DougJ is back so I’ll be on my way. Thanks to Doug for kindly inviting me to sit in and to everyone for the hospitality and the conversations. I had way more fun here in the last couple of weeks than I probably deserve. Of course, this isn’t really goodbye for me. More of a …
Time waits for no one
Just found out a couple of days ago that my favorite aunt died. She was the quintessential eccentric artist. Her entire life was a performance piece. Her real name was Emily. She ran away from home at a fairly young age and changed her name to Stania. Because she thought that more exotic and better …
Why I’m still a semi-Luddite
I’m not against technology. Appreciate many of the benefits but I’ve never downloaded an app and I don’t sign up for the new greatest thing in sharing information because of cautionary tales like this: How Mat Honan was hacked — hard. Here’s what happened: At 4:50 PM, someone got into my iCloud account, reset the …
Let them eat their own damn cake
In case there was any doubt the Republican Party is run by fools who never matured past 13 years of age: The Republican National Committee (RNC) sent the Democratic National Committee (DNC) a birthday cake on Friday, The cake read “you didn’t bake this” over a picture of President Obama. Text written in icing reads, …
“I mean it is Vermont. No, nobody saw it happen”
This story is awful on so many levels. Let me clear. I don’t approve of vandalism and I’m sincerely grateful no one got hurt. But when I read this line, I couldn’t stop laughing. With their vehicles crushed, “We had nothing to pursue him with,” said Chief Deputy Philip Brooks. Reading the details did not …
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And we shall know him by his advisors
Maybe it’s just me, but I found this little noticed detail about Rmoney’s Magic Tax Plan amusing. This week the Romney campaign was knocked on its heels by a study which suggested that Romney’s tax plan would — in addition to giving a windfall to the wealthiest Americans — increase taxes on 95% of Americans. …
Wonder if that’s her real name
This is the most amusing thing I’ve seen all morning. “Adult” movie star Jenna Jameson endorsed Romney. “I’m very looking forward to a Republican being back in office,” Jameson said while sipping champagne in a VIP room at Gold Club in the city’s South of Market neighborhood. “When you’re rich, you want a Republican in …