Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
2023 in a Single Image
Real-Time Disappointment
After Theshe Messhagesh
This is sad (but funny at the same time, in a gallows humor kind of way). Here in the Bay Area, one of the better-known anchors was a fellow named Frank Somerville, who won three Emmy awards. He’s been in the news a lot lately because he keeps getting arrested for being drunk in public. He’s a troubled man, and it turns out he got booted from his job in 2021. Watch this clip and you’ll schoon schee why. (Note: you have to be age-verified on YouTube to see this……….so click on the video’s link if you are so entitled.)
It’s No Joke
Having watched the two hour Apple commercial yesterday (known as WWDC), I can’t help but share this clip. If you’ve never lived in Silicon Valley, you’d think this was made up, but this is honestly how the brains of the CEOs around here operate. They are megalomaniacs on a scale humanity rarely sees.
