Vegetarian, Teetotaler Feast
The Wife invited over a friend from work and his wife for dinner tonight. Cool! I’ve met them briefly at a social event for her work and they seem like they’ll be a lot of fun. Here’s the catch: they’re… Continue Reading
Month: November 2008
Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire
You may have to search a little bit for theaters showing this film, Readers, especially if you do not live in a big city. Your search will be well-rewarded; this is a wonderful story and a movie that will make… Continue Reading
A Few Things To Be Thankful For
To quote fellow conservative secularist Heather McDonald, “The problem for the nonbeliever is not that there is no one to thank for our good fortune but that there are more targets of gratitude than we can possibly acknowledge.” So rather… Continue Reading
Thanksgiving Football Update
It’s halftime in Tennessee-Detroit, and the score is 35-10. I think I’ll just check on the box score later (I’m playing LenDale White today; he’s already got two TD’s under his belt) because the Flaming Thumbtacks of Nashville have obviously… Continue Reading
Put The Turkey In The Picture
Donations to charity, either of money or of product, are down dramatically this year. There is no shortage of volunteers to work at charities offering Thanksgiving food to people who are in unfortunate circumstances, but the amount of food that… Continue Reading
Bond Songs
And here’s the results of the James Bond Theme Song poll: Song Artist Votes Live And Let Die Paul McCartney 6 Nobody Does It Better Carly Simon 5 For Your Eyes Only Sheena Easton 4 Goldfinger Shirley Bassey 3 Another… Continue Reading
Inerrancy and Consistency
One of the peculiarities about writing a blog is its immediacy. An interesting thought comes into my head, I develop it for a short time, and I publish it. Sometimes I take more time to research and develop the idea;… Continue Reading
Bailout Busts All Records
The corporate bailout is now the most expensive thing the Federal government has ever done. Indeed, it is more expensive than the New Deal, the Marshall Plan, the Louisiana Purchase, the Apollo Program (and indeed everything NASA has ever done),… Continue Reading
Change In Which I Can Believe
I’ve been suggesting for quite some time that Obama’s campaign promises were overpromises, that once reality reared its ugly head and he had to look at the problems facing the country, at home and abroad, right in the face, a… Continue Reading
Musta Been Prom Night In New Orleans
How on Earth could the Green Bay defense, blessed with one of the most explosive secondaries in the league, give up fifty-one points and four passing touchdowns? Rodgers’ performance is a mixed bag — he did throw for 248 yards,… Continue Reading