….Just waiting for someone to bring the lemon juice and salt. Continue reading

Regardless if Yamamoto actually uttered those lines, it was the response to the attack on Pearl Harbor.  The United States, which had previously been steering clear of the war that began in Europe in 1939, woke up and began putting all of its resources into the war effort.  Those in my generation and after have… Continue reading

Found this article on the front page of my yahoo.  It seems that the AP science writer, Seth Borenstein didn’t get the memo (please see B’s site for much linky goodness on the issue) that the global warming data was cooked and all of that coastal flooding and such that was predicted for 2350 (not… Continue reading

Over at Ambulance Driver (one of my favorite, read-daily blogs) there’s quite the bruhaha going on, basically caused by one person.  AD posted some pics and narrative about taking his seven year old daughter shooting.  One of the pics showed her shooting her birthday present, a nice AR15 .22 caliber.  Someone called Nurse K, who… Continue reading

B was way ahead of the curve on this one–I think he beat out Reynolds at Instapundit by several hours.  I’m not going to blog about the science or anything but about my disgust at these people as a researcher.  I’ve been in academia as a researcher for almost fourteen years and was a researcher/analyst… Continue reading

So, it looks like President Sarkozy, who seems to actually be a politically savvy guy and a pretty good leader, for a French guy, has been pressured by his wife and others in the art community to put the pressure on the Swiss to let Roman Polansky out on bail.  I mean, it’s not like… Continue reading

B pointed out this link from Insty this morning.  The gist of the article is that when good-meaning folks bring food to soup kitchens to feed the hungry, if those foods don’t meet the restrictive nutritional standards that can only exist in a society where hunger is not endemic, then the shelters accept the food… Continue reading

As I’m sitting here watching cars do donuts in the parking lot across the street, I”m thinking about how thankful I am for the life I have now.  I’m with a man who loves me (and who is an excellent cook and teacher) and who keeps my mind active–my arguments had best be cogent ones… Continue reading

This is a great day to remember life’s blessings.  Remember those brave men and women who came to the New World seeking freedom.  Remember those Native Americans who helped them to survive that first winter.  Those two groups helped to shape the entire world, not just the new world.  Remember that this is an American… Continue reading

I read yesterday about the guy who was awake and aware for 23 years but was totally unable to communicate with anyone. I just want to say, publically, that if I am diagnosed with being in a ‘persistant vegetative state’, pull the frickin’ plug.  For one thing, if all I can do is move my… Continue reading