2018 archive
Castles in the Sand, Part Four 0
More pictures from the Neptune Festival. (Part One. Part Two. Part Three. Part Five. Part Six.)
Heavy Metal 0
Mike looks at the latest from the Environmental Poisoning Agency and what it reveals about the hypocrisy of evangelical “Christians” (warning: language).
I had a coworker, a conscientious and good-hearted man, some years ago who became afflicted with mercury poisoning; it eventually ended his career and I lost touch with him. The cause was not fixed, but was believed to be defective dental fillings.
His decline was a horrible thing to witness.
Victims and Victimizers 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., shares his revolutionary strategy to avoid accusations of sexual misconduct. A nugget:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Let the gun do your bidding.
Hampton police say that bullet fatally struck another employee at the store on East Mellen Street around 2:40 p.m. Officers were called to the scene for a shooting complaint, and found the victim, a man, suffering from a single gunshot wound.
Castles in the Sand, Part Three 0
More pictures from the Neptune Festival. (Part One. Part Two. Part Four. Part Five. Part Six.)
Meditation, by Andrius Petkus and Dmitry Klimenko.
Shadows over the Land 0
As Shaun Mullen points out, the past casts long shadows.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues.
Maybe it was her antlers, or, then again, maybe this responsible gun owner just wasn’t paying attention.
Batty Banty Rooster
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Some are speculating (that, wistfully wishing) that, if the Kavanaugh nomination fails, a slightly more moderate candidate may be nominated. I think that’s–er–less than realistic.
I think Noz nails it (follow the link for the context):
Trump is all about winning, and, in his definition of winning, there is no such thing as “win-win.” The other side must lose for him to consider himself to have won.
QOTD 0
Rex Stout, in the voice of Archie Goodwin:
It’s amazing what lengths a man will go to for envy.
Stout, Rex, “Easter Parade” in And Four To Go (New York: Bantam, 1992), p. 74.
Arrested Developments 0
Shorter Joe Patrice: One thing is not like the other thing.