Thursday miscellanea #287

Supposed to rain all weekend. The NFL has announced it’s going with Super Bowl 50 as the official name of the game. I hate that. I’ve been looking forward to Super Bowl L. I may defiantly call it that. I can’t recall ever having seen a celebrity sex tape. I can remember a snippet of … Read more

Let’s talk about underwear

Well, yet another ton of “you’re getting old” bricks fell on my chest today. (I guess that’s what they are. They feel like they slot right into that cantankerous old man I feel developing.) Out of nowhere, this company MackWeldon.com made a big ad buy, and consequently I saw them three different places before 9:00 … Read more

Five high-ranking terrorists for a single, almost certainly traitorous soldier?

Did our esteemed president just release five senior Taliban leaders in exchange for one soldier (who almost certainly deserted) and the promise that the released Taliban will behave themselves? Did he do so unilaterally, ignoring a law requiring him to give Congress 30 days’ notice before releasing anyone from Guantanamo? Is the released POW’s father … Read more

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