All 33 Chilean miners are out, rescued from over two months spent nearly half a mile beneath the surface. Wow. How spectacular for them. What a wonderful perspective restorative for us. Want to tell me how rotten your day was again? The boys like these V8 Fusion drinks, which are clever delivery systems for a … Read more
Hey, guess what? It seems that three weeks from a historic midterm pasting, President Obama is realizing he has a serious problem with the electorate. Is it that we tire of his ceaseless arrogance? That we resent his Chicago-style mob tactics? That we find his ultra-leftist, hyper-intrusive “transformation” of America offensive and totally incompatible with … Read more
The boys’ fall break was today and yesterday, so we’ve been in Gulf Shores since Friday night. This post appears as we’re headed back, probably not far from the Bates House of Turkey for lunch. The Gulf was as startlingly clear and beautiful as I’ve ever seen it. We saw stingrays and dolphins the whole … Read more