Whaddya know? President Obama is talking up the economy. Based on a drop in the official unemployment rate to just below 10% (9.7%, to be exact), the president said today that “we are climbing out of the huge hole that we found ourselves in.” Of-course, one can’t miss the knock at the previous administration even [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2010I’ve been a pretty light Twitter user, all in all, but last night I decided to try “live tweeting” President Obama’s State of the Union speech, for the fun of it. And I figured I may as well recycle all of those stunning bon mots for this little piece on the subject today.
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(Warning: Contains spoilers for those who still believe in Santa Claus)
Bob Dylan’s album Christmas In The Heart struck me both strongly and delightfully upon the very first listen, and it continues to strike me that way after many further spins. However, rather than try to make a grand case here as to why others [...]
In Los Banos, California, last Saturday, a hunter waded into the water to retrieve his decoy ducks and almost found himself in Davy Jones’ Locker. (Well, alright: the bottom of a pond hardly qualifies as Davy Jones’ Locker, but I just love the expression and would like to see it return to common usage — [...]
Posted on February 3rd, 2010
An apt cartoon from Ben Lansing in this, the winter of our discontent.
(More at BenLansing.com)
Posted on February 8th, 2010
