Hometown Paper?
Only in Philly: Heh.
Year 2005
Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Skiver
Twenty-fourth in a series skiver (sky·ver) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n. 1. one who avoids tasks or work in general; a shirker. [see also sloper] 2. a splinter of wood embedded in the skin (also skelf). ~v. 3. skive (“Ah cannae…
GMail Offers For Everyone!
Apparently GMail recently upped its “invite a friend” quota to an unholy 50(!) per user, meaning that I now have 50 GMail invites burning a virtual hole in my virtual pocket. Leave a comment and your email address (soandso -at-…
Am I A One-Issue Voter?
To answer my own question: not quite, but I’m close. I am adamantly pro-life and proudly so – it heavily colors my views on contemporary politics, yet I still cling to a few other issues, chiefly tax policy, judicial restraint/strict…
Social Security And The “Roe Effect”
Regular readers of the Wall Street Journal’s online opinion site, OpinionJournal will be familiar with their weekdaily feature, Best of the Web, heretofore referred to as “BotW”. Those familiar with BotW will likely be familiar with BotW’s theory that an…
All Is Right In The World Once More
…for ‘El Wingador’ has regained his Wing Bowl crown, beating Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas. It’s just not right that a little woman can out-eat all those huge truckers.
Wanton Capitalist Semi-Plug Of The Day
Subtitle: Why I haven’t posted much until now (as interpreted through a commonly recognized/often imitated/well-nigh cliched television commercial concept). Owning a tape library that breaks down and eats a tape: $0. Spending all day with a service technician verifying that,…
Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Greet
Twenty-third in a series greet (gree·t) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~v. 1. to cry, weep. 2. gravel or grit. ~adv. 3. greetin’ (“Stope greetin’! It wisnae that sair.“) ~adj. 4. greetin’ face cry baby; one who is prone to tears or…
State Of The Union Reaction
I watched President Bush’s State of the Union address last night as well as the Democratic reaction and found the contrasts to be striking. Bush’s speech, while “laundry list”-ish at points, was sweeping and inspiring. As many other pundits have…
What A Guy
I caught Jackie Mason appearing on the Mark Levin show on 770 WABC (NYC) and he offered up a great turn of phrase: “[President Bush] is Winston Churchill in a cowboy suit”. I love it, although Jackie oversells the Prez’s…
