And one had hope that somewhere in North America, judges have the decency to protect children with the one weapon at their disposal: levying meaningful consequences for abuse and neglect.
Fat f* chance.
It’s Still A Mystery
I still have a hard time understanding why Bush’s support, especially among veterans, is so high. I can’t imagine any man admiring Bush as a role model, but many millions do.
3 Weekends to Labor Day
Labor Day is late this year, but it still feels like Summer is winding down. Soon it will be time for “the last corn, the last swim, the last blueberries.”
Too Good To Be True?
After many months of struggling with lousy hardware (I was running VS.NET on a PIII) and worse project management, my .NET colleague and I were liberated this week by our end-user customer and brought on board direct.
A Kiss is Just a Kiss?
So, at a recent campaign rally, the person (it sears my soul to write his name) who stole the Presidency plastered a wet one on the pate of folk hero Senator John McCain.
Oooh, payback’s gonna be a bitch for that unseemly bit of political theater.
Are we absolutely sure that Junior hasn’t started drinking again?
And Yet Another CD…
…. for the desert island backpack: Cape Verde’s “barefoot diva” Cesaria Evora/Caf
Prediction
Bin Laden or another major terrorist leader will be captured by the US or a “friendly” government, like Pakistan, and/or the terrorism response alert will be raised to orange (“high”) on one or more of the following dates:
October 1
October 6
October 9 and
October 14 of this year
Wanna know why? Continue reading…
Gardener’s Diary
Well, thanks to the dampening effect of the land mass known as Long Island, the vestiges of Hurricane Charlie pelted us with just a couple of brief periods of driving rain, thus sparing the garden from significant damage – but what a day for kites!
Olympics, Feh!
In starting this post, I’m reminded of the famous line spoken by the skunk Flower in the classic Disney film “Bambi”: If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
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