Won’t Someone Think Of The Children?
Some days I’m downright ashamed to be a resident of the Philly area, particularly on days when our local news makes the national news. What am I on about? Well, ABC 6 “Action News” ran a promo for an 11…
Category Observations
Guns Don’t Kill People, DICK CHENEY Kills People
Oy. This can not end well: Vice President shoots, wounds hunting companion over the weekend. I can imagine The Daily Show, The Tonight Show, SNL, The Colbert Report, etc. having a field day with this story. For all you aspiring…
I Am No Longer 18 And Other Observations Prompted By Superbowl Sunday
In honor of the Superbowl, I was invited to play flag football yesterday afternoon by a few of the guys at my church. I answered with a hearty “Yes!” and grabbed my old football cleats, a pair of sturdy pants…
U.S. Military Draws One Step Closer To An Anime Future
Once again, Sci Fi proves invaluable in envisioning the future: FAST G1 – facial protection for the U.S. Armed Forces. Helghast, anyone?
Go Go Hometown Paper!
I canceled my subscription to the Philadelphia Inquirer a little over a year ago in the wake of a vile, anti-Semitic editorial cartoon by Tony Auth but recent events may cause me to rethink my cancelation. It seems as though…
Gobsmacking Idiocy Knows No Partisan Bounds
My homeward commute this evening featured a rare radio “treat”: partisan idiots on both sides of the political fence acting as ill-informed idiots. First up was NPR, which is hosting its semi-annual Beg-A-Thon. When I tuned in, an earnest producer…
Making A Serious Point Through Satire (Wait, Isn’t That The Definition?)
Frank J. over at IMAO makes a very trenchant observation about the current “Mohammed Cartoon” Saudi/Syria/Iran-organized riots kerfuffle by way of biting satire today: Christians Would Be Mocked Less by the Media If They Stopped Listening to Jesus. To wit:…
Klaatu! Verata! Necktie… Nectar… Nickel…
Well, it looks as if I can put a stop to my pursuit of a Grand Army of the Undead, as I finally brought Oracle to heel this morning. And all it took was 20 hours of research on Google,…
Tone-Deaf Back At The Old H.Q.
I routinely support our military in its endeavors, but I, too, must protest at their fleecing of Michael Yon. Memo to the Army: Yon was one of the best war correspondents of the past 4 years and brought a lot…
Corporate Wind Tunnels
I’ve been tied up in meetings all day, but I wanted to share an interesting effect that I’ve noticed in our building recently: corporate wind tunnels. Our building is laid out in several wings, each of which is served by…
