Category: Bits and Pieces

California has one of the worst, most over-regulated economies in America.  It’s pretty much bankrupt.  It’s had no budget for almost three months.  But the regulators — aka non-elected pin heads — are still not appeased.  They must destroy the state even further: California regulators have adopted the nation’s most

I wonder if this resonates with any of you.  It certainly did with me, although my high school was an academic high school, so there were people there who were smart enough that they managed to combine brains and popularity.  I was not that smart.

If you look for logic on the Left, you’re bound to be disappointed.

I woke up the other day and realized that I’m having a mid-life crisis.  I hadn’t recognized that before, because I’d always assumed that a mid-life crisis had to do with fear of death.  Someone I know, for example, had a mid-life crisis when he realized that his grandfather and

I’m driving in my car, I hear something unexpected, and I instantly make a voice recording.  So cool.  (Not the recording itself; just the fact that technology allows me to record in my car, download to my computer, upload to YouTube, and present to you.) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvXcEPqyLUc[/youtube]

In my brief round-up of wonderful lyrics yesterday, I forgot to include this perfect line from Irving Berlin’s “Ladies of the Chorus”:  “I was a farmer, potato embalmer….”  They don’t write like that anymore.  And that was from a guy whose formal education stopped when he was 13 years old.

Renee Ellmers is saying what others should be saying, but aren’t: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R4yTdsCktw[/youtube] If you’re in North Carolina, and you’re in Bob Etheridge’s district, you have a real alternative this November.

If you like old music as much as I do, you recognize my post caption as the “verse” from “Slow Boat to China,” on of my favorite songs.  It has such wonderful lyrics, written by Frank Loesser: I’d love to get you on a slow boat to China, all to

Andrew Breitbart demonstrates both, in spades: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWlqiv-YL7c[/youtube]

I recently read SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance, which, sadly, was not as good as the original book by the same authors. One thing that did stick with me, though, from this slightly silly, banal book, is the author’s claim that, in

Pat Sajak posts periodically at Ricochet.  I always look for his posts there because they’re not just right, they’re often very witty.  For example, check out his post regarding the fact that LA County managed to use $111 million stimulus dollars to save or create 55 jobs.  Even when he’s

Much as I adore blogging, it takes a lot of effort to write up posts all the time.  I also get ideas sometimes when I’m not near my computer, and would love to be able to go with the energy of that particular moment. The long and the short of

One of my favorite bloggers is AJ Strata, who blogs at the Strata-Sphere.  Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, he’s flickering in and out today.  Don’t give up, though, ’cause he’s working on it.  If you can’t get to him today, try again tomorrow.

Iowahawk is tweeting select passages from Meghan McCain’s new book.  It’s hysterical.  If you want a more substantive look at how dreadful McCain’s morals and thinking are, check this review out.