.com is caving to wokeness in terms of grammar. Check out this headline, one of many tortured ones I’ve noticed for months: “California suspect crashes helicopter they tried to steal: Police.” The article by Louis Casiano does not mention gender, only the “person.” Fine, but why the ridiculous use…

RIP Brooklyn-born Joe Pepitone, 82, who seemed to squander prodigious baseball talent. Signed by the Yankees in 1958, he spent four years in the minors, then played part time for the Bombers in ’62. He was a member of the World Champions that year. He played full time on the…

I’m fascinated by books about the Soviet Union, the depths to which humanity sometimes sinks. Cursed Days: Diary of a Revolution by Ivan Bunin details what he witnessed in 1918-’19, first in Moscow, then Odessa, before he settled in Paris in 1920. It was written in 1925-’26, translated in 1998…

RIP Hollywood schlockmeister Bert I. Gordon, 100. Born in Kenosha, family of Russian-Jewish descent, he was nicknamed Mr. B.I.G.. He began making home movies at nine. He dropped out of college and joined the Army Air Forces during WWII. He worked as a production assistant on the CBS series Racket…

It recently rained worms in China. Speculation is they were picked up by high winds and dumped. Photo from Google Images: Friday night’s movie fix was one I’d taken peeks at on Spanish stations, Knowing (2009). It’s a thriller/mystery that, refreshingly, gives equal footing to faith and science, and asks…

RIP Robert Blake, 89. Born Mickey Gubitosi in Jersey, his career spanned 1939-’97. He began at five in Our Gang shorts and evolved into a serious, critically acclaimed actor. There are 163 titles under his name at IMDb, which doesn’t tell the full story, as he starred in 82 episodes…