smokingpen | June 28, 2009
As I’ve state before, I have this mental list of people that when I hear a news story about them I have to ask myself, “What, he (or she) is not dead?” I can give a quick list of a few people – though I won’t – that fall into that list. However, this week, [...]
smokingpen | June 26, 2009
Michael Jackson, professed king of pop, died yesterday. I have one thing to say, “Thank goodness.”
I realize that a lot of people will consider me inconsiderate and rude. Especially since Jackson’s family is (now) mourning his death. To that I have this to say:
Michael Jackson was embroiled in a series of scandals and law suits [...]
smokingpen | March 29, 2009
I am watching Twilight. I didn’t like the book and made it to the point where Erin told me it would get good (and then some) and discovered that it was about on par with reading road signs as literature and I have to tell you road signs are not literature and in some world [...]
smokingpen | March 21, 2009
I spent the last week working the graveyard shift. I get to do that for the foreseeable future. This is not something I am interested in doing long term, or something that I would change given that I am not fond of “this place” as an employer. I think if I have to work for [...]
smokingpen | March 18, 2009
And, “No,” I am not talking about me or this site (though I am sure both need changes).
When I voted for President Obama, I expected he would do exactly what he has been doing, working the Democratic party line. In fact, I expected him to work the highly liberal line. Hilary Clinton would’ve done the [...]
smokingpen | March 11, 2009
Yesterday was, at best, a pretty stressful day for me. I ended up driving with my brother-in-law to Upper State New York to pick up a bunch of his stuff. We were betting it wasn’t going to be there, but at some point between when it was decided we could/should go and actually heading out, [...]
smokingpen | March 5, 2009
We currently live in a time of unprecedented change. This is history that is happening all around us. Every day something new changes that even twenty or thirty years ago seemed impossible. We have an African-American as president and we have the gay rights groups arguing in favor of same-sex marriage. Along with that, racial [...]
smokingpen | February 25, 2009
Tobias Buckell updated his blog with a post dealing with the lawless elite. These are (often) the protagonists in action movies that get away with a lot. Think John McClane from Die Hard or Martin Riggs from Lethal Weapon or (more recently) Bryan Mills from Taken or a whole host of other characters from movies [...]
