by Son@Night Goodness, it’s a posting extravaganza around here! Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that? In these times of Democratic Party/lobotomized monkey control of government, it’s easy to get a bit cranky. But shooting monkeys, lobotomized or otherwise, is illegal and morally wrong. And so I’m thankful for positive, fact-based, friendly explanations [...]
by Sly the family rat Things can fall apart so quickly. The Vikings went from the verge of the Super Bowl one year to the deflation of the Metrodome being the highlight of their next season. The Byzantine emperor Justinian painstakingly reasserted the territorial sovereignty of the Roman Empire only for it to slip away [...]
by the Night Writer It was 25 years ago today when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on live TV shortly after take-off, killing the seven astronauts (including a civilian schoolteacher who was part of the mission) while the nation watched in horror. I was at work that day and I don’t recall how we first [...]
by Son@Night Patience was complaining the other day that she’s been carrying the load around here. She may be my adversary, but she’s probably right on that one. So as a nod to the good ol’ days (Was it Bogus Doug who always did these things?), here’s a little quiz. Your true political self: You [...]
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by Sly the Family Rat What we’ve learned in the past 48 hours: everybody forgets about Sly the family rat when guests come. What is so endearing about a big, hairless rat anyway? Sniff. I am a sad rat. bookmark to:
by the Night Writer Some folks are getting upset that “stimulus” money for road construction projects is also being used to post signs alongside the project that say “Funded By: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Barack Obama, President.” It’s a common enough political play (many a governor has done something similar within his/her state). The [...]
by the Night Writer Here’s an excerpt from a poem I wrote several years ago. I wrote it after my final visit to see my grandfather while he was stll alive, but this section is appropriate for the waiting we’re doing today. The poem is called, “Just Waiting.” And now, just waiting, back at home [...]
by the Night Writer Tiger Lilly has been studying for her Western Civ test and plowing through the various philosophers and their philosophies. A great way to learn things, of course, is to make up rhymes or songs of the key details as a memory aid, so I thoughtfully provided the following for her: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE7Fe1cGLPk [...]
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