From the category archives:

current events

Snow accumulation.

February 7, 2010

For the second or third time, we have a “blizzard to end all blizzards!!” on the East coast.
I get a little tired hearing about the winter storms on the East coast, in which photos like this make the news. The main story isn’t the storm, really, but the fact that it’s happening in a more [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

I’m with Coco.

January 21, 2010

“I’m with Coco” poster seen in downtown Bismarck gift store on my walk home from work today.
Are you with Coco?

0 comments Read the full article →

Doomsday by the minute.

January 13, 2010
Thumbnail image for Doomsday by the minute.

Did you know that it is five minutes to midnight?
Not for long, mind you, since tomorrow, January 14, 2010, that changes.
I had read of the Doomsday clock years ago, and had, to my delight, forgotten it. While it makes for a great reference device in film and novel, the ridiculousness of a man-made clock that [...]

4 comments Read the full article →

Book burning.

January 5, 2010

I’m not much for banning books, but, in this case, I can support burning them:
Volunteers have reported that ‘a large number’ of elderly customers are snapping up hardbacks as cheap fuel for their fires and stoves.
[...]
Workers at one charity shop in Swansea, in south Wales, described how the most vulnerable shoppers were seeking out thick [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

Stricter screening.

December 25, 2009

It’s fun to go places.
It’s gotten more enjoyable these past years as the government has expanded its interests from liking long walks on the beach and pina coladas, delving into Uncle Sam’s Hell-On-Earth Travel Agency, which is exemplified in a sort of schizophrenic attempt to both bail out a troubled airline industry and make it [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

The unclassifiable Snuggie.

December 21, 2009

My friend gave me a Snuggie for Christmas, which is a blanket with arms, which is something I routinely have made fun of every time we’ve passed them in the store, which is why I was given such a thing.
According to the official web site, the Snuggie is a “pop culture phenomenon.” Mainly, though, it’s a [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

Vizzini has spoken.

December 2, 2009

After President Obama kicked Charlie Brown off the air last night, in hopes of talking up additional troops to Afghanistan, we topped off our Christmas decorating by watching “Elf.” At no point was the President’s speech ever on. Why?
Because Vizzini, the clever Sicilian from “The Princess Bride“, has already said what we need to know [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

Over Dakota searching.

November 2, 2009

The scene earlier today, from the air over western North Dakota, on a real CAP SAR.
“The Highway Patrol along with three civil air patrol planes are also searched from the air but were called off after dark.”
UPDATE: I’m sad to say that the three girls (and their dog) weren’t found alive. Just by taking a [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

The balloon canary.

October 21, 2009

The entire Balloon Boy incident — the live drama of which I missed because I was at work — is sort of like a canary* for the news networks.
A balloon filled with helium was really, for all intents and purposes, kept aloft with a lot of hot air.
These are not meteorological terms of which I [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Capitalism: The Movie.

October 17, 2009

I went to see Michael Moore’s latest film, “Capitalism: A Love Story.”
I confess to sneaking a few candy items into the theater, in my pocket. It seemed like a non-capitalist thing to do.
The film was typical Moore; entertaining, some good stuff, a lot of overly simplistic and artfully tweaked mistruths at times. Still, I enjoyed [...]

4 comments Read the full article →

← Previous Entries


eXTReMe Tracker