Monthly Archives: December 2005

If so, then this fake graffiti is meant for me. Actually, it is funny; I saw some posters posted (over the windows of a vacant office building near my work) and asked my colleague “Tess, do you think those are graffiti or ads?” … Tess didn’t really seem to care either way, while I was [...]

Here is an excellent column that pinpoints one of the major problems I have with the eternal and all-consuming War on Terra� but have never personally been able to say so succinctly: Is that America’s highest goal — preventing another terrorist attack? Are there no principles of law and liberty more important than this? Who [...]

stolen from Think Progress: Last night in an interview with Wolf Blitzer, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the president�s decision to authorize a warrantless domestic spying program: The President spoke to this earlier and the Attorney General, who is, after all, the highest legal authority in the country, has spoken to this. As any [...]

Now Senor Estupid is insisting that we should just trust him. Sure, he’s made mistakes but they were the wrong mistakes, so that means they were right. Just let him do a little snooping on the “defeatists” & that’ll make everything all right. This story lead was, of course, buried in today’s UT. They had [...]

In typical twisty logic, the man says… My intelligence was wrong – but I was still right! The man can’t do nothing wrong apparently. Mebbe he’ll walk on water next.

Man! How can you not love Ms. Rice? She is a true patriot and, uhh, oh wait – RICE: But the real point is that these accidental torture missions are vital to the war on terror. Remember that these aren’t just prisoners. These are known Muslims with names very similar to suspected associates of other [...]

this market is a killah! bout eighteen months ago mom, dads & i were driving around and noticed an real estate ‘open house’ in the vicinity and dropped in. they’d taken a typical 2bd/1ba bungalow on a medium lot, poured a shite-load of remodeling money including upgrades and a 1bd/1ba addition and were asking 975,000 [...]

R.I.P. Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams

1 large butternut squash 1 large yukon gold potato 8 cloves garlic 8 cups vegetable broth garlic & herb seasoning Peel the butternut squash, clean it of seeds, and cut into cubes (the squash can be prepared the night before). Place in glass i.e. Pyrex or ceramic dish. Season with garlic & herb seasoning or [...]

This article by Jane Gault has some simple, no-nonsense advice on negotiating the treacherous waters of fiscal responsibility. This list is free of the torrent of words in which many financial advisors hide their best advice. This started an interesting dialogue between Wade & I and I thought, Rick, that with your new found flushness [...]

Listening to Jazz88 & they’ve got a lot of jazzy (no doy!) instrumentals going on, most with an x-mas theme. Feeling pretty okay, tho i’ve been sorta lo lately. That alsways seems to happen this time of year. There are about 45 days round the winter solstice where i am likely to be feeling “the [...]