Here’s an interesting visual, courtesy of Dr. Sanity’s Carnival of the Insanities special Middle East Edition. It hits particularly close to home for those of us who live in New England, and know the distances involved. Hint: they’re not large. … Continue reading →
The Anchoress observes that Pajamas Media is doing an impressive job of covering the current Mideast war. I’ve noticed the same thing myself. Of course, as a member of Pajamas, I guess you can’t call me unbiased; I most definitely … Continue reading →
This one, though, I like: Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
Continue reading →Fisk fisks himself (courtesy Tim Blair).
Continue reading →I’m not so sure about Bush’s use of the word “irony,” but the rest of it seems spot on to me.
Continue reading →My most recent post was on the subject of bumper stickers (or, rather, bumper sticker). In one of those blogosphere coincidences that aren’t really all that coincidental–after all, there’s a finite number of subjects on which mostly-political bloggers opine–the always-interesting … Continue reading →
[This is a repeat of an old post.] I’ve been visiting New York City, the place where I grew up. I decide to take a walk to the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights, never having been there before. When you approach … Continue reading →
[This is a repeat of an old post.] I was thinking about memorable Fourth of Julys (Fourths of July?), and the first thing that came to mind was this: Fans of the movie “The Great Escape” (and I must confess … Continue reading →
Busy day, having fun, no time to blog, see you tomorrow!
Continue reading →After a certain amount of research and thought, I have decided to institute the simplest possible change to the blog. I have now closed Blogger comments and installed Haloscan. It shouldn’t be too difficult to use; I think the instructions … Continue reading →
[Construction has begun #1] Last night I was up late, working. I went to bed very late, fully expecting to sleep in; I didn’t have any early commitments. Ah, but the best laid schemes…. I was awakened at around 7 … Continue reading →
My “technical advisor” has started work on the changes to the blog, since the nuts and bolts of this type of thing is not my forte. It will take a while, probably as much as a week, but I wanted … Continue reading →