Apparently I didn’t order Bob Woodward’s latest book early enough. Ordered it via Amazon on Saturday, expecting it would be delivered on Tues (the day it was due to be released) or Wed. Got an email from them yesterday, saying it would be delivered sometime between sept 25, and Oct 9th. I hear they printed […]
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Beautiful weather vs. early darknesss
Been loving this beautiful September weather these last few days here in the Twin Cities. But, just noticed it’s totally dark now at 8pm, argh.
A post from a model railroader regarding creative hobbies
The following is a post from a Model Railroading group, BUT is generic enough for ALL hobbyists, whether the hobby is quilt-making, woodworking, crocheting, whatever. [for every model railroad jargon word below, insert a jargon word from your particular hobby.] ==== THE SUNDAY EVENING POST (Dave Pye) THE CASUAL MODELER Not every modeler has to […]
Great quote from Charlton Heston
A great quote. Charlton Heston wrote in his autobiography, In the Arena, that The Omega Man (the 1971 movie) was Rosalind Cash’s first leading role in a film, and that she was understandably “a little edgy” about doing a love scene with him. Heston explained, “It was in the seventies that I realized a generation […]
VP Pence interview
From a CNN article, dated this morning. ==== “I mean the truth of the matter is over the last eight years despite what we heard from President Obama on Friday, I mean this country was struggling … it was the weakest economy since the Great Depression,” Pence said. [BSW: Shaking my head. Yes, the Great […]
Random thoughts
[don’t read this – it’s just totally random and miscellaneous thoughts] It’s really been a strange week for me (for a variety of reasons) – I’m off on vacation all week, and have been doing a lot of physical hard labor (over a period of a few days), and I’m just exhausted from it – […]
eBay account “hacked” – huh
Wow, oh, wow. I don’t check my personal email more than once a day, and only usually check it at lunch time or in the evening. So, I was just checking my email an hour ago, and i saw an email from 6:30am, from eBay indicating I had just changed my eBay email address to […]
Quote from a lawyer
Quote of the day from a young (seemingly racist) lawyer in Orange County, CA: “If you have no malintent, you didn’t do anything wrong.”
