A technical question
Ummm…can anyone recommend a good computer back-up alternative to Carbonite?
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One Million Breitbarts
If you’re a Facebook user, please consider “liking” OneMillionBreitbarts. Zombie explains why it matters that we’re all Breitbarts now. Also, Bill Whittle makes three points about Andrew’s death. The first two may or may not resonate with you (there’s been a little mild disagreement), but the third distills Andrew’s message
Continue readingThose Infolinks are here to stay
Those Infolinks that put blue highlights into all my posts brought in $50.00 for January. In the grand scheme of things (mortgage, food, gas, etc.), it’s not a significant amount. But in terms of the energy I pour into blogging, it’s a return that’s greater than a few pennies, and
Continue readingMy friends react to Andrew Breitbart’s death
The conservative blogosphere is awash (appropriately) in tributes to Andrew Breitbart. It is impossible to link to every post that touches upon his genius (and he was, in his way, a genius), or upon his family’s loss, or upon the larger loss to the conservative movement. I’ll confine myself, therefore,
Continue readingAndrew Breitbart, Theodor Herzl, and the dream that will not die
I’d like to tell you the story of a great man. In his youth, he was something of a dilettante. He attended the right schools, enjoyed life, and didn’t think much beyond the pleasures it could offer him. And then he found a cause. A glorious and important cause that
Continue readingAndrew Breitbart, RIP
I’m beyond stunned. Andrew Breitbart is . . . was one of the most vital, dynamic people I’ve ever met. He crackled with energy and enthusiasm. To learn that he is dead is almost unbelievable, in part because he was so young and in part because he lived with such
Continue readingLicking my wounds, and dreaming of other, simpler, times *UPDATED*
This weekend was not a good weekend for reasons that included, but were not limited to, my initial take on Act of Valor. I was right about the problem, but intemperate in my accusations. I’m old enough to know better. As you can imagine, I got some pushback, some of
Continue readingOnly in Marin will a community representative hasten to assure people that his community is lousy
Ross, a town in Marin County, is a great place. The houses are gorgeous (I’ve been to a billionaire’s house there once and it was magnificent), the schools are superb, and the people take good care of themselves: exercise, healthy diets, good medical care. In a pre-Obama era, these are
Continue readingIf all women have them, why are they rare?
I know I’m being picayune here, but I found this paragraph funny: For 60 years, doctors have believed women were born with all the eggs they’ll ever have. Now Harvard scientists are challenging that dogma, saying they’ve discovered the ovaries of young women harbor very rare stem cells capable of
Continue readingBlame it on Jane (Austen, that is)
A great deal of literature thrives on conflict. This is especially true for the romance genre. You really don’t have much of a book if the entire plot is “boy meets girl, boy gets girl.” To engage the reader, the plot has to be “boy meets girl” and then something
Continue readingOne of those days
Sorry for the long silence today, but this is the first time I’ve gotten near a computer since 11:00 this morning. It was a very complicated day today with regard to my mother and, while she’s fine, I’m tired. I’d like to write, but I don’t have the energy to
Continue readingFreaky Friday open thread
I had different plans for today, plans that included blogging. As it turns, my plans went wildly awry. I’m regrouping, but in the interim, I leave you with one short post to enjoy and one music video that charmed me because of it’s old-fashioned romanticism. Then, for the time being,
Continue readingI can’t figure out if I’m the sane one or the insane one here
My mother, who lives in a retirement home that, so far as I know, was built in the 1960s, tells me with great aplomb that her room was once occupied by WWII soldiers, and that one of her caregivers has been scolding her for daring to use an oxygen tank
Continue readingIt was a silly job, but someone had to attack Obama’s #TruthTeam
You all remember the fun conservatives had with #AttackWatch, when the Obama administration gave them the opportunity to flood the Twitter air waves with silly stuff. The Obama administration has opened itself up again to satire with its new Truth Team. Zombie has created the ultimate action cartoon. As is
Continue readingWhitney Houston, RIP
To me, listening to Whitney Houston was exactly the same as listening to cats howl or to fingernails running across a chalkboard. I couldn’t turn her music off fast enough. I also hated that she opened the door to a series of ululating, howling women, all of whom sounded like
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