Nap Time?
Okay, so you just finished that big Thanksgiving dinner and the tryptophan in the turkey is making you sleepy, right? Well, these folks say that's a myth. […]
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Another Raccoon Pic
Here's another photo from the other night. The raccoons are, by the way, doing a good job of destroying that fence, knocking slats out of it. I'll have to do something about this one of these days. I have no idea where these fellows live most of the time. For a while, I thought they […]
Today's Political Thought
The other day, I linked to this article by Fred Kaplan. In it, he explains in some detail the proposal by Congressfellow John Murtha for U.S. troop redeployment in Iraq. It's kind of an interesting piece because a lot of people are arguing about Murtha's plan and Kaplan seems to be the only one who […]
Check This Out
The latest Osama video. (No, not really…) […]
Wednesday Raccoon Blogging
Look who I just found in my backyard. I was on my way to the drug store about forty minutes ago when I spotted at least three of these fine, furry folks ambling about the pool and checking the empty cat dish for crumbs. While I ran back in to get my camera, one fled […]
11/22/63
For a long time in this country, November 22 was marked by TV specials in which the news media congratulated itself on the job it did covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy. That tradition seems to have faded and except for ten and five year anniversaries, the date is largely ignored. If you'd like […]
Recommended Reading
Fred Kaplan parses John Murtha's proposal for U.S. forces to be "redeployed." Read it when you get a chance. I'm going to bed. […]
Ten-Hut!
Later today, BBC Radio is airing a new documentary on Phil Silvers. They had one on a few months ago which I mentioned here but this one is hosted by Michael Palin. It should be accessible on this page at some point. Somebody let me know if you find a better link. […]
Piano Man
Forgot to mention what Carolyn and I did Sunday evening. We went up to Royce Hall at UCLA to hear Ahmad Jamal make music for about ninety glorious minutes. Accompanied by the other two members of his trio — Idris Muhammad on drums, James Cammack on bass — he played and played and played, and […]
Today's Political Rant
I assume you all saw the other day when Representative Jean Schmidt (R-OH) slammed Representative John Murtha with a letter from a former serviceman saying "Cowards cut and run. Marines never do." I almost felt sorry for Ms. Schmidt. First, other Republicans pounced on her and made her retract her comments. She had to go […]
More Important Stuff
My TiVo keeps grabbing Three Stooges episodes from Spike TV, especially those that feature Shemp Howard or Joe Besser in the coveted post of Third Stooge. Every now and then, it'll get a Curly but it's mostly Shemp and Joe. (If you are woefully unfamiliar with the lineage of Stooge Membership, I covered it here.) […]
Trio, We Hardly Knew Ye…
As we predicted some time ago, the Trio cable channel is going out of business. Well, actually it's going to become a "Broadband only" channel which, these days, is almost the same thing. This happens at the end of the year, which is when Universal (which owns Trio) is launching Sleuth, a channel that will […]
Important Stuff
Two posts ago, I mentioned that Kevin Drum was my favorite political blogger. And nine posts ago, I mentioned that I didn't know who had started the Internet tradition of Friday Cat Blogging. Turns out 'twas Kevin Drum who, back in March of '03, started the weblog tradition of capping each week with a photo […]
Browser Beware
One of my little crusades is to have hotels simplify (and not try to make as much money off of) high-speed Internet access in your room. A fee of $9.95 for 24 hours of access seems to be becoming the norm but there are variations. A reader of this site who for some reason wishes […]
Recommended Reading
Tim Rutten in the L.A. Times discusses what's wrong with the way Bob Woodward's been practicing journalism lately. And my favorite political blogger, Kevin Drum, expands on what Rutten said. […]