There is something liberating about taking a reciprocating saw to a wall within your home. Walls are usually things we take care of…we don’t scratch, dent or mar them without grief. So when you have the chance to make huge, ragged cuts, followed by ripping and tearing, it tends to get the blood up. Last [...]
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A very cool picture on Drudge today. Make sure to click for the enlargement.
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Filed under: Science and Technology
Say what you want about politicians, usually they aren’t stupid. Most of the time they get where they are by virtue of the stupidity of voters. Or, to be more charitable, voters, if disturbed, can be impulsive. Nothing ruins the day of an incumbent more than an impulsive voter. It is best to conduct unpopular [...]
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Filed under: Politics
A few notes on my favorite game. Chris Garrett and I finished the Edson’s Ridge campaign game (Operation: Watchtower) with the Japanese forces scoring a fairly strong victory. I’m comfortable in saying the victory was NOT the result of the Japanese player’s ability. The campaign seems a bit unbalanced, and this was borne out by [...]
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Filed under: ASL
A link from Steven. I tend to agree with his observation that while this is cool, it is a high stick, and therefore not legal.
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Filed under: Hockey
Hot Air has the video. An uplifting thing to watch.
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Filed under: Islam
If you haven’t seen Clinton’s day of rage with Chris Wallace, you can find it here. No need to set the table with what happened, nor do we need to go into the exhaustive fact checking of each and every claim. You can find all of that at the link. Frankly, I’m a little tired [...]
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Filed under: The War
To be fair, Mozart’s Idomeneo had been altered beyond the scope of Mozart’s intent in this particular presentation. In the staging, which sparked audience protests during its premiere in December 2003, King Idomeneo presents the lopped-off heads of Poseidon, Jesus, Buddha and the Prophet Mohammed and displays them on four chairs. German critics saw the [...]
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Filed under: Islam
Even when expected, deaths are always difficult to deal with. In the early morning this past Thursday, my wife lost what was essentially a second father to her. The father of her closest friend in High School fell down the stairs, suffered some significant injuries, and later died from kidney failure in the hospital at [...]
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Filed under: Blog Housekeeping
Greatest Pool Shot Ever? (tags: YouTube video) Another Reason To Oppose Cloning James Brown needs to launch an investigation…quickly. (tags: video dance)
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Not what you think… I’ve been meaning to post this for about a week.
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Filed under: Grab Bag
In the mail box today – Thank you for submitting “Windows” to Dark Wisdom. The story was enjoyable, the characters strong, but it doesn’t quite fit the style of the magazine, so we must pass on it. It seems likely the story will find a home with another market.Thank you for taking the time to [...]
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Yeah, I know…a bunch of posts explaining the lack of posting is just as compelling as you can get in the blogosphere. I’ve just been stupid-busy lately. In November of 2004, my nicely carpeted and finished basement – my dream room…that place I had spent many years dreaming of and yearning for, ‘flooded’. No, I [...]
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The Rules of the Men’s Room So true… (tags: YouTube funny)
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Gotta have it
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From LGF – Indian authorities in Kashmir have seized newspapers carrying the story of the Pope’s suggestion that Islam may encourage violence, fearing violence from Muslims.
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Filed under: Islam
Since I have an Irish background, I can post this and laugh at it. Non-Irish can’t laugh…you’ve been warned.
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Europe, and the West, has lost a treasure. MILAN (Reuters) – Oriana Fallaci, one of Italy’s best-known journalists and war correspondents who shocked the literary world with a vitriolic assault on Islam after the September 11 attacks on the United States, died on Friday aged 77. Fallaci died in her home town of Florence after [...]
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Filed under: Islam
Rosie O’Donnell doesn’t waste much time stirring things up. Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America. I can’t tell you how many times Chris Gidman has come at me with a machete over my lack of faith. In all seriousness, I’m going to give her a little slack [...]
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Filed under: Religion