How was your day, Honey?

Another good use for computers

I'll take Famous Buffoons for $500, Alex

Arnold Schwarzenegger. Dan Qualye. George W. Bush.

What are Politicians for whom English is a Second Language?

I will make no reference to Dubya's ability to mangle the King's English

"Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't
mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny
iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the
rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed
it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey
lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe."
- Bisso's Weblog

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Over 15,000 men found themselves talking to the
Atlanta Humane Society about an 8-week old black
Labrador retriever.

Men are so easy.

When in Rome.....

It's been over 2000 years since the Romans set up sanitation, education, public order, irrigation, roads, fresh water systems, etc. Using 'shock and awe' tactics in Iraq - and subsequently failing to rebuild those infrastructure necessities - we've set Mesopotamia back 2000 years. No wonder they're unhappy with us.

My better half pointed out that the Romans did that with the intent of living there - whether in Rome itself, or in the far reaches out the Empire - for the long haul.

Since our Prez abhors nation-building, I have to assume that he jumped right to salting the fields because the plan was to stick around only 'til the oil ran out - or until Halliburton had milked the place for all Halliburton could get.

For those of you who would say that we must be patient, that these things take time.... I agree; too bad the patience didn't start back when the UN inspectors were not given patience and time to look for the WMDs. It's a bit disingenuous to hide behind the need for patience only when it suits one's agenda.patience

It warms you twice....

Living in the land of tall timber - and owning a healthy-sized chunk of the Great Northwet, complete with tall timber - it's just about a given that I'd heat the house with wood. Having done so for nearly 30 years, I have a good idea of what is involved in the process.

Given all of that, I'm here to tell you that Thoreau missed the mark. He said that firewood warms you twice: once when you cut it, and again when you burn it. Trust me on this - the chunk of wood warms you many more times:
when you cut it
when you load it into your cart
when you haul it
when you unload it from the cart
when you split it
when you stack it
and, of course, the best warming of all...
...when you burn it

Now let's have a reality check:
1. What he actually said was (and it's close to the above misquote):
"As my driver prophesied when I was plowing, they warmed me twice, once while I was splitting them, and again when they were on the fire".
2. He was quoting his "driver." I wonder what kind of wisdom he gleaned from his putter.