First Looks category archive

I’ve been to New Orleans.

It was quite a while ago.

We had a good time, but, even after all these years, I pretty much agree with this.

What the Booman said.

Not a nice thought to wake up to, but, well, there it is.

Well, golly gosh gee, Batman.

Will Bunch has a book. Buy it. Here.

Without, I’m sure, intending to do so, because that was not the point of her post, Karen has described what freedom of thought and freedom of religion are all about:

I applaud a person who believes in something so strongly they live their lives by it. I don’t approve of a person who believes so strongly, thinking their beliefs are also applicable to someone who doesn’t have the same beliefs. That’s wrong.

Well said, Karen.

VA:

Far too often, military veterans find themselves desperately short of the information they need as they make the torturous quest for benefits within one of this country’s most daunting bureaucracies, the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Officials say help is on the way, but administrators are forever promising to streamline procedures for an era of conquered paperwork that never seems to come. That is why it is heartening to see that one promising form of help has indeed arrived: a 599-page guide to veterans’ issues, from educational help to vocational rehabilitation, from housing to citizenship.

H/T Karen for the link.

Over at the Booman Tribune.

I have often asked myself the same question.

What Duncan said.

My friend Chris has made some pens for my son, Lt. Frank’s son, 82nd Airborne, USA, and his wife.

He made them out of a whippletree from Pine View Farm. He shipped them last week.

See the pen-making process here.

Chris is a true craftsman and a good guy.

Despite what all those other people say.

The gift that keeps on giving.

(Kelly Hagelauer) is also considering – except this might be excessive – giving him (her husband) “Yes, dear” coupons. During a disagreement, he can hand her one and she must say, “Yes, dear.”

Daniel Rubin discusses the issue, including the team’s position, here.

I still haven’t watched a football game all season, and, when I do, it won’t be the Eagles.

Addendum:

Brendan comments here.

Talk liberally, socialize liberally, think liberally, act liberally.

Tuesday, Triumph Brewing Company, Chestnut between Letitia and 2nd, Philadelphia, Pa., 6 p.

Apparently, his parents are teaching him how to do laundry.

Via ROR.

A Christmas tradition in these parts:

Though in the past he has come in the evening.

And it’s a corker.

Not mine. John Cole’s.

R. I. P. Bettie Page, 1923-2008.

Mithras has an appreciation.

(Warning: If you are so warped as to think there is something inherently smutty about naked women, don’t go there.

If you appreciate beauty, go there without qualm.)

Pay close attention to the part along about the middle about picking and choosing. That’s what tipped me over to the side posting this. Then I had to spend 15 minutes tinkering with the embed code to get it to fit my column:

H/T Alison for the link.

. . . for the Dukies.