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When Billy Lee started his blog on January 17, 2014, he used the blog as a kind of personal scrapbook. For most of the first year he illustrated his articles with images he downloaded during Google Internet searches. Since Google didn't identify which images were proprietary and which were public, it is possible some images on this web-site may belong to individuals who might not want them used by Billy Lee.
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Who is Billy Lee?
Billy Lee is a former machine design engineer, career Navy kid, anti-War activist, Francophile, amateur Egyptologist, math/physics hobbyist, and university grad.
He loves British-style Blues guitarists (like Joe Bonamassa & Jean-Pierre von Dach).
Whenever possible, he fights the good fight to not consume mass quantities of Kroger cherry pies or their chocolate chip cookies; Philadelphia cream cheese glop-spread on any crackers he can find; Little Caesar's $6 pizzas---slathered with Crazy Sauce; also, Crazy Richard's nutty peanut butter on brown bread soaked in Bonne Maman cherry preserves; and low-fat cottage cheese made crunchy with lightly-salted Lay's Potato Chips smashed in.
Married to Bevy Mae, Billy Lee is father to six adult children---three bio and three in-grafted---and grandpa to thirteen grandkids, including two born in Ethiopia.
Billy Lee is a Christian who loves Joe, Hillary, and Brittney.
Billy Lee is a lifelong pontificator who believes that civilizatio...
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Over two million people write and publish blogs on a regular basis in the United States. Each writer has their method and process. Some make a living from their blogs. They operate wide-open sites and try to boost readership to sell ads or products.
Others restrict access by requiring membership and a pass-code to get in. They operate like fraternities or secret clubs.
My blog is wide open, but I don't sell ads or products. My focus is about sharing ideas and absurdities for fun. As long as I have a readership of two people I'm going to continue.
I should mention that not long after I launched my blog a swarm of Asian bots from the women's apparel industry attacked my site, so I've had to add two minor restrictions. First, each comment is reviewed before posting---to make sure it's from a real person; and, second, we make sure comments are written in English or French, the two languages I can read. Otherwise, everyone comments freely. If your c...
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For anyone unfamiliar with the term, SEO is an acronym for Search Engine Optimization. SEO is deployed, it seems to me, like hacker ransom-ware to try to force blog-site administrators to pay fees. Unless they pay fees, administrators can sometimes experience a drop in viewer hits on their sites.
For sites like the Pontificator, these fee demands are a good thing. By ignoring them, the Billy Lee Pontificator takes advantage of the machinations of search-engine companies like Traffic Power -- now banned by Google -- to make it unnecessary to password-protect our content.
Anyone who knows us and our site location still has the unencumbered access demanded by our readers. But pervasive SEO subscriptions by other blog-sites overwhelm malicious web-surfers who might visit our site by chance. We don't have to password-protect...
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EDITORS' NOTE: JUNE 1, 2023
We told Billy Lee to rewrite site instructions. It's irritating to review crap that no longer makes sense. He seems to think people figured out his blog "a long time ago". Sites change; readers evolve, he said. It's not that difficult. Do EDITORS think his readers are total idiots? Really? Get over it, he screamed.
We caution readers: "How to Use This Site" is shit. Don't waste your time.
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VACATION POLICY
Until further notice, our entire staff of dedicated employees, sycophants, and apple-polishers will take their annual vacations during the month of June and the first half of July. This policy includes the Editorial Board. Vacations will be unpaid.
For the benefit of those in our organization who are hard of hearing, let me repeat.
VACATIONS ARE UNPAID !!!
It should be apparent to all but the most disgruntled that the unpaid nature of these vacations is more than compensated for by the generosity of their duration.
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I was trying to find things from my childhood. Hoskins Park in the late 50s was a favorite memory. Dad was in the Navy and we lived in Hoskins Park. !958-1959. Great place for a kid to play. Loved the woods, rock fence by the school, and all the kids. Great place to be when I was a kid. Glad I got to experience it. I saw your article.
Was 4th and 5th grade in 58/59. My dad was Navy too. Any chance we were in same class?
on RACISM
I am Billie, daughter of LCDR Wesley A. Brown, CEC, USN, (deceased) first African American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1949. I just came across your deeply moving and poignant piece about our time together while living in Rhode Island. The lifelong imprint of your experiences with my family was so eloquently told. Thank you for sharing. Would be happy to catch you up in some highlights over the past 60+ years since if you would like to do an update.
It’s wonderful to hear from you, Billie. You can reply with contact details (which I won’t publish) through message board. I’ll see your reply; no one else will. I hope to talk to you by phone, snail mail, or e-mail — your choice.
Hi Billy Lee
I saw a post of yours on Quora “At what point will the world be free from pandemic?” I hope you’re wrong with the prognosis, but I agree that the world needs to get more serious about Covid-19. Your site is very interesting (albeit the design is . . . unusual). Great to read the Frank Schaeffer quote, if only there were more intellects like his in the world. I think you have some cool views on how this world could work. Cheers
Billy, I think that your reasoning and determination of 1311 BC for the Exodus makes complete sense.
Just to say hello and good on you.
Hi Billy,
You might find this discovery of geologically dense entangled heavy electrons interesting especially if low energy nuclear and ultra dense hydrogen piques your interest. Imagine a BULK produced catalyst capable of changing hydrogen’s density, stability , and of course energy production.
ICCF21 The New Meson Alpha.
Kind Regards
Good post on Quora, proving water will never cover the entire world. But we already knew that because Kevin Costner found Mt. Everest on “Waterworld” right?
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