Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) appears to be incapable of trusting the ability of our military forces and law enforcement agencies to prevent terrorists from threatening the state he represents. Obviously, I'm irritated with the man's posturing in regards to where the terrorist suspects should face trial. It's just as silly that the ( Read more... )

It sometimes seems they have it out for us but I do understand the underlying human perceptions of significance. Be that as it may, it's not normal to hear the words "hurricane force winds" and "Wisconsin" in the same sentence. We even heard the weather radio give the "100 mph winds" announcement (or rather, that's what I assume it would have ( Read more... )

K and I celebrated twenty-nine years of life together. We've had some rough spots and we've had some good times. A relationship is not a passive piece of furniture but a dynamic entity. It needs constant care to survive. We're looking forward to sharing more of that job of caring for ourselves.

In a book I'm reading, the authors make the case that the invention of farming and urban civilization was a step backwards in terms of health and lifestyle for humanity. They list tooth decay, TB, bone inflammations, grueling work hours (double to triple that of hunter-gatherer societies) at back-breaking labor (as attested to by bone deformations ( Read more... )

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Towel Day!

This year's competition had quite the field. There were about twenty entries, varying from cookies to pies to cheesecakes to full cakes. It was visually, as well as gastronomically, overwhelming. I would not have liked to have been a judge ( Read more... )

I believe that we need to work on adding a second language to the street signs used for alerting drivers in regards to proper courses of action for good traffic control. This insight was prompted by witnessing a driver of a car attempt to go the wrong way up against traffic flow and the friendly directions being given by two construction workers, ( Read more... )

Our 95 y.o. neighbor died this week. He was part of the family that owned the land that was subdivided to make up the lots that became our neighborhood. He was the last of the old guard that had been in the area since it was founded. He and his twin brother (died last millennium) used to tell us about the first time they saw a plane fly over the ( Read more... )

But in a good way. My rpg buddies and I went and watched "Your Highness". We all were wiping tears from the corners of our eyes as we left. It's raunchy, foul-mouthed, bad punned, strained dialogue, ... it has a host of things that are usually seen in movies that try to patch them together and fail, but this time, it stayed up. The bit (as best ( Read more... )

brain; thick, cold oatmeal
eyes; steamy pissholes in snow
up way too early