Well, AIG CEO Edward Liddy is up for his Congressional beatdown as I write. I’m sure he’ll find palatable things to say to his fully engorged interrogators. The outrage is badly out of whack. Pissing and moaning about a measly $165 million in this context is like leaving the onions off a footlong chili cheese … Read more
One of my very first bitches—indeed, one of my very first posts—on WmWms was on Daylight Saving Time. Can’t say my loathing for it has waned at all. In fact, in terms of day to day feeling, this kind of thing is the most direct reminder that I’m not 20 anymore. Just making an hour … Read more
As I was returning home from an errand this morning, I met on the road a man driving a utility tractor with a front end loader attachment. We are surrounded by farmland, so this is hardly unusual. I’ll see three quarters of the 2009 John Deere catalog between now and Thanksgiving. What was unusual, however, … Read more