I was talking with a friend of mine, who is a naturalized American citizen (got here when she was 16).  Although we’re of an age and she, in most ways, looks and sounds like your basic American, she’s missing quite a few of the cultural movie touchstones of our generation.  So I bought her The… Continue reading

So when, EVER, is “It’s never been done that way before.” an excuse??  Is it a cover-up for laziness?  Does it show that a person is scared of change, afraid they aren’t up to the challenge or are just so hidebound that they can’t imagine doing something differently?  Especially when that change is to the… Continue reading

In the Chicago Tribune today there is a story about a Winnetka woman who apparently has nothing better to do than panic at the drop of a…. butt.  Her husband accidentally butt-dialed her (as he was driving home) and when all she heard was muffled sounds and hip hop music, she immediately jumped to the… Continue reading

Why do I keep reading SOTU (State of the Union address), as STFU?? Continue reading

I was reading a Washington Post article on the supposed merits of the TSA vs using private security contractors at airports around the country.  One union, the American Federation of Government Employees, not surprisingly bemoans the idea of a “patchwork quilt” of security measures at different airports.  But think about it a bit more logically. … Continue reading

Here’s some new pictures of Bob.  It seems that he’s read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy since his favorite plaything is a towel.  Douglas Adams would be proud. Continue reading

Best wishes to everyone in this New Year.  May Common Sense become more common in this year and the years to come since our civil liberties are being eroded daily with no end in sight, unless We the People take  a stand. My New Year’s resolution is to do more food blogging since I’ve got… Continue reading

So the government-mandated boilers in England are freezing up, leaving thousands of people without heat (and a hefty bill to get them fixed) and  Scotland, the Wind Turbine poster child of Europe, is having to buy power created by nuclear reactors in France because their turbines froze up (oh the irony).  story here via GatewayPundit… Continue reading

An interesting thing has happened in Great Britain with the onset on the cold winter weather and snow.  Ironically enough, in an initiative to cut down on carbon footprints and greenhouse gases and such, the British government mandated the use of green condensing boilers as of 2005.  Well, the condensate pipes on these pieces of… Continue reading