Category: Bits and Pieces

When the parental crowd at the soccer game goes anti-Palin, I tend to keep my mouth shut.  As I blogged yesterday, I can take on one person at a time, but I can’t take on a crowd. I did speak up, however, when someone gloated about the fact that Sarah

Today is bracketed by soccer, and my husband and my daughter are having a vocal exchange about the finer points of math.  Somehow I just don’t feel like blogging now. You can therefore consider this an open thread. I do want to remind you again, though, that I’ll be embarking

I have to get some deadline intensive paying work done this morning, so I’m writing this post both as notice of that fact and as an open thread for you all to leave your comments about last night’s debate. I live-blogged at American Thinker (and since I was using my

I finally figured out the two perfect sports metaphors (I hope) for this election.  First, the hubris of the famous Cal-Stanford game in 1982: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZCCAqoSwY[/youtube] Second, the women’s snowboard race in the last Olympics, during which Lindsey Jacobellis got cocky, performed an unnecessary jump, and lost the lead: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iThQ1po1JLU&feature=related[/youtube] Remember,

I’d heard about this for the past couple of days, but didn’t hear it until today: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyvqhdllXgU[/youtube]

I was going to write a fairly ordinary descriptive post about my evening attending a reception aboard the Bonhomme Richard.  (Which, by the way, was another splendid opportunity made available to me courtesy of my membership in the Navy League.)  However, the more I thought about the evening — and

Just a reminder that we’ve been here before: Ronald Reagan: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Barry Goldwater:  “A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all

Periodically, after having read all of your comments, I just have to say thank you.  I’m so blessed to have gathered here people who can argue passionately, but politely, who are knowledgeable, and who care deeply about what happens in America.  You are all also wonderfully good writers, so that

You know me:  Whenever I get a little worried about the presidential race, I retreat to my old videos.  If you’re not familiar with the Nicholas Brothers, start watching intently at about 2:20, when the action suddenly picks up: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLJL01VpvbE[/youtube]

Check this out and tell me if I shouldn’t take this logo for my own!

I’m not going to do anymore blogging today, but I wanted to direct your attention to three articles that I found enlightening.  In no particular order: 1.  Andrew Klavan’s 5 Myths About Those Tinseltown Liberals, an article that excoriates the hypocrisy of Hollywood. 2.  Michelle Malkin’s Crush the Obamedia Narrative

The news is depressing, so I retreat.  This, from the Two Ronnies, a British comedy team of the 70s and 80s, is completely ridiculous.  It’s entitled “Swedish made easy.”  Stick with it a few seconds, and you’ll catch on: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkWMcRlE1mQ[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONfJ7YSXE5w[/youtube]