Shoe Shopping
Women, as a rule, seem to enjoy shopping for shoes. The Wife certainly seems to like that, and she has quite a few shoes. I dislike shopping for shoes. Truth is, I dislike the necessity for shoes at all. Shoes… Continue Reading
Month: December 2007
Iconography Issue
Let’s say I were to project into the future a quintipolar world – one in which there were five primary centers of military and economic power (what we today call “superpowers”). Those powers would be the United States of America,… Continue Reading
The Nativity Scene Can Stay, Of Course, While We Figure Out What To Do Next
A follow-up on the Green Bay, Wisconsin nativity scene story from Sunday — last night, someone described as “a white male, 5-foot-10 to 6 feet tall, weighing between 150 and 170 pounds, and wearing a gray parka-type jacket and gray… Continue Reading
Hillary Not At Her Best
A question making the rounds on the internets: does this photograph make you more or less likely to vote for Hillary Clinton? The photographer captured her not looking anything close to her best; she looks older and her hair is… Continue Reading
Not Likely To Help Much
John McCain and Rudy Giuliani are pretty much tied for second place in the Republican primary for New Hampshire. Which is about the only place in the country that I see McCain’s newest endorsement possibly being a “plus” for him… Continue Reading
Cliff Notes Are Available In The Student Union Bookstore
Putting Soffit House To Good Use
Last Night, The Wife and I had another couple over for dinner. We haven’t entertained at all since we moved in, and it was high time to do so. Having friends over for a meal and meeting the two-bottle minimum… Continue Reading
Why Not Just Have The Display In Front Of Your Church Where It Belongs?
This year’s battleground in the War On Christmas: public displays of nativity scenes. For instance, in a small town in Connecticut, a town had a long tradition of having a Christian nativity scene on the town square (a public park).… Continue Reading
Vocabulary Builder
What do you call the 1,500th of something? A sesquimillenial. For instance, this is the sesquimillenial published post on this blog.
Candidate Analysis of Mike Huckabee
Biography Mike Huckabee will be 53 years old on the next Inauguration Day. Born in 1955 to a blue-collar family, Mike Huckabee married his wife when he was 18 years old, graduated magna cum laude in two and a half… Continue Reading