Archive for May, 2008
Making a statement by breaking records!
This is what America is all about. While the whiny liberals screech their outrage over the lack of conversation about torture, these two young men are thumbing their nose at such defeatist attitudes and etching their names into the Book of Life. The pair sought to set a new world record Monday by shaking hands ...Read more.
Scouting a new place to live
A NASA spacecraft has touched down on the surface of Mars. I appreciate our government helping me find a place where I can establish my secret secluded compound. Site of the future party deck and cornhole playing area. Many thanks, Uncle Sam.
Before you die…
Years ago, I heard a quote that may have been attributed to Voltaire. Or maybe Herman Munster. The quote was, We buy books because we think we’re buying the time to read them. Of course, we’re not really buying that time. What life we do have is finite and getting shorter every minute. There’s a ...Read more.
On being a productive reader
Reading this article from Life Hack got me to thinking. I do incredible amounts of passive reading. The words are scanned, the meanings established, the drama or whatever is deciphered. But when I close a book, I’m moving on to the next one. Mayhaps, that makes me a scanner and not a reader but I ...Read more.
Neat place to store my books
If there is one thing that a bibliophile needs besides books, it’s a place to put them. Oh, and food & water but those can be acquired easily. Bookcases, bookshelves, floors, whatever you use, you need a place to put them. No book reader worth their Wordsworth would be caught dead without at least one ...Read more.
Shut it down
Next February marks the end of the analog television signal. What this means is that any TV that isn’t currently connected via satellite or cable, does not have a digital tuner or is attached to a digital converter will go to snow. In simple terms, if all you have are an old television and a ...Read more.
Coughing up friends… spitting out enemies
Huddled up here in the Bourbon Dugout with a nasty spate of bronchitis. In May. There have been more disgusting things to have passed out of my mouth: epithets, politically vapid bromides, regurgitated alcohol. None of them, however, hold a candle to the Infected Piece of Sputum. What I’ve been coughing up these last few ...Read more.
