Heading to Cole High Command at an undisclosed location, so posting will be light today. On the upside, there will be plenty of photos of Jack Russell puppies in the near future. Also, been a while since we have had a pet pic, so here you go: See you all this evening.
Archives for December 2008
Speaking of Legacies
I just finished watching the TCU/Boise State Bowl game, which actually turned out to be much better than it looked like it was going to be at first, even considering you had to listen to Lou Holtz slur and suck on his dentures for three hours. At any rate, at some point they were babbling …
Give Him a Medal
I saw this on CNN yesterday, and forgot about it until someone mentioned it in the comments. Roland Martin deserves a damned medal for this response to the question as to whether Obama’s picks are diverse enough (it started specifically with a special report featuring Kim Gandy from NOW claiming there are not enough women): …
This Will Get Ugly
After the crazy outrage over Rick Warren, I fear this is going to have a predictable outcome: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is asking many of the Bush administration’s 250 Pentagon political appointees to remain on the job until the incoming Obama administration finds replacements — a move designed to prevent a leadership vacuum with …
Happy Festivus!
Off to run some errands, so this is as good a time as any for the Airing of Grievances. First, the history: Examples of airings of grievances can be found here and here. This is part of who you are. Stop crying and fight your father.
Fun With Numbers
This Nate Silver post eviscerating John Lott is pretty damned funny: This possibility appears not to have crossed Lott’s mind. Faced with two alternatives… 1. The Canvassing Board somehow determined that this was a Franken ballot; 2. The Star Tribune screwed up. …Lott took Occam’s Razor and cut himself with it, and concluded that the …
A Quick Reminder
Tomorrow is Festivus, so we will begin the day with an airing of grievances, and tomorrow afternoon we will engage in feats of strength. Since we can not wrestle the head of the household, maybe feats will require reading everything on the front page of the Corner or something. I am open for suggestions.