Midwest Chick's Place

Okay, so I’ve watched the video of Obama putting Bill Clinton in charge of a press conference and every time (after my mind stops going ‘whooba whooba’) my train of thought takes off for a different destination.   They do start going downhill….  You have been warned….. First track:  ‘Seriously, did he just cede the power… Continue reading

Himself took a couple of pictures of the new guy last night.  He seems to be getting along okay so far with the other cats–a few hisses and battings but he just doesn’t know what to do about the dog.  She’s just curious but she totally wigs him out.  I think as long as no… Continue reading

It seems this is the season for additions to the family.  Tam and Roberta adopted a kitty that turned out to not have a home as they had thought so they gave him one and Himself found a lost kitty at work on Tuesday.  He’s also a yellow tom cat, much like Roberta and Tam’s… Continue reading

I’m still baffled about the Democrat (and some Republican) mindset that claims that the hard-earned money of the citizens of this country belongs to them.  When they talk about ‘giving’ money to the rich, what they really mean is that they aren’t stealing the money from them.  There seems to be a disconnect between the… Continue reading

Okay, I have had no problems with Walmart’s business model and they employ a lot of people and seem to treat those people well.  Personally, almost every Walmart I’ve walked into has been a scene out of a Fellini movie.  But now they have caved to the Department of Homeland Security and are going to… Continue reading

I saw this last week.  One of the smaller accrediting bodies, the American Academy for Liberal Education (AALE) is removing itself from the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity’s re-recognition process.  The reasons??  Too many findings and too little time to address them.  They are going to knuckle under later, one the Department… Continue reading

I read an article here the other day and it started my train of thought.  The Eliterati, such as Mayor Bloomberg in New York City, brag about their cosmopolitan perspective, their literacy, and they use having and using a passport (or not) as a litmus test for intelligence.  Now I do have a passport and… Continue reading

There are a few things that are known as ‘Classic Blunders’.  The first is never to get into a land war in Asia.  The second is never do vodka shots with Russians (although some may say it’s never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line).  The third is much less well-known… Continue reading

Existentially speaking, life seems to be a series of random events (at least to those of us here–those Higher Powers may see a pattern from their vantage point).  We try to think that maybe there is a reason for things that happen–something as small as a guy’s SUV that hits black ice and he dents… Continue reading

Just read on Big Hollywood that they’ve done a remake of The Mechanic–that brilliant film with the oh-so-satisfying ending (don’t click the link if you don’t want to see it) starring Charles Bronson and Jan Michael Vincent.  The remake stars Jason Stratam, who I really liked in The Transporter and other films, but I just… Continue reading