In the Memphis Flyer, Chris Harrington writes about attempts to change the name of various parks named for the Confederacy. In it, he states: The parks issue is essentially a localized proxy war in a larger conflict over the past,… Continue Reading
As a lot of you know, American Airlines is merging with US Airways. Actually, it’s the latter that is more or less incorporating the former. More on that in a minute. Matthew Yglesias says that this means the end of… Continue Reading
As some of you may recall, little Lain has hip dysplasia, a condition where her leg sockets did not properly form. Because of this, she has to wear a harness to keep them in place so that they will form… Continue Reading
International: [I1] Fans of the movie Spaceballs will appreciate this. [I2] The residential property in the ten most expensive London boroughs is now worth as much as all the housing in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined…” [I3] According to… Continue Reading
[In the spirit of A Billion Rising, I decided to repost of an old item from Hit Coffee.] Delsie wasn’t my first girlfriend or my first… first, but she was my first many-other-things. She was something of a crystal-waver and… Continue Reading
My wife and I had our Valentine’s activities earlier this week as is our custom. Or so I thought. My wife, the darling that she is, bought me an immersion blender as a present and made the card depicted to… Continue Reading
Last year, for 2010, we sent in to the State of Arapaho our taxes and were due a refund of $314. We were late getting it in due to the federal government inexplicably doing a system update in October that… Continue Reading
Lain cries. A lot. Clancy and I debate whether or not there is colic involved. The threshold is something like three hours a day three or more days a week. Are you kidding me? Make it four hours five days… Continue Reading
2 whole leeks 4 cups chicken stock 6 oz. cream 4 red potatoes or 2 russet potatoes 2 slices thick-cut bacon, or 4 oz. diced ham 2 tbsp. butter thyme parsley chives unground peppercorns cayenne salt and pepper cooking twine… Continue Reading
[A] I link to this article of a fire in Chicago because you have to see the picture. It’s far out. [B] Farhad Manjoo is singing the same old tired song about the death of the PC. Bring able to… Continue Reading