Car colors redux
[NOTE: And just when I thought I’d lost it forever, one of the missing posts turned up again. Mysteries abound. Here it is.] Yes, I knew it. It turns out that (hat tip: commenter “Mr. Frank”) silver is the most … Continue reading →
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Lost in cyberspace
Something that hasn’t happened to me in a long time just occurred: I lost a post I’d worked on for quite a while. And then I lost a second one. Argghhh! I have no idea why it happened. But I … Continue reading →
Obama, Bush, and the pronoun “I”
Compare and contrast.
Continue reading →Here’s Osama…
…up close and personal, watching himself on TV:
Continue reading →They can duplicate Pippa’s dress…
…but unless they can also duplicate her figure, I don’t think the dress is gonna work out so well for a lot of people. Do not attempt unless you’re rail-thin. And have a passle of attendants to deal with the … Continue reading →
Paul certainly does seem to be…
…the marrying kind. The triumph of hope over experience. Although this is his first brunette. Let’s hear it for brunettes!
Continue reading →The making of a SEAL
SEAL reservist Eric Greitens on SEAL training: What kind of man makes it through Hell Week?… Some men who seemed impossibly weak at the beginning of SEAL training””men who puked on runs and had trouble with pull-ups””made it. Some men … Continue reading →
Noam Chomsky…
…chomps on the news of Bin Laden’s death. His opinion is about what you’d suspect, including the fact that he is suspicious of claims that Bin Laden is guilty—including Bin Laden’s own claim.
Continue reading →What’s up with car colors?
Whatever happened to car colors? It seems these days that gray’s the thing, in every possible shade and tone: silver, metallic, charcoal, light, dark, middling, and every type of gray in between. Much more gray than I care to look … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day
Here’s some spambot wit: This site is so cool even ice cubes would be jealous. Don’t mean to be pedantic, but I think the bot actually means “envious.” Those two words are all-too-often mixed up, a pet peeve of mine. … Continue reading →
Getting Osama: how much do we need to know?
The killing of Osama may have been almost perfectly executed, but the aftermath has certainly been a mess. One of the many puzzling aspects of the whole thing has been the multiple sources of highly conflicting information. Was Osama defending … Continue reading →
Holder and terrorism interrogations: a few more details…
…you may not have been aware of before. I certainly wasn’t. Writing in today’s WSJ, former US Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey says: In April 2009, the administration made public the previously classified Justice Department memoranda analyzing the harsh techniques, … Continue reading →