Category: Open Threads

As always, I don’t have enough words to give Caped Crusader the big thank you he deserves:

My enforced computer deprivation ends tomorrow.  Today, have an open thread.  It’s free, on me!

Once again, Caped Crusader has tapped into the internet’s supply of astute images:

I’m still away from my computer, but you would not believe the posters Caped Crusader sent me. I’ll be doling them out in wonderful bunches for days.

I am not actually writing this post right now. I already wrote it yesterday. I’m going out of town for a few days and am 99.9999% certain that I won’t get a chance to post while I’m away. To forestall the horrors of a stagnant blog, I’ve lined up a

Pictures! Pictures! Who wants their red-hot pictures? I wanted pictures and Caped Crusader was good enough to provide them and I am so happy to share them with you.

Some might consider today an unlucky day, but I don’t.  Why?  Because I got these wonderful posters from Caped Crusader.  That makes this a fun, snarky, and educational day:

Without further ado, but with many thanks to Caped Crusader:

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

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

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