Archive for September, 2008

Whatever . . .

September 26, 2008

Daniel Hulshizer/Associated Press

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Oops! I think we missed the point here. We have obviously mistaken the revised Miss America contest as the presidential election campaign. Sarah Palin’s remarks qualifying her foreign policy experience, “I can see Russia from my house!”  is almost a direct quote from the Miss America spoof movie, Miss Congeniality. Her only [...]

Serious Thought For The Week

September 21, 2008

Reality is for people who can’t handle drugs.

painting by Dominic Ryan

Ike and the Indians

September 15, 2008

Having watched hurricane Ike on the computer for over a week, he finally dropped by southern Illinois yesterday.  I hadn’t paid much attention but, several minutes after Nan had left for church she called from her cell and said that she had finally made it down the driveway after having to move several tree limbs.
I [...]

Serious Thought For The Week

September 12, 2008

Without sodium, salt would just be chloride . . .

Milton Bradley finds the Holy Grail

September 3, 2008

Well. That was fun.
My brother Don has taken a rather circuitous route to arrive at the purchase of Flight Sim X and I have in turn, taken that on to the next level.
This all started a couple of weeks ago when my morning bike ride found me parked in his driveway and the two of [...]