Category: Bits and Pieces

Those are words to strike a chill into ones heart.  Fortunately, it was a false alarm.  The mouse froze because the batteries were dead — but I did have to run out to get some new ones, since we were out of stock.  I still need to calm down from

Full plate of work that will keep me busy through 3:00 (my time).  This is therefore an open thread — which I consider a brilliant idea, since I’m bereft of ideas and I bet you’re not. UPDATE:  Just had to comment on the fact that our speaker is an incredible

I don’t know why (possibly a ghoulish streak in my personality), but I found this story about Europe’s “medicinal” cannibalism fascinating.  In a nutshell, in the years between the Romans and the modern era, Europeans were “scientifically” convinced that the life force of someone whose life was terminated early (usually

Tom Elia nails it.

In my house, bathmats are necessary fungus and mildew factories, in place to make sure that people don’t slip as a result of puddles created post-bath or shower.  Nguyen La Chanh, of Switzerland, has a different idea, and one that sounds really lovely.  If it can truly be made affordable,

It’s just turned Sunday, and I won’t be getting much blogging done during the daylight hours, so I thought I’d tip you off to some things I found fascinating, and that I hope you enjoy too.  In no particular order (with all deserving top billing) here are my suggestions: The

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First, read the Paragraph Farmer’s marvelous American Spectator essay about the way in which Obama, a lawyer and law professor, skillfully mangles the law to suit his political ideology. Second, read Eric Cantor’s fact-filled statement about his no-vote on the power grab laboring under the name of a “stimulus bill.”

The comment Lulu1 left here is too good to be buried.  It deserves a post all its own, and this is that post.  Herewith, Lulu’s wonderful investigative research: Through painstaking research I have managed to obtain a copy of Pres. Obama’s letter to Mahmoud. Dear Mr. Ahmadinijad, or may I

Ironically enough, on the same day that I’m doing heavy duty statute of limitations research, Barack Obama signed his first law, one that changes in nightmarish ways the statute of limitations governing suits that women and minorities can bring against their employers for claimed inequities in pay. This issue actually

My husband rented Generation Kill, an HBO production about the Iraq War based upon articles in Rolling Stones magazine.  I watched the first ten minutes and learned the following:  US Marines are exceptionally foul-mouthed (which I actually believe, ’cause they’re young and male).  They’re homophobes with subliminal homoerotic instincts.  They’re

A couple of days ago, Obama was on rabidly Islamist, anti-American, antisemitic Al-Arabiya television tacitly conceding that it’s all America’s fault.  (And if you’re asking what is all America’s fault, the answer is everything.)  Is it any surprise, therefore, that Ahmadinejad instantly demanded that America apologize for various unspecified “crimes”? 

Today, the mandatory to-do list (no flexibility) include[d]s:  getting my kids out of thehouse, legal work, getting my teeth cleaned, getting the house cleaned preparatory to the cleaning ladies’ arrival, picking my daughter up from school to get her to her carpool, bringing my son to his rehearsal, grocery shopping,