Author Archives: Joel

“If you cross-examine a child of seven or eight on his day’s doings (specially when he wants to go to sleep) he will contradict himself very satisfactorily. If each contradiction be set down as a lie and retailed at breakfast, … Continue reading →

No, not mine for once. This is a portion of an e-mail I received during an internet argument several years ago. I swear I’m not making it up. I didn’t know what to say; this person’s perceptions were so completely … Continue reading →

…So I can kick him in the junk.

In other news, The Onion gives up its domain name. “Screw it,” said a manager who asked not to be named. “It’s no fun any more. We can’t even try to keep up.” # Since service monkeys may likely draw … Continue reading →

Gradualism is a patience-testing – and very annoying when you’re just trying to get something off your own back – but effective strategy. Offered for your consideration, on the continued normalization of armed adults, this shockingly even-handed article from MSNBC … Continue reading →

Commenter Thunder sent me a link, and asked “Is this your dog?” No. Though one of those others looks suspiciously familiar and will be questioned closely as to his whereabouts on the day in question. Also, I know just where … Continue reading →

And look! There’s a rifle, too!

Heh. He certainly doesn’t recognize it when it shows up on a Teleprompter, or he’d have choked on the words. When the cynics warned that Medicare would lead to a government takeover of our entire health care system, and it … Continue reading →

Yeah, that’d fix it! “I know many Americans are angry over this health care bill, and that Washington Democrats just aren’t listening,” Boehner said. “But, as I’ve said, violence and threats are unacceptable. That’s not the American way. We need … Continue reading →

I don’t care that you don’t like country. This has always had my vote for Textbook Example of How a Cover Version Should Be Done. You can like the original and the cover for entirely different reasons, and be right … Continue reading →

I’ve had a report from a regular reader that my blog – and no other – is crashing his copy of Firefox. By any chance, is anyone else having this problem?

A Pict Songby Rudyard Kipling Rome never looks where she treads.Always her heavy hooves fall,On our stomachs, our hearts or our heads;And Rome never heeds when we bawl.Her sentries pass on—that is all,And we gather behind them in hordes,And plot … Continue reading →

I’ve been kind of down lately. Having some physical problems that affect my mobility, stuck in the late-winter doldrums. And when I get depressed, my thoughts naturally turn to my hometown, Detroit. Since the demise of mayor-for-life Coleman Young, the … Continue reading →

The torrential rain turned to snow, turned back to rain, and slacked off just about the time I remembered I probably shouldn’t have left my favorite shirt hanging from the Gitmo fence while I was working in there yesterday. My … Continue reading →

Since ditching my geriatric Dell for a “new” laptop made in this century, with about ten times the everything of the old machine, and saying hail and farewell to Windoze for the surprisingly painless charms of Linux Mint, my ‘pooting … Continue reading →

…and get free stuff! Remember, children count too!

…at six o’clock in the morning than take care of my dogs. Ghost and Little Bear are in complete disgrace. I overslept a bit, didn’t get vaguely vertical till almost five. Let the boys out, expecting them to do their … Continue reading →

“Said the president to the nation, ‘Tonight, we answered the call of history.’ He neglected to mention that it was Stalin who placed the call.” – Anon

Well, that’s done. Get my prison cell ready, boys. I’ll be along presently.

Yes, I know I shouldn’t be obsessing about this. But otherwise I’m just waiting for a cistern to fill and laundry to dry, so it’s not out of my way. Over at Big Government is a pretty good analysis by … Continue reading →