Had an interesting ad hoc dinner last night with a few old friends, with folks in town for various and sundry reasons. I think it was probably the first time in 6-8 years all six of us were actually in … Continue reading
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I know I’m not a biggie in the blog world, but I do appreciate all my readers and commenters. I’d been wondering why things seemed to have ‘slowed’ a bit lately, but it wasn’t until I saw Peter’s blog post … Continue reading
The pun , or paronomasia , is a form of word play which exploits the ambiguity of a statement, allowing it to be understood in multiple ways for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the … Continue reading
WHY did GAO have to find this??? TSA let 25 illegal aliens attend a flight training school outside Boston, RUN by an illegal alien… The illegal-alien flight-school attendees included eight who had entered the country illegally and 17 who had … Continue reading
Thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of the theater shooting in Aurora, CO. But I can’t help but wonder about the ‘security’ provided to the theater. I think we will be hearing much more about this, and sadly … Continue reading
I find it truly interesting how ‘little’ coverage sequestration is getting… Either folks don’t realize what is going to happen, or they are ‘ignoring’ it and hoping it will go away! BUT, the dems are hard over to force sequestration … Continue reading
Yeah, YOU in the Audi convertible, yapping on your cell phone…It’s NOT a real good idea to decide to slam a U-turn in the middle of a busy 4 lane street without even bothering to look!And you are DAMN lucky … Continue reading
Tongue kinda, sorta in cheek… Please note that Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede from the Union . (Reference the Texas-American Annexation Treaty of 1848.) We Texans love y’all, but we’ll probably have to take … Continue reading
MSgt B posted HERE about his travels back in the day, and caused a (bad) trip down memory lane… This was in late 77 or early 78, and I was supposed to go up to Adak as a fill in … Continue reading
Those pesky little questions one often wonders about…Q: Why do men’s clothes have buttons on the right while women’s clothes have buttons on the left?A: When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Since … Continue reading