2013 archive
“Gay Police” 0
A person who stands against the haters.
Last week’s Commonwealth Court ruling ordering the county to stop issuing licenses won’t stop him, either, as long as the couples got their licenses legally.
“If a couple wants to go ahead and do it, I would as well,” Fetterman, 44, said after the ruling Thursday. “If the Health Department wants to send the gay police to come and get me, they’re more than welcome to do that.”
Speaking of the haters, a letter writer to my local rag pretty much summed it up.
Facebook Frolics 0
Using Facebook to find stolen bicycles.
I know that I would be most upset if my bike disappeared. Not just because it’s my bike, but because it came from the Urban Bike Project to which Second Son introduced me and because it’s old, like me, and still functions, like me.
But mostly because it’s fun to ride.
Light Bloggery 0
Somewhere to go, something to do.
A. P. Ticker’s Piggie of the Week 0
Warning: Grim.
The Face of Battle 0
The Face of Battle is a book that attempted to recreate for the reader the front-line soldier’s view of battle at Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme. It does not paint the pretty, romantic picture portrayed in your average movie or television show.
I have read it. You should too.
Here, Thom speaks of the face of battle. His words are directed to President Obama, as they were in the context of Syria, but they apply to everyone who casually advocates blowing stuff up (something, it should be noted, that President Obama does and did not do).
Waffle House (and Senate) 0
Dick Polman recounts the attempts of hawkish Republicans to avoid the least appearance of agreeing with President Obama on Syria. A nugget; many more examples at the link.
Obama couldn’t have said it better. Rubio was calling for active American engagement, and we all know what he meant. But that was in April. In September, he supports passive engagement, or maybe no engagement. He says he is “unconvinced that the use of force will work.
Honest to Pete, if President Obama announced the discovery of a cure for cancer, Republicans would be agin’ it because Democrats.
Addendum:
Via Raw Story
Susie Sampson’s Sister Gets Sexy 0
A lot of this is silly, but it starts with a verity:
A puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that somewhere someone is having fun.
The Secesh 0
I don’t know what this is supposed to mean.
But, whatever it is, it can’t be good.
Stray Thought 0
Every time I must pull (or, more commonly, find a cutting implement to remove) a seal from some simple household product, I damn the Tylenol killer anew.
Dustbiter 0
This community no longer has its bank. All gone.
Oh, dear. Whatever shall they do?
(Later, after watching the Phillies forget how to play baseball against the Nats)
And they are joined by another community, but perhaps the Second, Third, and Last (with apologies to Bugs Bunny) National Banks are still solvent.