Caroline Kennedy wants to replace Hillary Clinton as one of New York’s U.S. Senators. As near as I can tell, her qualifications for the office are: She is a United States citizen and over the age of 30 years She… Continue Reading
A lot of Californians drive at only one of two speeds. One is with the right foot pressing the accelerator all the way to the floor. The other is with the right foot pressing the brake all the way to… Continue Reading
I had to travel to Stinking Bakersfield again yesterday for work. This caused me a few moments of apprehension because much of the snow and ice in the Antelope Valley has not yet been cleared. Again, for those of you… Continue Reading
Via Trade Diversion, we can see that the twelve days of Christmas, which will be upon us in less than a week, are going to cost more this year than they really should, thanks to protectionist trade practices on the… Continue Reading
It’s official: $17.4 billion of TARP money will be “loaned” to General Motors and Chrysler over the next three months, with the hope that these troubled corporations will restructure their debts and pull Nosferatu off their necks negotiate new deals… Continue Reading
Nothing, and I mean nothing, about this is right. Burger King should not be in the business of selling men’s cologne. The seventies music is priceless. Cologne ought not to smell like meat. I don’t think. I mean, true, I’m… Continue Reading
Another contender for Outrage Of The Week is Barack Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. For a sample of this, check out Andrew Sullivan — who was about as infatuated wtih Obama as anyone… Continue Reading
In a previous post, I referenced a particular auction on questionably-legal but unquestionably-clever auction site Swoopo.com. The particular auction was for $1,000 cash. Well, it’s still running. Here’s what the auction looks like now:This is absolutely astonishing to me. The… Continue Reading
Historically, we get snow here in the desert about every three years. It snowed in the hills yesterday and the day before, but today it has penetrated to the floor of the valley and we’re in about three inches right… Continue Reading
As I first saw yesterday on The Wife’s favorite site, the usually-amusing cakewrecks.com, the Outrage Of The Week comes from Greenwich, New Jersey, where Heath and Deborah Campbell have had to fight to get a birthday cake made for their… Continue Reading