Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote in the Grande Conservative Blogress Diva contest. Voting has closed and Pam Geller has won (she’s really more the diva type anyway, don’t you think?). But thanks to all you stalwart … Continue reading →
{NOTE: I got an Instalanche yesterday for the Obama disfluency post, and the response of my sitemeter reminded me of this article, which originally appeared on Dec. 1, 2008. I thought it would be fun to republish a slightly-edited and … Continue reading →
‘TWAS THE BLOGGER’S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the ”˜sphere Bloggers were glad to see Christmas draw near. Their laptops were turned off and all put away The bloggers were swearing to take off … Continue reading →
Oops, says Andrew Sullivan, as he feels the cold touch of Charles Krauthammer’s exquisitely sarcastic stiletto as it begins to eviscerate him. Moral of the story: do not take on Krauthammer unless you’ve checked your facts. I doubt that Andrew … Continue reading →
You’ll be happy to hear that the Amazon widgets have reached what I hope will be their final form: stationery and unobtrusive. There’s a plain Amazon search widget near the top of the sidebar, for the minimalists among you. Then, … Continue reading →
Fortunately, this blog has a pretty decent spam-blocker. So only a couple per week of the pesky little things escape its pincher grip to actually be deposited in the comments section. They tend to rather resemble one another. But one … Continue reading →
My blog’s been down for about an hour and a half—ye olde server problems. Fortunately, this doesn’t happen too often. But every now and then it does, and it can be quite frustrating. I will be busy for a few … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’m placing this at the top of the blog for a day or two more, just for those who haven’t seen it yet. Then it will be allowed to fall back down on the page and out of sight. … Continue reading →
From the comments on yesterday’s MacHate post, I can see I’ve got some knowledgeable computer people here. So I’ve got a question for you. If I place my Gateway and my Mac side by side (both are laptops of approximately … Continue reading →
I am writing this on my Mac, because my other computer is ill. I got the Mac about a year and a half ago. There were a bunch of reasons, including the fact that I was struggling with some technical … Continue reading →
Now that I’ve become a rapacious capitalist self-promoter, I want to point out that I’ve added an Amazon button to the right sidebar, underneath the PayPal button. Call that area the neo-neocon mini-mall. This means that, whenever you want to … Continue reading →
[NOTE: In response to some queries on this thread, I went back to look at an interview I gave four and a half years ago, towards the beginning of my blogging career. On reading it, I decided it might just … Continue reading →