On a Lighter Note…
Courtesy Oceanstate Follies * Masterfully coined by NBC10’s Bill Rappleye; all rights reserved.
“All levels lose their accuracy, so buy the cheapest ones you can find.” That was among the first bits of tool advice that I received when I started in the trade. In the years since, I’ve found that carpenters tend to develop what might properly be called a philosophy of tools. Like other philosophies, the…
Fred Thompson today: If she weren’t in politics, a LOT of people would be in business.
The wife’s at a work-related function. The kids are abed. In a moment of weakness, on the way home, today, I splurged on an autumn sampler of Sam Adams beer. So, let me tell you what’s really got me excited: My newest tool. In an uncharacteristic stroke of good luck, I won the flashiest of…
Courtesy the Wall Street Journal. Let’s say you love the Earth. You see an article in a magazine about a guy who built a “green” house using mostly twigs, pinecones and abandoned bird nests. You want to build a green home, too. So you find an architect, show him the magazine and say, “Give me…
Via Breitbart. Taiwanese TV seems to really enjoy making these anime shorts based on political and cultural issues in the USA. Here is their latest offering.
Today, it’s brains, tomorrow pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains. – Jane Lane The following is highlighted as a probably mostly unneeded (for A.R. readers) public service message regarding the health hazards of a pierced tongue. People with tongue piercings risk developing gaps between their front teeth as a result of playing with…
And then there are those wholly voluntary, real-life incidents more valuable to the opposition than a million dollars in negative ads. If only the congressman had shown one tenth the passion and resistance for the loss of billions of our dollars via Fannie and Freddie that he demonstrated for a single one of his own…
Courtesy Ocean State Follies
For the second time in a month, suspicion of cannibis possession has caused Miss Hilton to be detained abroad. Unlike last month in South Africa (ahem, unless the substance and the attendant culpability were quickly and conveniently shifted away from the dilettante … er, debutante as the South African gendarmerie approached), however, this incident turned…