Oh about that GOP debate last night
You know Ted Cruz fucked up when he gives Donald Trump, that Donald Trump, a chance to be elegant. I'm no big fan of New York City, but Cruz probably wishes he had not broken out the dog whistles:...
View ArticleThe legends leaving us.
The month of January has been a sad one for folks like me, who treasure the music of the 60's and 70's and had some of my best times in life with the great artist's creations in the background as a...
View ArticleJapanese History Lesson
This video is a little long-but provides an interesting view of the gamut of Japanese history, albeit told from an American viewpoint. Enjoy it. I did. In nine minutes, Wurtz goes through a broad but...
View ArticleThe prodigal son returns
I'm back in shopping mall this week for a variety of reasons. Had some medical stuff done, did some stuff related to the S.O. Permanent Residence Card, and checked on my house. I also got to sit...
View ArticleAs if things were not screwed up enough.
God decided to play a cruel joke on American politics by holding a recall election of His own. The winner was Justice Antonin Scalia. The loser will be the rest of the United States, that is left...
View ArticleWhistling past the graveyard….
After almost 24 hours of travel back from the Whining States of America, I am back in definitely not sunny Germany. A week in Shopping Mall and then a week out west. The second week was very...
View ArticleI always leaves a few parts behind when I fixes ’em.
Did some major site maintenance tonight, trying to get display issues fixed. I the process I screwed up the comments editor and my header. Will work on it tomorrow. You should be able to read content...
View ArticleSir, your blog is fixed. Please pay 999.99 dollars and we don’t take checks.
Looks like the comments fix I worked on last night worked. The display "wrap around" problem where the lower half of the sidebar folded under the content appears to be fixed. " Life is tough son, its...
View ArticleRecent reading
While I was back in the Whining States of America, I made the obligatory run to Barnes and Noble. I picked up a copy of the Federalist to re-read, my original copy having gone long by the boards when...
View ArticlePouring gasoline on an open fire
So, it would appear a portion of America really wants to prove to the rest of the world how ignorant they really are. Donald Trump won Nevada. Yet another shameful moment that is the United States...
View ArticleSo here is a tech question I know someone out there can answer.
This is about Apple's fight with the FBI. I , by the way, am siding with Tim Cook because I don't want the FBI having a back door to look at my porn phone. ( Even though I stopped being an I phone...
View ArticleSomething everyone can use
After last night's Rethuglican slugfest. My takeaways: Trump does not have as much game as he thinks he does, and needs to put Super Tuesday away quickly. Time is not on his side. That said, he is...
View ArticleA heady cocktail
Or two. Here is a pretty neat cocktail list to describe the current election:
View ArticleOvercome by events
I was going to write a nice non-political post tonight. But tomorrow is Super Tuesday (AKA SEC Primary) and I thought I would remind all present of something they need to know: IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF...
View ArticleThe Alps are always beautiful!
Was out of pocket this weekend on a skiing trip. The town of Garmish Partenkirchen is always beautiful with its mountain backdrop of the Austrian Alps. This was a fun trip although it seems my skiing...
View ArticleMeanwhile back at Rubio headquarters
Little Marco tries to breath life into his dying campaign.
View ArticleApril cannot come soon enough.
I was going to post something funny about International Women's day coming as it does in March, that oh so holy time of the year when the world should be devoting more time to celebrating the...
View ArticlePat Conroy
As the previous post indirectly reported, Pat Conroy passed away on March 4, 2016. He was 70 years old. If one is a graduate of a certain prestigious military college on the banks of the Ashley River...
View ArticleA convenient dodge
The forces of He, Trump conspired to tear apart a piece of Chicago, last night. Never mind that Trump has spent months and months stoking up his crazed supporters to be just this violent-somehow in...
View ArticleNews you can’t use
Yes, I was going to do a post today about getting good news outlets to you. But just as I was ready to start showing you how to be an informed news consumer, over in the fact free world that is...
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