If you spend any appreciable time in the South, and especially if you drive off of the interstates and on the US routes-you are more than likely to pass a barn looking like this: Well, this weekend the S.O. and I did the circuit of the Tennessee mountains, covering 527
Author: Skippy-San
Fall weekend in the mountains
I have been trying to persuade the S.O. for this entire week that we need to head up into the mountains in Tennessee. She resisted it all week-till she called me up yesterday and said she wants to go. So off we go today- I had to put the details
Continue readingSometimes-Bigger IS better
At least when it comes to TV’s. I saved some of my money from time in Romania this summer for the express purpose of buying a bigger and better TV. A SAMSUNG 55″ HD LED TV. I wish I had bought one sooner. I got the internet connection with it-and
Continue readingWall Street 2
I took the S.O to see the movie this weekend. I had mixed impressions. I thought it was still a good movie but the first one was better. The first one had more of an edge to it. Idle observations: The years 2000-2010 produced, for the most part, no really
Continue readingThe repeal of DADT
I was going through my archives the other day, and I came upon a couple of posts I had written about gay marriage. Judging by the angry comments they both recieved-you would have thought I was caught red-handed molesting puppies or something. When in reality, all I was voicing was
Continue readingResponding to the meme.
Savannah has tasked me with answering the meme of 8. Eight questions about blogging. I can never resist a challenge so here are my answers. Your mileage may very-but this is mine: 1. Why did you start blogging? I began this blog out of a sense of frustration responding to
Continue readingElmo is one lucky boy.
And American parents are a real pain in the ass. To quote my Canadian counterpart: There’s a lot that kids can learn from Ms. Perry, such as the utility of having fantastic breasts. That’s pretty powerful and it couldn’t be more appropriate in an age of economic decay. Kids need
Continue readingIdol worshippers………
The Economist’s Lexington makes a provocative case that the Tea Baggers obsession with the Constitution and its framers has become unhealthy: Accept for argument’s sake that those who argue this way have identified the right problem. The constitution, on its own, does not provide the solution. Indeed, there is something
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The GOP’s pledge that is not a pledge-but a rehash of stupid ideas: One person likes it though:
Continue readingSpeaking of movies…..
Flash Gordon is only one of the movies that are on my list of: “Movies I will stop and watch while channel surfing.” Here are a few more: Goodfellas ( A must in any many real man’s movie collection). Absence of Malice ( I like the story). All three Back
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