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Speaking of Festivus, I should note a recent sighting of a genuine Festivus miracle… they still had a quart of Maple View Farms eggnog at the grocery store!
Er, actually, a better Festivus miracle is that today the senate democratic caucus reached the 60 votes needed for their final cloture vote and will vote on healthcare [...]

Just a reminder of that it’s the 23rd. Bring on the feast and the airing of grievances! After dinner, all of the pets in the house will have to try to pin me in the feats of strength

Now I want to be professor Claus when I grow up. I wonder where you can find Nietzsche sweaters?

42 ° and sunny, perfect for turning:

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This just makes me sad.  Two articles, one in the WSJ, the other on CNN, describing how insurgents in Iraq are hacking predator drones and receiving the video feeds that the drones are sending back to U.S. ground stations.   First things first, let’s fix the headlines.  Both are running something like “Iraqi insurgents hacked Predator [...]

I’m officially boycotting any retailer using “Santa Baby” in their commercials.  Yeah, it’s an empty threat since I wasn’t going to the mall anyway, but there you are.  Now to get the idiotic song out of my head.  Maybe the Mighty Mighty Bosstones?  Failing that, a power drill may be my best bet.

K and I received our copies of the Yellowstone calendar and they look great.  I’m happy with both the images we selected and also the printing – which was great.  As I mentioned earlier, we went with Zazzle for doing the printing and couldn’t be happier.  My mom got the ones for the folks in [...]

Okay, I wasn’t really dead, I had the flu.  But I was wishing that I were dead for a while there. Five days is too long for a massive headache and very high fever. I’m finally recovering and doing some self-imposed quarantine after getting on Tamaflu Monday.  Tuesday afternoon was somewhat interesting.  My [...]