#22 on the list: See’s Candy peanut brittle. The Wife gave me a box of it for the holiday. It’s thick, sweet, nutty, and utterly delicious. Resistance is futile. Moderation may be possible. Thank you, sweetie!
Perfection has been achieved at last. Nothing can stand between Detroit and the #1 draft pick now. Missed in all the coverage of the abysmal result for the Lions is the fact that Aaron Rodgers had a damn good game:… Continue Reading
Just a quick note for today — has anyone been watching the currency markets? Not very long ago, a dollar bought you .795 Euro. Today, it buys you .705 Euro. This has been more or less replicated across the globe.… Continue Reading
In February of this year, Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher, H.M. Royal Marines, was assigned with the rest of his unit to Afghanistan. While out on a raid on a Taliban compound, he felt a wire move against his leg and… Continue Reading
A candidate for the Republican National Committee circulated to his friends a CD of political parody songs, including one entitled “Barack The Magic Negro.” While noting that on more than one occasion, people on the left side of the aisle… Continue Reading
The answer to the question, as we now know, is “Fox, not Warner Brothers.” In a summary judgment ruling on the issue of who owns the distribution rights for the movie Watchmen, the U.S. District Court for the Central District… Continue Reading
The President pardoned some dude of white collar crime. Then, after the media pointed out that this dude’s relatives poured phat cash into the GOP machinery while the pardon application was pending, the President decided he didn’t like how that… Continue Reading
As a further evidence that torture is unnecessary to achieve our foreign policy goals — even the sub rosa gathering of intelligence about enemy movements — I refer you Readers to this piece in today’s WaPo. As it turns out,… Continue Reading
On this day, hundreds of years ago, a baby boy was born. His birth had been presaged by the passing of another great man, a great bringer of light to the world. But the people of the day scarcely noticed.… Continue Reading
Well, my dad did a feel-good post on his blog, and I felt inspired to match him. So when I stumbled across a story about whatever happened to Michael Vick’s fighting dogs, I knew I had the right thing to… Continue Reading