One week and three days until we're goin' to Savannah ( Read more... )

CNN - Gates to unveil plan to abandon 'don't ask, don't tell'

And... as you may have come to expect from me... I give you a pithy "West Wing" exchange to mark the occassion. (I'd embed the video,  but alas, I'm behind an IT bunker that blocks all video, so I can't get to it to embed it.)

If you haven't seen it, this is an exchange between a white ( Read more... )

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch:
Trooper's partner may not get benefits
http://tinyurl.com/yjr2nkl
What utter, utter, UTTER bullshit.

And let me just send out a great big FUCK YOU to commenter "stlmizzoutigers", who sez:
I appreciate the Trooper's service to the people of the great state of Missouri and am forever grateful for his sacrifices. However, ( Read more... )

ROEDER CONVICTED

(CNN) -- A Kansas jury deliberated just 40 minutes before convicting a man who said he killed to stop abortions.   'Guilty of first-degree murder' was the verdict.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/28/kansas.abortion.roeder.verdict/index.html?hpt=T1

(sound of jail door slamming shut)

You're not a martyr, sir.   You're just a deranged, ( Read more... )

Manslaughter defense ruled out in abortion slaying
 http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20100128/1c587aa9-4093-4c5c-8c5a-efbcd4e13c74

Score one for the good guys.   Now let's see a conviction.

I have some empathy for those who feel that abortion is wrong.  I disagree with them for reasons that I won't go into... but I understand and respect ( Read more... )

I've been run/walking after work each day for a couple weeks now, to enhance my diet and fitness goals.     I love to walk and hike, and I'm good at it, but my bod has never been happy about running.   That's just done a 180.  I hope it remains a permanent change.   Here's the deal...

Despite always wearing high-quality running shoes (in fact, I had ( Read more... )

Big, fat, fluffy, lazy flakes too.     *squeeeee ( Read more... )

From CNN:
Pernell Roberts, the actor who played the eldest Cartwright brother on NBC's "Bonanza," died at his Malibu, California, home Sunday at 81, his lawyer said. Roberts is also remembered as "Trapper John, M.D.," the main character in a medical drama that aired on CBS for seven years, ending in 1986.

Roberts, a native of Waycross, Georgia, ( Read more... )

Commence with the cutting of the stuff for the sparing of the people and so forth...

( ANDY v3.0 - Progress Report )

Last week?   Foggy, Foggy, Rainy, Misty, Foggy.

Forecast for the next week?  Cloudy, Cloudy, Rain, Rain, Mostly Cloudy, Snow.

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