I'd apologize for the lack of posting, but ... well, the headline says it all. I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving day. If you missed it on Wednesday, I wanted to point to this little bit of unintentional hilarity that comes to us courtesy of The Washington Post's Dan Froomkin (via Taranto). In […]
You don't really need to read past the first paragraph. A suspected drunken driver fumbling his ABCs turned to police asking if he could substitute with a math problem. Police refused -- apparently language skills are more difficult to master while inebriated than math skills. Yeah. That's the story that this journalist is going to […]
This is the sort of article that really ticks me off. Why? Because it's not up front and honest about what's going on. SLO display features soldiers killed in Iraq war Boo Boo Records on Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo has dedicated its front window to an art exhibit that shows the faces of […]
The guys over at Powerline have received an e-mail from MSNBC's Chris Matthews regarding the reports about Matthews' comments that terrorists aren't "evil," but "misunderstood." Matthews claims that his statements were taken out of context and the report does not accurately describe his take on terrorists. In short, he now knows what it feels like […]
I wasn't trying really hard, but I didn't manage to pick up an Xbox 360 today. Circuit City was apparently sold out within 15 minutes of opening as was Fry's Electronics. I read some surprising reports during the day that Costco had actually got some units on the first day -- usually, it seems to […]
Alfred Anderson, reportedly the last surviving witness/participant in the World War I Christmas truce died today. If you're at all interested in the intriguing event, I encourage you to check out Stanley Weintraub's excellent book on the truce and its aftermath.
MSNBC show host Chris Matthews spoke at the University of Toronto and revealed to everyone the amoral world in which he lives. "The period between 9/11 and Iraq was not a good time for America. There wasn't a robust discussion of what we were doing," Matthews said. "If we stop trying to figure out the […]
This is a couple of weeks old, but I only saw it Saturday, so it's new to me. Warning, make sure you have tissue available before you start reading this story about Marines who are tasked with notifying loved-ones that their brother/sister/son/daughter has been killed overseas.
Just got back from the last showing of the new Harry Potter flick. I usually go to movies late on a "school night" to minimize the the number of others in attendance -- especially little kids. Usually that translates into sharing the theater with no more than a dozen people. Tonight there were closer to […]