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The things we take for granted…….
Losing one engine on takeoff is hairy enough-I can’t imagine what it’s like to lose both at the same time. These guys know though: NEW YORK (AP) – A cool-headed pilot maneuvered his crippled jetliner...
View ArticleThe damn media……..
Sarah Palin continues to play herself as the victim. Even when “the hostile media” actually tries to help her out. Gov. Palin’s press office claims that she has pointed out errors in Daily News...
View ArticleGeorge Bush-translated………
Sometimes it takes a person from outside the circle, so to speak, to make sense of things. The Canadian Skippy has nailed it, with his translation of George Bush’s address last night: Like the...
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Another Friday night……..
Here in the land of no fun…….. S.O. is sick. It’s 14 degrees outside, I have to work on a Saturday, and guess what I haven’t had in more than few days? To say I’m tense is more than an...
View ArticleSerena or Samantha?
As a young teen, I had the hots for Elizabeth Montgomery. I am fairly certain I was not alone in this. I always thought she was a great actress and God took her from us too soon. So I got a real kick...
View ArticleSteel Curtain…….
AGAIN! Just finished watching the Steelers beat the Ravens. ( Almost literally if you saw the hit Mcgahee took during the fourth quarter). Yes we can!
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Idle thoughts on MLK day………..
I’ve always been ambivalent about Martin Luther King Day. Since his birthday falls on my mother’s birthday, I would just as soon celebrate her birthday. Her dreams and visions for me had a lot more...
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He’s nothing like Truman……….
This last evening observes the final night of the administration of George W. Bush. As the clock has been ticking down towards a new beginning, his staunchest supporters have been publishing article...
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Welcome to the party pal!
I think the Chief Justice got the oath wrong in reading it to the new President. Oh well……. (I’m gonna review the video tonight….). I put my trust in you-you better deliver! If you don’t, I’ll be here...
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Wall Street voices its opinion of the new President…….
It would seem Wall Street did not have a high opinion of the President’s inaugration speech today: The first “first” of the Obama administration-the first time the Dow has been below 8000 since, 2004?...
View ArticleSome more inaugural observations…..
After work today I went to work out. When I came home I found the S.O. watching C-Span. That’s right C-Span. I almost fell over backwards. She was watching a re-run of the inaugural. As i put away my...
View ArticleSpeaking of racist labels…..
Chirol does a pretty good deconstruction of why racial identification is, in fact, racist. Lastly, on that point, I will never use the term African-American because it is misused. Only someone who is...
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One inaugural celebration you may have missed…
At the Obama onsen in Nagasaki: What? There wasn’t one Nigerian they could have hired in Fukuoka? I kind of doubt it. If Black Face offends you, send them an e-mail.
View ArticleThe most important advisor in the Obama White House.
It’s not someone you would think of at first thought. Nixon grimaced at the mention of Watergate. “No. The Lord doesn’t get involved in this type of stuff. Dead Presidents coming to give advice to...
View ArticleNo football this weekend…..
Which gives me a whole week to rub it in to Mark that the Seahawks will be watching this on TV. Which is as it should be! Go Steelers!
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No words required……
To remind me of what I am missing, while I spend each day in one of the dullest cities in the world! However, Spike channeled Friedman to remind again why I miss Asia. It actually started well, on Kau...
View ArticleFoot in mouth disease….
This is what happens when you savage the folks in Shopping Mall USA: You get the mayor to dump all over you. This is Huntsville’s main east/west road. Huntsville missed out on I-65 when the...
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Placing the blame where it belongs…
I never knew about this connection to the Illinois Senate Race. Makes you really hate Republicans doesn’t it? The next time you hear some disgruntled Republican grumbling about Obama-remind him of...
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