The Bookworm Beat 2-12-15 — the illustrated edition and open thread
Without further ado, but with many thanks to Caped Crusader:
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The Bookworm Beat 2-10-15 — the “Chicken Without A Head” edition and Open Thread
You’ll notice I have a different picture for today’s Bookworm Beat. I did something in the past few days that I’ve never done before — I forgot that my beloved cleaning ladies are coming today. Usually I remind everyone and we all start picking up the house so that the
Continue readingPublic sector union Open Thread
I just got back from a fascinating talk by Daniel DiSalvo, author of Government against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences. Both as a speaker and a writer, Daniel DiSalvo is a lucid, well-organized communicator who manages to take a somewhat opaque subject and make it very accessible. The
Continue readingI take it back — no blogging today
The wind is blowing so ferociously we’ve already had several pale brown-outs. I’m worried that, notwithstanding the surge protector, if I leave my computer on, something bad is going to happen. I can say with some certainty that, if the wind hadn’t already caused damage Friday night, it would be
Continue readingSunday Open Thread
Hey, guys and gals! We had a lovely storm come through Marin Friday night, which was quite enjoyable. It was less enjoyable to wake up Saturday morning and discover that it had inflicted no small amount of damage on my property. I spent yesterday dealing with the storm’s fallout, which
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 2-6-15 — the “Fearless Friday” edition and Open Thread
Obama’s adversarial relationship with Christianity What did we expect already from yesterday’s Prayer Breakfast? Obama long ago put the world on notice that he’s going full Bulworth (i.e., after six years in office, he intends, finally, to stop lying and speak the truth). While before Obama just let out peevish little
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 2-5-15 — The illustrated edition and Open Thread
I’m so sorry for the delay in posting an illustrated edition. Caped Crusader sent me a batch of posters a few days ago and I managed to miss that email, which understandably perplexed him and left all of you high and dry. With Caped Crusader’s help, though, I found the missing pictures
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 2-4-15 — The “Obama’s not sad” edition and Open Thread
It’s been pouring paying clients lately, which is a good thing but, as always, it cuts into my blogging time. I’ll skip the preliminaries and throw myself in the round-up. It’s a bad thing when our president is happy My Mom, in commenting on the state of the world today,
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 2-2-15 — A quick rundown before Monday really kicks in
The expression that “when it rains, it pours” has taken on a bit of significance in my life. As you know, after a hiatus from working, brought about in part by the recession hitting my clients and in part by the demands of an elderly parent and a household, I
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 1-31-15 — the mammoth Saturday edition
After a few days of what a doctor friend of mine calls the “crud” (it’s not the flu, thank goodness, but you still feel lousy), I’m finally starting to feel like myself again. More importantly, my energy is returning and with energy comes blogging. While I couldn’t rouse myself to
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 1-31-15 — the illustrated edition and Open Thread
Ever so slowly, I’m getting my mojo back. As I do, here are some pictures (with the usual boundless thanks to Caped Crusader): (And no, I’m not calling Hillary either a Nazi or saying she’s Hitler by printing the above illustration. It simply points out that whether you’re a smiley-faced
Continue readingSorry for the silence (and Open Thread)
I apologize for the silence today. It was a combination of little sleep, a filing deadline now that I’m working again, a business meeting, and just generally having the blechs (not a flu, just . . . the blechs). I meant to blog in the late afternoon, but when the dog
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 1-29-15 (Pacific Time) — the illustrated edition, Part II
I’m just wrapping up some legal work. Before I shut down my computer for the night, I wanted to share a few posters with you that I found on my own Facebook page:
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 1-29-15 — the illustrated edition and Open Thread
I’m working on some long posts but in the meantime….
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 1/28/15 — the illustrated edition and Open Thread
I am becoming terribly dependent on the unending supply of funny, clever, thoughtful, and often deeply profound posters that Caped Crusader is good enough to send me. Also, after looking at the first poster, it occurs to me I might want to read Frank Herbert’s Dune:
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