I guess it does in the minds of some professors, specifically one in New Jersey. Per an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education:  in the course of a lecture regarding state and local politics, a professor mentioned the local sheriff, by name, not only as someone who was double-dipping (retired and then was rehired,… Continue reading

Via Drudge, an article in the New York Post:  Biurny Gonzalez has been sentenced to one to three years in jail for lying about being raped by William McCaffrey and being integral to his conviction and four-year incarceration.  The reason that she lied:  she went with McCaffrey and her girlfriends were angry because she ‘ditched… Continue reading

This was just too funky to pass up.  My apologies to my readers who expect better of me. They arrested a guy in Toledo for having sex with a picnic table (his own table at least).  Never mind the sheer logistics of having sex with a table, but can you really be said to be… Continue reading

Via NBC news in Chicago, a group of retirees from a nursing home took a walk on the wild side, donning leathers and getting tattoos and heading for a close-by bar called the Evil Olive.  The Latino American Motorcyle Association and members of Chicago Area A.B.A.T.E. joined the party, which also raised funds towards a… Continue reading

Over at Tam’s Porch, she is talking about the original Olympics and how there would NEVER have been an event with a ‘kiss and cry’ section nor synchronized swimming in a celebration of military virtues.  One of the comments, by the mighty Og, got a gigglesnort for today:  “Leonidas is spinning in his grave. I… Continue reading

I was reading an article by Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post on how the Church of Scientology is hiring reporters to investigate the St. Petersburg Tmes and the second page of the article shared space with something that I found to be a little more interesting…. (you have to scroll down to get to… Continue reading

Via Bookworm Room, here is a survey of what (to those folks who read this blog) should be common knowledge.  Try it and let me know how you did in the comments.  I got 100% right, which for me is a rarity.  I don’t know if it’s good or bad–maybe I just read WAY too… Continue reading

Apparently they found the ‘missing’ police reports at the Braintree, MA police station (they are here).  One of the things that’s really chapping my butt about the reporting on this crime (and there are several things) is that they keep harping on the fact that she’s a Harvard grad at a podunk little nowhere school… Continue reading

Via Mr. B.  a post at The Liberty Zone regarding patriotism through the eyes of someone who lived under a socialist government (USSR).  My favorite parts: Rights are simultaneous. Everyone has the same rights, and the exercise of those rights should never interfere with others’ right to do the same.   They exist independently. The… Continue reading

Welcome to all the visitors from Home on the Range!  I will hereinafter refer to this as the MausersandMuffins-Tide.  Similar to an Instalanche but for folks who like food and firearms. Continuing the decorating meme— In houses like ours, especially with no kids around, we tend to have items laying around that might be considered… Continue reading