When I read the news this morning, I saw that President Obama had made the trip to Dover Air Force base to honor those who had fallen in the line of duty in Afghanistan. My initial reaction was this: Here is a noble gesture I can give the president credit for. But as I clicked [...]
I saw this video at an all-staff at work recently. Very cool. Share on Facebook
I was reading this Newsweek article the other day and was struck by a section in it about our president his proposals to build a smart power grid in the US. I found it a bit humorous that this president, who wants to bring government into the lives of our country’s citizens in unprecedented ways [...]
My wife gets visibly excited when I say “We’ve got Minnesota against Pittsburgh at 1:00 and Atlanta at Dallass at 4:15 tomorrow” Share on Facebook
I’m reading a book now called 2666 by the late Chilean author Roberto Bolano. I picked it up about a month ago. I’d gone to Borders looking for something to read and the cover art caught my eye. Clocking in at nearly a thousand pages, the book is divided into five parts, which Bolano wanted [...]
Unpaid bills….Afghanistan hills That’s a lyric from “Bombs Away”, by the Police. I haven’t heard that song in over twenty years. I thought of those words on the way to work today. Quite succintly describes the predicaments, both domestic and international, our president finds himself in. There’s been a lot of talk from the administration [...]
Over twenty years ago, Tipper Gore founded an organization called the Parents Music Resource Center and began a campaign to require advisory warnings on recordings containing sexually explicit and and violent lyrics. Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler made a comment thanking Tipper Gore, explaining that all he had to do was stick a couple curse words into [...]
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As the Eagles prepare to destroy Oakland this afternoon, I can’t help but think that this is the longest preseason in Eagles history. The Eagles started the season by demolishing Carolina. A late hit resulted in Donovan McNabb’s broken ribs. Share on Facebook
