I remember one of the times that Ahmadinejad was boasting of Iran’s military prowess, he talked about a “flying boat.” Well, I thought he meant your run-of-the-mill seaplane, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard coming after the infidel West in a fleet of Fantasy Island puddle-jumpers was an amusing image indeed. But no, I learned something as … Read more
During the campaign Barack Obama made many, many promises. He’s a hopey-changey guy, and hopey-changey guys do that. He is the one we’ve been waiting for. Oh, but shucksdarnitalltohell, it turns out that on the ground, he’s exactly the same old rotten politician SOB, made worse by generous ladlings of Chicago strongarm mentality and arrogance. … Read more
I already had today off—Happy Washington’s birthday—but I probably would have stayed home anyway. The roads were a little dicey this morning. I went to Publix for bread flour, and the bread machine made us a delicious rosemary bread that I’m going to fix next time we have spaghetti. It’s snowing again as I type. … Read more