And living in the DC area…I had a rather interesting little confrontation on an elevator yesterday. It was raining all day and I knew I had to visit a number of buildings, so I had on boots, an old fashioned … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2011
This year is the 70th anniversary of the “Day that will live in Infamy”; and it surely has…You can go HERE and read/listen to the whole speech by President Roosevelt. The USS Arizona, not long after being hit by Japanese bombs. And today… … Continue reading
In addition to not knowing where he is, (hint: Kansas and Texas are NOT the same place). He’s at it again… Now it’s ATMs and teh Interwebz that are responsible for job losses…“Layoffs too often became permanent, not part of the … Continue reading
This one is gonna be a combo, a range report and a report on the inaugural Eastern Panhandle Blog shoot (hey, I didn’t come up with the name…)First, the blog shoot; Murphy over at Lagniappes Lair honcho’ed this one and … Continue reading
Mamaw, the matriarch of the Farm Family died this morning, finally losing her battle with cancer…She was, self proclaimed, a tough ol biddy; and maybe she wouldn’t have fit in too well in ‘polite’ company, but she didn’t give a rats … Continue reading
This one came in over the transom from another ‘old fart’… In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologized to her and explained, “We didn’t … Continue reading
And Filthydelphia just gets better and better… Ackerman, the fired (and bought off for $900K) former Schools Chief is now filing for unemployment… Read it and weep HERE! For my friends that live up there, all I can say is … Continue reading
This will be the lead article in the Navy Times for 5 Dec, and the KEY takeaway is this is BEFORE the additional $600B in cuts hit the military…Cuts in the numbers of ships, airplanes, submarines, personnel, etc. with more … Continue reading
In light of the latest set of scandals and the fact that once again it was admitted that college athletes are treated “differently” than the rest of us, a few quotes from those who were college athletes and went on … Continue reading
Fun times are over, so back to the salt mines tomorrow…And back on the diet (I swear they were trying to fatten me up for the slaughter), and I must have put on five pounds!BUT…It was a good four days, … Continue reading