The Bookworm Beat (10/14/14) — The Illustrated Edition, and Open Thread
Yes, it’s another round of awesome images, courtesy of Caped Crusader.
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The Bookworm Beat (10/14/14) — Quotable quotes edition (and Open Thread)
Still catching up from the devastation that yesterday wrought on my schedule. However, I had the chance to read a few good things: Ken Braun: The real unemployment is much higher and most Americans know it: Regardless of reasons, the net effect of a steadily rising adult population and sharply
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat (10/10/14) — Hanging on by a thread edition, and Open Thread
Reading the news lately is not conducive to good mental health. Obama has become a one man Murphy’s Law: on his watch, anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. We are watching a train wreck in real-time. It’s as if someone back in the 1950s came out with a
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat (10/10/14) — Mid-Morning Illustrated Edition, and Open Thread
I have been busy this morning. I made breakfast and got three teens off to school, cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the mouse cage, washed and folded two loads of laundry, figured out parking for the USS America commissioning ceremony tomorrow morning, and talked to my mother. I’m now working on
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat (10/9/14) — The Illustrated Edition
Usually, my illustrated editions are also Open Threads. This time, however, I can’t make that offer because my site’s comments have temporarily vanished. They still exist somewhere, but they’re just not on the blog itself. Don’t despair, though. My wonderful webmaster will fix this. Until then, please enjoy this marvelous
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat (10/06/14) — The blah blah blah hmmm hmmm hmmm edition
I was trying to think about posting today, and instead thought of two songs that really sum up how I feel about the news. After you listen to a little of each (or all of both, if you like), you’ll understand my post, which is that it’s all blah blah
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat (10/6/14) — another illustrated edition and Open Thread
“Book-Mom, I just got a call that I have to go to a new job training session today, and I won’t have time to change after school. Can you bring me my good pants?” “Book-Mom, I forgot to bring the check to sign up for the PSAT and today’s the
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat (10/5/15) — Illustrated edition
Thanks to Caped Crusader and Sadie for these wonderful political posters:
Continue readingSoccer mom Open Thread
I could have written this morning . . . but I was just too tired. That and doing the laundry, cleaning the kitchen, making breakfast . . . and being tired. I’m headed out for soccer Mom duty, with a hundred mile round trip . . . which isn’t bad
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat (10/3/14) — End of the week roundup and Open Thread
Ebola in America is a failure of Big Government Yesterday I pointed out that, in all times and all places, protecting a population from epidemic disease is one of government’s core functions. (It’s irrelevant that these efforts often failed; government was still expected to make them.) Obama is failing that
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat (10/2/14) — World’s speediest writing and illustrated edition
I did something wonderful today: I met Earl Aagaard and his wife, Gail. They had been visiting friends and managed to swing through Marin on their way back home. As is always the case when I finally meet someone with whom I’ve been corresponding for years, the simpatico feeling is
Continue readingMy crazy life Open Thread
I had a peaceful day planned, one that included a lot of blogging. Then real life intruded. Things started off well enough when I got a lovely hair cut, which is always a happy experience in my day. Then, my Mom asked me to take her to a doctor we
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat (9/30/14) — Illustrated edition, and Open Thread
Blogging is a challenge today, because the high-speed internet for the whole neighborhood has a problem. Comcast is working on the problem, and believes it will fix everything by 6 p.m. For now, though, the internet comes and goes quite randomly, so I’ll try to squeeze in something quick while
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat (9/29/14) — The unpacked portmanteau edition, and Open Thread
I’ve got a lot of open tabs with all sorts of random, but useful and interesting, information. Here goes…. Whither Eric Holder? The Watcher’s Council has a new forum up, this one examining Eric Holder’s resignation and his future plans. I don’t think I’m giving too much away if I
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat (9/29/14) — the Illustrated edition, plus a lighthearted video
As always, my thanks to Caped Crusader for all of the wonderful posters above. Also, I’ve got one from Sadie. My only complaint about this cartoon is that it’s unfair to Granny Clampett: Lastly, a video showing what happens when you ask Texas A&M students to dance for five seconds, without
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