Month: May 2011

Allowme to string four disparate life experiences into what is, I hope, a single, coherent and salient point.1. Yesterday on Facebook, I announced that it was snowing right before June, which means, and I quote, “global warming can bite me.” Over 70 comments ensued, most of which followed a familiar pattern – global warming cap ... Read more

Thisis my last chance to write anything before the Rapture tomorrow, so I thought I’d better get cracking.My question re: this stupid prediction that May 21, 2011 is the appointed time for the Second Coming is right in line with Doonesbury’s. Check out below.Pretty explicit, no? The angels in heaven are, as Elder Neal ... Read more

MyEsteemed Colleague posted some of Gore Vidal's economic musings on Facebook, and I responded. I wasted so much time writing up my response that I thought it might be valuable to use it here, too. Here's what he said first:

Gore Vidal : "In actual fact, close to 90% of the disbursements of the federal

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Sothe movie Thor posits that these immortal aliens from Asgard visited Norway a little over a thousand years ago to wipe out the Frost Giants of Jodenheim. They were consequently viewed as gods by the ignorant mortals, thereby passing into the Norse legends we know today.But the film also claims that both Thor and Loki ... Read more

AFacebook friend asked me to produce Stallionic Axiom #3 as promised long ago with after the creation of Stallionic Axioms 1 and 2. I would be happy to do so if I could remember what it was. I’m actually remaining purposely and blissfully ignorant of partisan politics, and I’m quite enjoying it. That makes for ... Read more