I mowed the lawn today. It really needed it since the grass has grown quite long over the past several weeks. I wore short sleeves and cargo pants when I did it. I worked up a decent sweat, too. It’s… Continue Reading
I’ve been doing stuff, and not spending a lot of time blogging. While my in-laws were in town, I logged 800 miles on my car. This involved: Soffit House to LAX to pick up the in-laws LAX to Chinatown for… Continue Reading
The in-laws are out from Wisconsin to visit. Yesterday The Wife and I drove down to the airport to pick them up in the late morning. The Wife suggested we take them to Philippe for lunch, which seemed like a… Continue Reading
So now that he suddenly seems to have a real shot at making it to the Senate, people are asking, “Is Scott Brown a liberal Republican or a conservative one?” This political scientist at the University of Chicago has a… Continue Reading
It’s kind of a shame that when my in-laws come out next month, I won’t have the ability to take them out to the base. Driving out there today for work reminded me that the landscape is pretty extraordinary. Some… Continue Reading
A year ago, I made some predictions for what would happen in 2009. How’d I do? 1. The United States Federal deficit for calendar year 2009 will exceed $1.5 trillion. Check. 2. A human being will be cloned. Not Yet… Continue Reading
I. Background Karen Golinski is a staff attorney employed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, who works out of the Ninth Circuit’s headquarters office in San Francisco. In 2008, during the window of time in… Continue Reading
At lunch today, my friend pointed out that the proposed initiative to legalize and tax marijuana in California had recently announced that it has obtained half again as many signatures as needed to qualify for appearing on the ballot in… Continue Reading
Inspired by this post over at Hit Coffee, I should point out two things that are good about the two municipal governments that I have noticed recently. First, Soffit House is located on the very edge, but still within the municipal… Continue Reading
The Alliance Defense Fund took the California city of Merced to task for changing the name of its annual Christmas parade to the “Holiday” parade and then bowing to pressure from citizens to change the name back to the “Christmas”… Continue Reading