Mom’s been back out in the muck, raking away for all she’s worth, which is her weight in pure gold as far as I’m concerned. Primary Proxy Mom (the first of three) asked me to…
Polly C and the Wonkers »
For those of you who have been distracted by the crush of multifarous realities, Alabama state supreme court’s Chief Justice the hon. Roy Moore has a 2.5 ton statement to make. Two years…
Jared the Evil Queen has put it all together and proven indisputably that our president is not the man to lead a country such as this. Her proof appears here. …
This program seems to have been floated some time ago but I’m just getting around to being outraged…
Well I guess I’ve hit the big time. I have started getting the occaional spam comment from creepy-sounding addresses I won’t name for fear of further boosting their stats, but that…
A friend sent me the following in an email. It’s pretty “liberal” so, if you aren’t, it’ll just upset you and you’re probably better off just watching some…
I usually write stuff and listen to music on my way home on the bus. Yesterday I had to drive to an appointment and on the way back I listened to NPR. The following is some evidence of how…
I was busy today. I kept working even when I encountered the kind of crap that usually drives me up a tree. Instead of letting myself stew in static fury, though, I tried to make little…
It’s been a good weekend, a good day back at work, the boss brought some tasty delight back from her vacation in Turkey, and my luncheon salad was delicious, tyvm. I’m looking forward to a relaxing…
I wish I had some strong reasons to urge people to vote for John Kerry, but frankly I am not coming up with much more than “he’s the only viable alternative,” a slogan born for bumperstickers…
It was said by a wise man that eternal vigilence is the price of liberty. I am proud to report that, totally independent of each…
I was wondering how the arguments went yesterday. This article doesn’t inspire much confidence in me that wisdom will prevail.…
The good news: I’ve finished with the bugs, it’s out of my system. Thanks, all of you, for playing along; you’ve been great sports and we’ll have a lovely parting gift…
I’m not really sure where I’m going with this… but it’s been a week since I avoided listening to the inaugural speech, and slightly less time than that since I heard Jon Stewart…
It’s been a while since I had a nice fat rant. I’ve had a good day back to work today, with long complicated telephone calls during which I got to make people miserable, and I got…
Here’s a change-up: a bit of wonkosity. With all the deep personal issues I’m sure to be getting into shortly, sharing all my innermost feelings and thoughts, I thought I’d just…
The problems in NO are not unanticipated. Their practice of supraterrestrial burials in crypt cities is…
Dover PA has once again taken over headlines with news of this trial on whether or not to offer an Intelligent Design disclaimer…
I have not been keeping up with the world on-line, limiting my input to television, radio, and the legitimate stage that all the world, as some say, is. So I don’t know if what I have to say here…
Dubai is not the problem.
Dubai is a gleaming modern city, an avatar of what the Arab world could be if it wanted to. It’s the Venice of the Mid-East, a harbor capital founded…
Here’s a quick policy rant, just to keep my hand in (as they instructed me upon boarding the tram). It comes from the frustration I feel upon hearing something I think is wrong, thoughtlessly…
It’s been a while since I’ve had a good rant, at least here in blogville, so I’m going to see if I can lay one down. I’m feeling pretty ranty, what with the, um, “news”…
I’ve wanted for days just to slam a little essay up here about an old train car. It’s all written up with a photo and everything. Bastardsuckers won’t give a man a break…
First, a little catch-up: I’ve been busy as hell. I’d like to be posting more; hell, I’d like to be writing more. I’ve actually been using my precious writing-time…
I think the germ of the idea that compels me now to put pen to paper (I am transcribing this you see) was in an article in the Washington Post some months back, about a man who’d been a butler…
As a card-carrying (albeit technically inactive) legal geeknerd, I am delighted whenever issues of jurisprudence wind up atop the newcasts. This delight, though, is typically tempered by my recognition…
As a life-long unaffiliated voter who regrettably missed the most recent election here in San Fran, I was naturally honored and flummoxed in equal measure to have received an official-looking missive…
The recent annual July 4 patriotism uptick got me thinking. In particular, I’m thinking that the people most emphatically telling me what this nation is all about, don’t seem to have…