Got an email this morning on my work account. One of my coworkers sent an email saying that their laptop was “missing” from their office. This is the third laptop to ‘go missing’ in the last three months. Is there a particular reason WHY they can’t say that some dirty dog, probably one of the… Continue reading

Something of which I have been accused since moving north of the Mason-Dixon line (again) is that my speech is not direct enough (for example: ‘the garbage is full’ rather than ‘could you please take out the garbage?’). I realized today that my turns of phrase are the product of a dual attack–living for several… Continue reading

In order to officially graduate from middle school (or the 8th grade) I had to stand in front of the class and recite the Preamble to the US Constitution. Granted that was a bijillion years ago, but do students have to do this anymore?? I guess I need to check with various and sundry nieces… Continue reading

James Lewis over at American Thinker has a great piece on the problem of having an ‘intellectual‘ in the White House. One of the best quotes, IMNSHO, is the following when Lewis is discussing Putin and Obama: “What guys like Putin get out of this unbelievable fakery is that we have another Jimmy Carter in… Continue reading

Got a call from a friend today. Her husband has mentioned the ‘d’ word. When someone says that ‘we should talk about maybe getting divorced’ then you know that in their mind, they’re already set on it. Once that word is on the table, there really doesn’t seem to be much else to do. She… Continue reading

I attended a Tea Party this weekend. It was rainy, it was the afternoon of the Fourth of July, and most of the speakers were long winded. The best speakers were two young men–they rambled a bit but kept things short, to the point, and relevant. Around three hundred people showed up, despite the timing… Continue reading

Via Bookworm Room: A woman was pulled from the Des Moines river below a dam by a construction worker hooked to a crane. A quote from the rescuer, Jason Oglesbee: “They just harnessed me up and dipped me down in the water and I grabbed her and the crane drug her to the boat and… Continue reading

Bookworm has an interesting piece on Real Men and the Babyish Guys of Hollywood Movies. I agree with her but think that the attitude is far more pervasive and iterative than she realizes. In the comments section I point her to Kim du Toit’s essay on the Pussification of the Western Male. Segueing into other… Continue reading

Okay, this almost seems like a Monty Python skit but it’s real…. The government of Great Britain (not so great, I’m thinking) is deciding that taking the points off of knives is going to keep people from getting stabbed to death. One of the tragic things is that this is only one step off of… Continue reading

From High Plains Drifter (1973): “Well it’s what people know about themselves inside that makes ’em afraid.” Continue reading