Trying to understand the foolishness- Part 1. The reading list.
”I don’t remember ever seeing grown-ups behave less seriously.” There was no need for this offense to come, but woe all the same to those by whom it came, and woe above all to those who whitewashed and...
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Well, DADT has been repealed. As I noted previously this was inevitable, if not now, then at sometime in the future. So can we please now tell Andrew Sullivan to STFU about it? The fact that I have...
View ArticleMaking geeks go postal…..
Here are 32 ways to drive them up the wall. My personal favorite:
View ArticleChristmas week.
An oldie but goody-is your Christmas shopping done? One of the things I have always marveled about, when it comes to the hymn Silent Night, is how many languages it has been translated into. In the...
View ArticleThe poster child.
Its taken me a while to work up to writing this post. It concerns the soon to be Congressman from Florida’s 22nd Congressional district-Rep ( elect) Allen West. Criticizing a someone anointed as a...
View ArticleAnother year come and gone…..
Today is the 9th year that I have known and been with the S.O.-although it certainly does not seem like it has been that long. Four years ago, I wrote the post that follows-and I still find it’s a good...
View ArticleOnce again-with feeling.
Why you should be concerned about the upcoming Comcast NBC merger, and why Net Neutrality is important to you. A free and open internet is the single greatest technology of our culture, and control...
View ArticleAn experiment in technology.
This is an experiment into the world of computer assisted video making. My Canadian counterpart has a post up about Lindsay Lohan today. It concerns this People magazine story about Lindsay Lohan....
View ArticleIts that day again!
It is time for the Airing of the Grievances! Frank Costanza: “Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon...
View ArticleHo ho ho!
As Ben Rothilensberger would say- let’s hear it for the Ho’s! Steelers on TV tonight. Play well with the other children-I’ve got 55 inches of HD black and gold to watch.
View ArticleDon’t forget, some people have to work on Christmas Eve.
Like our cat: He’s wearing his , “It sucks to be me” face.
View ArticleThe Christmas Story-told digitally.
As is my custom-I am declaring a moratorium on politics here till after the first of the year. ( I also declared a moratorium on wearing a tie to work till next year too, about a week a ago). This...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
From a very snowy Shopping Mall USA! It wasn’t snowing on the way to Mass last night. But now? Not to worry though-I’m ready for Christmas inside! Merry Christmas!...
View ArticleMeanwhile over in Stepford……
The happy couples were celebrating Christmas! Go here to see the rest!
View ArticleSumming up Christmas Day
With my favorite quote from Miracle on 34th Street ( 1994 edition). Kris Kringle: You think I’m a fraud, don’t you? Dorey Walker: Fraud is a bit too strong of a word. Kris Kringle: But you don’t...
View ArticleThis is not the kind of change I want to see.
Bad news from Hong Kong courtesy of Spike. Wanchai disco Laguna will be closing. Their final night is tentatively January 9th. The building was sold and the new landlord has refused to renew their...
View ArticleHappy Boxing Day!
Which, if the world looked the way I wished it would: Would be a global holiday!
View ArticleLe Trap.
A great memory of mine was the opportunity to fly from a French Aircraft carrier-and get to experience the way they do business. Over at another blog, about three years ago, I wrote about the...
View ArticleScience Fiction?
Natalie Portman is pregnant. Can’t shake the weird feeling this might not work out well for the Empire…
View ArticleChasing ancestry.
The S.O. and I set out on a car trip today. We just arrived at our hotel. We spent the day looking for my Grandmother’s house that was located in a very small town in southwestern Georgia. ( About 3+...
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