Doug

Doug

Husband & father with youngins; Presbyterian; Will devops for boardgames; Dadjoke Enthusiast; Longtime WordPress user; The failure mode of “clever” is...

In Remembrance: Pearl Harbor Day

It’s 50 degrees out and raining today, so you’ll have to forgive me for forgetting (at least until I was reminded by NPR this morning) that today marks the 63rd anniversary of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s surprise assault on Pearl…

The Wonders Of The Internet

The dancing white boy with a trombone has a name (Jonathan Arons) and a website. Then again, who doesn’t? Have a website, that is. I’m assuming everyone, except for possibly Prince-by-whatever-name/symbol-he’s-recently-chosen, has a name.

Three Hours Of Meetings

My brain is all mushy around the edges. Three straight hours of validating one’s corporate existance will do that to a person, I guess. Must. Have. Caffeine.

I Kan’t Spall Vrey Wlel

I generally pride myself on a good head for language and I consider myself rather adept at spelling. Why is it, then, that I did so atrociously on this seemingly simple BBC word quiz? Bloody Limeys. They think they’re sooooo…

Totten’s Tour Of Tripoli

Michael Totten has just returned from a trip to Lybia and has posted an intriguing set of pictures that he captured while there. I’m continually amazed at 1) how little I know about the rest of the world, 2) how…

Review Of The Baroque Cycle

Glenn Reynold’s review of Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle trilogy of novels is online. Go and read the whole thing, but in summation, Reynolds opines: One cannot help but feel, after reading the long passage in which the princess, Newton, and…

MoDo To Kettle: You Are Black

Maureen Dowd, with nary a bit of irony, spake thusly this past week: There are moments – when my brothers are sharing some snarky thing Rush Limbaugh said about me, or the latest bon mot from Pat Buchanan, with whom…