I was just about to leave the house on Saturday to go to Boston to visit some family when the buzzer rang. I asked who it was, and there was a muffled response. I thought it was a delivery person and I'm expecting a delivery so I pushed the buzzer. I stood out in the hall and waited. A minute later an elderly black man who was blind in one eye ( Read more... )

Site of the day: http://www.vicefund.com/

Reuters headline: Mississippi man charged in 1964 killings of blacks

There are two ways to read that.

A fire in the master's house is set...

Thus we enter the last days of MLS. David Beckham comes to America to conquer the New World, but he'll end up bankrupting it instead. After the fan fare and sold out Home Depot appearances wears off a couple years from now, MLS will be stuck with a Los Angeles Galaxy bankrupt from it's $50 million obligation to Beckham.

One of the side effects of quitting my job is that I have to get a laptop. I am using my work laptop for everything, but I have to give that back, possibly next week. I'm stumped as to which one to get.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

Objects in mirror may appear closer than when they were farther.

Overheard at JFK

Guy: Excuse me... are you security? There's a bag over there unattended.
Security: I'm on my break.
Guy: So a bomb can't go off on your break?

Both Lautenberg and Menendez voted for the torture billI would rather throw away my vote than vote for that Menendez Bozo. I wonder if he would have voted for it if he hadn't had that scandal last week ( Read more... )