On a Lighter Note…
Wholly with the intention of making light of an increasingly threatening strain in the opposition’s demeanor, I offer the following for your chuckling amusement. The sad thing is that the picture isn’t doctored. The redeeming thing is that it’s thirteen years old. (Fortunately, the hairstyle simply wasn’t possible in Rhode Island’s Ocean State atmosphere.) (The…
Yes, politics, wonkery, ideology are part of the AR raison d’etre, but Peter Robinson lends some nice perspective: Opening my in box just now for the first time in some 30 hours, I found several emails asking if I’d like to comment on Barack Obama’s speech this afternoon. I missed it. When the senator rose…
Over at Not For Nothing, Ian Donnis raises the critical question of youngsters – real young youngsters – at the ball park. In the course of a recent discussion of Pink Hats (male and female), some of the hosts on WEEI vented about what they called an excess of babies and toddlers during games at…
Time to clean out the “To do” link “attic” I keep handy. So, before they vanish into the ether, here are some that may be interesting to others. Part I: Politics and Economy Obama, Shaman by Michael Knox Beran: Obama-mania is bound in the end to disappoint. Not only does it teach us to despise…
Semi-retired columnist Dave Barry attended the Miami Dolphins’ annual charity golf tournament a couple of weeks ago and files a report of sorts on the Dolphins, who apparently did not do so well last season. I decided to go scout the Miami Dolphins on Monday, to see how they look this year. This is important,…
I have to admit a passing addiction to a Flash game called Swinging Ball. Simple, and yet somehow intriguing. Rolling and swinging a simple line-drawing ball around puzzles brings to mind the importance of mechanics. The images could have been anything, really — Spider-man would have been one obvious trapping. I know nothing about game…
Rhode Island beaches open this weekend. In a couple of cartoons from last year, Charlie Hall reminds us to get our beach passes and warns us about beach … perils. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~…
Since it looks like the red light cameras are a go again, I wonder if some local entrepreneurial band will take a cue from Britain’s The Get Out Clause and turn nanny-statism to their advantage: Unable to afford a proper camera crew and equipment, The Get Out Clause, an unsigned band from [Manchester, England], decided…
… or, more specifically, what’s-his-name’s column, about which in recent months has been vocalized much disapproval from several quarters. It appears that Charlie Hall would not disagree.
