Month May 2005

Morons.

Peaceniks attempt to seize “nuclear football” from President’s hotel, demand location of Ace Tomato Company as well.

The Inexorable March Of Technology

This trend towards new-fangled “tagless” undershirts and boxers? Ah’m fer it, nae agin’ it. I mean, this is the 21st century, after all. Why should we modern men have to deal with itchy waist and neck bands? UPDATE: Those “dye…

Attention, Philadelphia-Area Broadcasters

It’s not “saMwiches”, nor is it “saNGwiches”, it’s bleedin’ “saNDwiches”. Because, you know, I’d hate for your advertisers to go on your airwaves, touting their wares, and have them make utter fools of themselves with their 3rd grade pronunciation of…

Anti-Blonde Bigotry

The trailer for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is out and it looks great. We’ll see how faithful to the book it stays, but the visual effects look incredible. One minor nitpick: why has yet another production crew…

The ‘Hogs Were Out Today

I’ve always had a keen interest in military aviation and so living near an air base has provided many a clapping-my-hands-in-glee-inside-my-head moments. Today provided just such an occasion. On our way back from church, my wife and I saw not…

Ay Kay Ay

Apparently, I am a Corporate Ninja. I slip unnoticed and unrecognized, flitting from meeting to meeting, from shadow to shadow. My identity is fluid – I move from alias to alias, identity to identity. I’m a regular Simon Templar. What…

A Mild Electoral Spanking

Looks like Limbaugh (and yours truly) were a bit quick in making judgements in re: yesterday’s UK elections. Blair’s New Labour party ended up retaining its majority, albeit a significantly reduced one. Blair’s successor is waiting in the wings and…

What A Flaming Jerk.

It seems as though the “gentleman” who recently discovered a fingertip in his frozen custard refused to give the tip back to its rightful owner. Had he done so, doctors could have reattached it. This chucklehead (one “Clarence Stowers”) decided…

Why We Must Win

The following photo has been making the rounds of milblogs and right-of-center blogs: Picture released by the U.S. Army Tuesday, May 3, 2005 shows a U.S. Army soldier comforting a child fatally wounded in a car bomb blast in Mosul,…

Google Mini Review

As previously promised, I hereby present a mini review of the Google Mini. Installation The Mini came in a box conspicuously plastered with “Google” on every conceivable surface, which caused several engineers’ heads to turn as I lugged the box…