It is a remarkable thing, this experience we share on a spinning globe hurtling in an elliptical manner around a gigantic ball of bright burning gas. We have our relatively short times here on earth, and the cohort of the Salts in the circle are all becoming conscious that our time here is entering the […]

Author’s Note: Yesterday we commented that SECDEF Austin was working from home, or something. We wish him well an a speedy recovery. But in our comment on the DEPSECDEF, she was not informed as she went on vacation. Others not in the loop: the President, National Security Council. Congress and the Service Chiefs. The latter […]

It is a big day! Unexpected, though. Bear with us, please. We were going to talk about the big snowstorm but it didn’t happen. Instead, we are going to talk about the Big Anniversary. We may be old, but we are still organized! We had contingency plans to bring out the National Guard to deal […]

Six weeks to Spring, you know? But we have to get through the weekend. Here is our new friend, Iceberg A23a; Inline image We had a festive dram of good cheer with the breakfast offering. We have completed our review of the pst year and are agreed to let it go! We feel awake and […]

(Grainy photo of the Iranian frigate Alborz entering the Red Sea. Low resolution image used for identification purposes only). Progress! We are getting in tune with the new number we are supposed to attach to the end of the date at the top of these missives. It is only a single number, mind you, but […]

Good Afternoon, Gentle Readers! So, that other year- the one with the ‘odd’ last number- is now three days old and stacked in the corner with the other ones used in their time. We here in the Writer’s section are ready to move on. Forward! We have just passed a relative calm period in some […]

02 JANUARY 2024 FOOTNOTE: “The opinions expressed by contributors to this information stream are their entirely their own and do not necessarily represent the views of vicsocotra.com. AUTHOR’S NOTE: DR. Claudine Gay is the 30th president of Harvard University, with other distinctions. She is the second female and first person of color. We are not […]

Yep. First afternoon of the new year, and we already are discovering interesting stuff. The table above is one thqat we emphtically deny knowing anything about, except for vince Foster, whose grave we used to run by on physical Training. We got started on retraining for the staff based on the memo from Legal. We […]

Well, that was the moment it all came rushing down a stairwell and began to pool ominously at the bottom of the ladder. The liquid level varied, of course, as it sloshed back and forth. It was nearly the moment for the Big Change at the end of an old year. We had been saving […]

Spirit in the New Year! Are we toasting non-toasting or vice versa? We were going to do something like this and have it all tidy and ready to go when Sunday slides start smirking down into the Western Sky to brighten the other side of things that fly with such determination over our gentle world. […]