Category: Bits and Pieces

I could not resist posting this story, in honor of one of our great chroniclers, here in the lair of the Bookworm Oracle. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/361045/battle-tours-raymond-ibrahim

Yellowstone is one of the world’s greatest natural formations. The federal government didn’t create it. God and Nature did. The federal government doesn’t own it. The People do. The federal government’s only responsibility with regard to Yellowstone arises because it has been given the honor of acting as Yellowstone’s caretaker

I’ve been reading the news, but have nothing to add.  The President and his henchmen behave badly (“Nice little country you got here.  It’d be a shame if something bad happened to it”); the Republicans fulminate fruitlessly; the media spins ceaselessly; and sanity flies out the door. I’ll be back

It’s coming on for 11:30 p.m. here, and I’m still working away.  Had I slept until 8 this morning, that would be okay.  As it is, I’ve been working since 5:30, writing, doing legal work, and ferrying the kids, so I’m almost comatose with fatigue.   I’ll probably look at

My mouse is dying.  I have had two mice for roughly a year, having inherited them from a child who discovered that mice wiggle, squeak and nip.  I grew up with a multitude of (pet) rodents, so I happen to be very fond of small, fuzzy creatures.  When no one

Too tired to write coherently, so I won’t describe the comparison.  Just trust me that it’s good and check it out. Hat tip:  Earl

So sorry for the blog silence today. I’ve been working steadily since 5:30 this morning and have nothing to show for it. Every time I got started on one task, I got dragged away to another. I am tired and frustrated. Now, though, I’m on the ferry heading to San

Bookworm asked me to post an exchange I had with my Senator, Bill Nelson. I wrote an e-mail to Senator Nelson to express my opposition to bombing Syria.  Here is his response: Dear Mr. Underwood:      Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the situation in Syria.      I think everyone can

Embarrassing confession time here:  I’m having a completely unrequited love affair with an imaginary character in a well-written junk novel.  Whenever my day leaves me feeling a bit tired or emotionally battered (or when the news is depressing), I retreat to this book and read my favorite passages.  And no,

I don’t think I want to talk on the phone any more today.  I’ve already heard bad news today from two of my friends.  The first told me that his father had passed away.  This wasn’t surprising, because his father was old and had been ill, but lack of surprise

As you all have probably noticed by now, I’m a very verbal person.  If you hit me with the right words, I will buy into your argument or world view.  I don’t just mean this politically.  I apply it to my whole life.  My friend, Don Quixote once said to