• The Life of Riley

    String on a Stick

    This is an older video, I was just testing whether the YouTube embed code from their main site (resized to 480×385) works better here and on the iPhone than the plugin I’ve been using. It’s a string on a stick! Woo!

  • Dear Mom

    Dear Wally, Wish You Were Here

    Dear Wally (nobody ever called you Edward except your dad, and the Army), A lot has happened since 1968. Your two daughters have grown up, and you’re a name on a smoothly polished, black granite wall in Washington DC . They’ve both struggled a bit (maybe because you were taken away from them far too soon) but seem to be fine now. You’re a grandfather, can you believe it? Neither can I. In fact, you have an amazing step-daughter and a couple of cute step-grandkids; you know how the living always say “life goes on,” and it did. I never…

  • Connections - Hot Off The Presses

    What Next?

    It will be interesting to see what my nephew will have to say about his experiences when he gets back from his trip to Israel. He’s a history student currently, but I don’t know if he’s a student OF history; doubt if he’s made the connection that my online acquaintance Mad Priest did. BBC News – Deaths as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid ship More than 10 people have been killed after Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army says. Armed forces boarded the largest vessel overnight, clashing with some of…

  • Mini-Posts

    And So It Begins

    I volunteered to help out with a project, and now it appears the parameters have changed completely from what I thought I signed on for. Of course, just when I thought it was almost done…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Christ’s War: A Simple Choice

    Candidate Tim D’Annunzio, running for Congress in NC, is so far gone in religious mania that the local GOP is circulating docs from his divorce to show how much crazy he brings. His prayers were not answered, he’s in a runoff, we’ll need more popcorn. Christ’s War: A Simple Choice. Most of his blogposts consist of lengthy Bible quotes, but his beliefs tend toward the “watched too much Stargate while obsessively highlighting texts in the KJV” end of the spectrum. His political statements are quite possibly the most seriously disturbing views I’ve ever seen made public by a viable candidate.…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Shared Links May 24th

    www.bsnpta.org – Executive Dysfunction Overview Holy CRAP! Travel Warning on Kingston, Jamaica Winging It: Business travel managers cope with chaos of ‘the volcano’ | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/24/2010 Airlines add $10-$30 fees for peak travel days in summer – USATODAY.com Passengers temporarily locked out of airport concourses  | ajc.com

  • All Things Interesting - Politics, Schmolitics

    Matty Hair to Hairy Mat

    It’s harder than I thought to donate my recently-shorn hair to the charity that turns hair and pet fur clippings into oil-spill booms. They require that you sign up first, then wait to be sent an address for shipping. And they really discourage individuals from donating; they prefer bulk shipments from salons and groomers. Meanwhile their storage facilities are getting backed up near the Gulf, as BP didn’t want to accept the donated booms. The hell? So maybe they’ll send straight to the Louisiana Wetlands people? Welcome to Matter Of Trust.