We got home yesterday-barely making the connection in Charlotte. The plane arrived late and we literally were the last ones on the plane. The S.O. was not amused. Flexibility does not come easy to her-especially when traveling. She does not suffer the serving class well. We boarded the plane and
Author: Skippy-San
Another inconvenient truth
That’s an idea I have always agreed with. Hell, if I had my way, most of Africa would still be colonies. And we would be discussing outsourcing of jobs to India with the Viceroy. Since that’s not happening anytime soon, check out what we could do.
Continue readingJapan’s longest day.
In Japan, August 15 is known as Shusen kinenbi (literally, end of the war memorial day.) This year is the 64th anniversary of the end of taiheiyou dai sensou.The Pacific War). At noon, August 15 1945 Showa (Emperor Hirohito) made the following broadcast: To our good and loyal subjects: After
Continue readingDon’t know whether to laugh or cry…………
I root for two baseball teams: The Pirates and the Cubs. ( Real baseball is played in the National League; God meant for the pitcher to bat.) So I’m not sure what to make of this: Final 1 2 3 4 5
Continue readingDown for the count…….
Long day today. Got my father a wireless router for the new laptop he bought. For some reason it is not working as consitently as I would like. It works-and I have the encryption on-but it has spent most of this evening dropping on and off. Back to troubleshooting.
Continue readingQuotable
From a comment thread over at John Cole’s place: I’m sorry, I’m trying to be an adult about this, but Sarah Palin has to be the dumbest, least-competently-managed figure in politics today. At this point I can pretty much use her as a litmus test to gauge someone’s intelligence and
Continue readingThe new toy….
Greetings from North Carolina. Flew up here with the S.O. to see my father for a few days. No post yesterday, because I took delivery on my new toy: Still getting used to it. I am finding that I can read faster with it though and not having
Continue readingConsider the alternative……….
While all the folks in the echo chamber, are getting their panties in bunch-because Ezra Klein had the wherewithal to suggest that America needs a more educated electorate– it might be useful to consider where we would be, if the other side had won. Which it very well could have,
Continue readingThe view from the beach……
More Pensacola pix: The Gulf beaches are white……… And the girls are out soaking up the sun: The S.O. wore her hat: And kids have a good time with their mothers.
Continue readingThe perfect comeback……
A coworker and myself were down in the little cafeteria in our building, when we watched on the TV as this man verbally assaulted Arlen Specter: Watch CBS Videos Online Specter missed a great opportunity to make a point. And it probably points out why more Congressmen should
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