2013 archive
The Secesh 1
“OilGunnia.”
These are folks who don’t realize that The Quick and the Dead was a movie.
A damned good movie, aside from being about 30 minutes too long, but still a movie.
Renaissance 0
When some are speculating that the Republican Party will go the way of the Whigs, who disappeared in the 1850s, the Whig Party is reborn:
“As neither a Republican nor Democrat, in a city with a reputation for electoral dishonesty, I am an honest broker in administering elections,” Bucholz said Wednesday in an email.
By the way, those who think the Republicans will follow the path of the Whigs are quite wrong.
They have already chosen to follow the path of the Know-Nothings.
QOTD 0
Michel de Montaigne:
Man is certainly crazy. He could not make a mite, and he makes gods by the dozen.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to persons in distress.
And if you want to know why she deserved such courtesy, note that she was a young Not White woman looking for help in a predominately white neighborhood.
Bag Ladies 2
Gina Barreca marvels at the phenomenon of the purse.
Men? Men carry a credit card and a twenty. If they need it, they buy it. Or they ask us for it.
After all, we’ll have it in our bag.
We carry extra eyeglasses, lip balm, Q-tips, Band-Aids, a half-empty water bottle, four pens (two of which work), 16 crumpled receipts, a tiny notebook, gum, mints, hand sanitizer, perfume sample (empty), tampon, aspirin, non-aspirin pain relievers, Tums, Imodium, matches (we don’t smoke, it’s for friends), a “fun size” Snickers, nail glue, an emery board, a compact 5X mirror (ironic, right?), tweezers, cell phone, Bluetooth, floss, AAA battery (which helps with nothing, ever), and three cute, striped paper clips too adorable to discard.
I’m guessing she’s never looked in a man’s briefcase (or, in the case of hipsters, backpack). I used to have a sewing kit, bandaids, and miscellaneous other sundries in mine, in addition to my lunch.
What wasn’t in there? Briefs.
Cooch Calls It 0
Heh.
Susie Sampson’s Sister’s Strange Santa 0
Santa? Really. It’s not even Veterans’ Day.
National College Asinine Association 0
The NCAA is not only corrupt, willing to sacrifice virtue, fair play, and players to ratings and revenue, it’s also stupid.
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source.
I’m on the agenda to talk about my new tablet.
What: Monthly TWUUG Meeting.
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room. See directions below. (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
When: 7:30 PM till whenever (usually 9:30ish) on Thursday, November 7.
Directions:
Lake Taylor Hospital
1309 Kempsville Road
Norfolk, Va. 23502 (Map)
Pre-Meeting Dinner at 6:00 PM (separate checks)
Uno Chicago Grill
Virginia Beach Blvd. & Military Highway (Janaf Shopping Center). (Map)
Theft of Services 0
Privatization or profiteering?
Facebook Frolics 0
The internet is a pub(l)ic place.
Warning: Language and extreme male idiocy.
“Junk Insurance,” Reprise 0
Bruce Maiman looks at the “Obamacare cancellation hype” and explains that those policies that are no longer allowabale: They are like that car from Smiling Joe: Nicely washed and waxed, with sawdust in the transmission and oatmeal in the radiator, but oh so loooooow a sticker price.
A nugget:
In truth, CBS News blew it, and many of us fell for it. Did no one even bother asking in what world a $54-a-month policy buys any kind of coverage in any form of insurance? Barrette’s policy, which can be examined online, doesn’t even cover the cost of a hospital admittance fee should she fall ill. When made aware of this by, of all people, Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren, Barrette admitted she really had no idea.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Childish politeness.
Upon further investigation, officers determined that the man had actually been shot by his child, age unknown, who attempted to enter his father’s truck by scaling up the driver’s side. The child accidentally grabbed hold of an unsecured and loaded shotgun, which discharged and struck his father in the back.
Little-known linguistic trivia: “Gun nut” is an anagram for “damn fool.”
Election Day 0
VOTE
Can’t hurt, might help.
The Secesh 0
Chris Honore summarizes the takeover of the Republican Party by the Secesh–the ultimate outcome of Richard Nixon’s odious southern strategy–and asks a question:
My answer is, “You’re damned right they will, because Obama.”
Follow the link for his answer.