Category: Bits and Pieces

There is so much wonderful stuff out there on the web, but I have to admit that I have a finite number of websites I routinely visit every morning.  Get up, brush teeth, read specific websites.  At those websites, the following piqued by interest: John Pitney gives many painful examples

You’ll understand my post title if you read Jake Tapper’s post title, here. (By the way, I recognize that the grammar in my post title is wrong.  I was striving for a colloquial tone.)

I had some DNS problems this morning and it resulted in Bookworm’s blog being offline. If you have any issues whatsoever please send me an e-mail: [email protected]. Kind Regards, Terry Trippany

There is a debate going on about the content of the “Your Life/Your Choices” book the VA prepared for vets.  It’s main goal is to encourage vets to draft living wills.  Some consider it a death book; some consider it a useful tool for helping people make end of life

Sadie referenced this song in a comment to this post and I had to share the whole thing with you: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD7sqGJ3NBg[/youtube]

Pity poor Frank Rich, former theater critic and current political opinion purveyor, since he’s very, very scared that Americans who hold beliefs different from his are daring to protest.  Than read Katherine Kersten, who reminds us of two things:  the Lefts’ former love for protest, as long as they were

I think I’m in love.

Randall Hoven caught a priceless moment of cognitive dissonance — or outright stupidity, if you want to be blunt — from an Ivy League educated fan of Obama-Keynesian spending.  I’m not going to quote here, because Hoven’s whole article deserves to be read in full.  But I just want you

I don’t have the time today to do a big scan of all the blogs on by blog roll — a list I take very seriously — but I did get to visit some, and I thought you’d find their posts interesting.  In no particular order, I’ll just list the

Early this year I blogged about the bizarre experience of running into four conservatives in Marin in the aisle of the local craft store.  Well, I did it again today, this time with four conservatives in the dojo parking lot.  I discovered through Facebook that one of my martial arts

From 1942’s Me And My Gal, Gene Kelly’s first movie after his huge success in Pal Joey, on Broadway: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOsCYEGHnME[/youtube] It’s so obvious watching it that Gene and Judy delighted in performing with each other.  Lovely music, lovely performers, lovely clip.

I guess it serves me right for going away and leaving you guys for a week, but, honest to God, I’m blogging my little heart out here and you’re not talking to me any more.  I miss you.  Send comments.  Please….

Go.  Enjoy.

If you’re sorry you voted for Obama, you can get anonymously voice your shame or sadness at the “Official I Am Sorry I Voted For Obama” website.  If you didn’t vote for Obama, you should still check out this priceless website.  It’s so nice when we’re not forced to say

I’d never heard of Schmidt before I saw this video (h/t Theo Spark), but I really like her style.  Wouldn’t you enjoy sitting down for a cup of tea and some cookies with this gal? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNCILi1odyw[/youtube]