Category: Open Threads

I’ve been ruminating this weekend — not like a cow, I hasten to add, but like a person who’s struggling to deal with a true Black Swan election. Despite endless cogitation, I’m still confused. This illustrated edition hasn’t cleared things up for me, but it did entertain, amuse, and educate:

I’ve still got some wrap-up to do on the discovery project that’s been sucking away my soul.  In the meantime, this isn’t a gargantuan illustrated edition, but it’s a very good one (and, for those who care, has a large selection of great pro-Israel stuff):

Work and family meant no debate for me.  Anyway, I’m sick of a debate format that has candidates snarling like dogs at each other and at the moderators without actually providing useful information. In this post, I hope to provide some useful information. Foreign policy matters in this election.  Both Jonah

Somewhat to my surprise, I find myself doing legal work today — not for the profit, because taxes mean there is no profit, but to help clients who need my unique skill set. Meanwhile, posters!!! (Thanks to Caped Crusader and others who shared with me.)

I’m going to my quite delightful accountant tonight, so I finally buckled down and analyzed the tax-relevant Quicken data for last year. It was a painful and unpleasant process. No matter how careful I think I am entering data over the year, I always discover so many mistakes when it’s

I’ve been taking care of domestic tasks, and have about an hour more to go, after which I full plan to blog.  Until then, here’s an open thread.

Happy Birthday, President Washington!  Although much has changed since your time, we still have free speech, which I’m celebrating today with this illustrated round-up (and many thanks to Caped Crusader and Earl Aagaard for their contributions):

Sorry for the silence but, while I know there are a lot of happy people out there today after South Carolina, I am not one of them. Rather than wallow in unhappiness arising from something about which I can do nothing, I’ve opted to give myself a break from the news

I was going to apologize for a small round-up, only to realize that, thanks in large part to Caped Crusader, I have a wonderful collection of cartoons and political posters:

I’ve spent the day doing things that I ought to do — bills, light housekeeping, helping children with essays, errands for sick friends (that was a “want” to do, not just an “ought” to do) — so I’m feeling rather proud of myself.  All these “oughts,” though, have precluded blogging, and

Sorry for the endless silence today.  I was running around morning and midday, and my dog, with great guile and stealth, induced me to take an unanticipated nap this afternoon.  He and I have had a talk, but I don’t think he appreciates the magnitude of his sin. I’ll be

It’s so nice to have Caped Crusader back.  I found a few of these wonderful political cartoons and social commentaries on my own, but most are from him:

A busy morning and, something I didn’t realize until I looked at the clock, a busy afternoon, but I am working on a post now.  In the meantime, an open thread to get you through the wait.  😉

It was a long, long, long, long weekend and I’m still catching up.  I’ll have a window of time later this morning to write, and then perhaps some time in the afternoon again.  Until then, the best that I can offer is an open thread.  Certainly there’s a lot going