Government is a meddling presumptuous pain in the neck.
John Stossel has such a way with words! HIS title is "Free Stuff From Sam." Mine is the next to last line from his column, and I like it MUCH better.There are more column links at...
View ArticleDateline Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Orville and Wilbur Wright put Kill Devil Hills on the Map of American History.From EyeWitnessToHistory.com:On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a...
View ArticleVillanova Ends Montana's perfect season, beats Griz 23-21
Division 1/ FCS Championship game was on ESPN2 last night. I missed most of it because I was baking banana bread (which seems to be my hobby this week). And then I went to sleep. Hey, 10:00 is LATE if...
View ArticleMerry Freakin Christmas
I have NEVER been this down at Christmas. Twenty years ago, we were on our way from one duty station to another, and got to spend Christmas with Lovely Daughter's grandparents on her daddy's side. The...
View ArticleThomas Sowell - The "Science" Mantra
The batteries in my mouse are dying, so before I get in the shower and start the rest of my day, here's a link to Thomas Sowell's column at JewishWorldReview.com. Binyamin has been getting help with...
View ArticleWhy I read Lileks
Don't you want to know what prompted this sentence?"This is the modern world: you can instantly fact-check your dreams." Lileks. JAMES Lileks. At The Bleat.
View ArticleIt really is "A Wonderful Life"
Paul Greenberg's column at JewishWorldReview.com really speaks to me today. It really IS a wonderful life. It's full of the consequences of my decisions, choices I've made, and miracles I have no real...
View ArticleSo...having a rough go at Christmas?
MAYBE I can learn to keep things in their proper perspective.Tip of my cap to GrouchyConservativePundits.comWHENEVER I think I'm having a 'bad' day, I'll remember seeing these vids:I don't live in...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
Turkey's in the oven, shopping is finished, kids and family friend will be here in a couple hours. Hubby's at the gym. Lucky guy. The new job doesn't give him much 'workout' time. I always liked this...
View ArticleGator Nation - Urban Meyer steps down - OR MAYBE NOT
Urban Meyer steps down at Florida.UPDATE! Yeah, so here's a flash, he's changed his mind. Not that I blame him, but someone's 'exclusive' is a bit less powerful now.
View ArticleCongressional Reform Act of 2010
Congressional Reform Act of 2010 1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below. A. Two Six year Senate terms B. Six Two year House terms C. One Six year Senate term and three Two...
View ArticleTuesday! Thomas Sowell!
Can you bear another column on BarryOCare and the coming demise of private health insurance? Sure you can, because it's written by Thomas Sowell. The POINT of this column?The only rational explanation...
View ArticleIt OUGHT to be true...
This story came to me in my email this morning. I've seen it before, in both the incarnations mentioned by Snopes.com. If Honour means anything to you, if you have any gratitude in your heart for the...
View ArticleSince when...
...does the decade START with the number 10 - or 00? What the HELL are these people thinking? I heard the substitute hosts on Mike and Mike in the Morning ask what 'from the last decade' should we get...
View ArticleThe fun just never ends
Track-A-Crat links to Hot Air, who has a lovely little poll on the Obamateurism of the Year. Swallow your drinks and put your feet on the floor so you don't tip over in your chair. I don't know how you...
View ArticleOnward, into 2010!
I commented at Piece of Work in Progress, with something that sounds suspiciously like New Year Resolutions. Analysis Paralysis. “Faith without Works is Dead.” I will work on the actual hands-on...
View ArticleDo Good Anyway
Thanks to Tim on Facebook, and Path to Recovery (which has some inspirational things, if you can winnow out the touchy-feely psycho-babble bull and relativism).
View Article"...four days to acknowledge the “catastrophic breach of security” that led...
Found this link at Bob's Bites. As I said in my comment there, my admiration for Cheney increases EVERY TIME he opens his mouth. Obama, he said, “seems to think that if he gives terrorists the rights...
View ArticleGossip is NOT "news"
I don't care what anyone else thinks - gossip is ugly for the subject and for the ones doing the gossiping. "Murder by character assassination" kills ME as surely as it hurts the one I talk about. I...
View ArticleTuesday! Thomas Sowell! (Part I)
A smart - even brilliant - person does not fit into the 'intellectual' category unless other intellectuals deem that person to be one of them. Huh. Looks to me like being an intellectual doesn't even...
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