So I’m in court the other day, doing not one, not two, but five evictions. I’m busy doing settlements and it takes me four hours to get four of them done. When I look up, and the last one is… Continue Reading
It’s such a shame to see reports that Heath Ledger died. Unknown and probably unknowable if it was a suicide or an accident, but it seems he overdosed on sleeping pills. Young, good-looking, the world at his feet. He had… Continue Reading
As expected, Fred Thompson has dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. He did it a day later than I thought he would. He never really seemed to be in the race,… Continue Reading
Something about this headline, and the story that follows it: “Gender or race: Black women voters face tough choices in S.C.“, strikes me as offensively patronizing. Can a voter in South Carolina pick between several available candidates based only on… Continue Reading
I spoke with my parents today, who have been travelling around Florida for the past couple of weeks. They have seen no political ads on television or heard any on the radio. TV is not much of a surprise; they’ve… Continue Reading
I heard a rumor yesterday that Fred Thompson was going to drop out of the race, after his disappointing showing in South Carolina. He has other things to do:
Senator Obama’s speech yesterday at Ebeneezer Church in Atlanta reads beautifully. In the hands of a skilled public speaker like him, it must have been moving to hear. Make no mistake, it is populism and it suggests some policies that… Continue Reading
The New York Football Giants simply made fewer mistakes. Their defense shut down the Green Bay Packers solidly; Green Bay got three (3) first downs in the second half of the game. Special teams were sloppy all around. New York… Continue Reading
With only fourteen hours left to vote (I opted to end voting just before the conference championships) two-thirds of NAPP Readers think that New England will pull it off and win the Super Bowl after their undefeated season. It’s pleasing… Continue Reading
A bigger night for Republicans than Democrats. The Democrats’ primary in South Carolina is next week. The early results appear to have John McCain winning South Carolina despite a strong showing among the evangelical voters there for Mike Huckabee. It… Continue Reading