There was some wild excitement displayed in the 4th Floor Conference Room on Friday. There was noise, of course, but it was louder than the sirens that normally call attention to the street at all hours of the day. There was some of that calling attention of course, the sound of which brought the smaller […]

We had talked about the Socotra House encounter with Artificial Intelligence. The hope from Section Leader Miles was that we could mine the exhaustive archive that sleeps on the big machine in the basement of The Trillium, Socotra House HQ. There is material that dates nearly to the turn of the century, plus added debris […]

Miles looked round the circle at the conference table. There was a lot to cover, including the fact that the nature of war has changed. The “WAR” that people around the table knew had changed into something the GenZs and interns understood. The new one includes member of Congress telling America’s proud men and women […]

We did not know why Miles was carrying am acetylene torch to the morning meeting, but things unfolded almost immediately. Vic produced a cartoon image that resembled our Section Leader in action. “We need to turn up the heat on a few things. I want to ignore the Epstein noise. That is all a smokescreen […]

“Not in my back yard!” are the words Vic saying to the GenZers at the conference table. Holly looked concerned and had the ArlNOW paper on the table with bold type “NIMBYs fight YIMBYs!” on the banner headline. “I think the middle is missing.” Miles was getting is second cup of coffee and sat down […]

Activity started early this Sunday. Those who unashamedly practice devotion to their Faith on this day of the week were up early and had shaved or donned fresh frocks, depending on what or who they were identifying on this delightful morning. They were the first to see the Police lights illuminating the intersection down below […]

Dear Readers, this is a sort of exciting event. A project I had been working on in 2009-2010 with Rex was put aside after his death, followed by that of his lovely companion Jinny Martin, I scrambled to try to make sense of it. Then my folks passed away within four hours of one another […]

The conference room was still empty when AJ came by with the morning bagels. He had not stayed up last night to see the United States Government burp and decide to resume the simulation of constructive activity. Paid activity. That is the aspect that interests the bakery, which has been reduced to a plaintive request […]

Created by W.E. Socotra, 1903 Edited by Vic Socotra, 2025 Photo enhanced with ChatGPT 5.0 & Google Gemini Editor’s Note: There was something a little hung-over the morning after the Veteran’s Holiday, and this is the first experiment in turning actual cognitive human thought over to two AI computer programs and a record compiled 122 […]

In 1918 — 107 years ago today — at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, fighting between the Allied Forces and Germany stopped, ending World War I. The date was originally commemorated with the intent of celebrating peace. In 1954, Armistice Day was changed to the more inclusive Veterans Day, […]