Pray for rain and safety for Coloradians. Including fellow blogger Stephen Green (aka VodkaPundit) and his family, who live too close to the fire line.
Not Even a Bridesmaid
December 6, 2012 at 8:46 am (Blogs and Blogging, It's all about me Me ME)
Call for Prayer and Help
November 21, 2012 at 9:03 am (Blogs and Blogging, Hope and Sadness)
The internetz is an amazing thing. Before, prayer warriors only learned about needs through letters, prayer lists and phone calls. Now, with the push of the Publish button, thousands will take to their knees to pray for someone they’ve never met. I know. I’ve felt those prayers on more than one occasion. Now it’s our turn to care for another friend we haven’t met yet.
Amusing Bunni, a favorite commenter at many sites for years, has learned she has terminal liver cancer.
Please pray for her and her family. More details here.
Off to RedState!
August 1, 2012 at 8:41 pm (Blogs and Blogging, RedState Army)
Tomorrow morning we leave at the crack of dawn, heading to Jacksonville and this year’s RedState Gathering.
Hopefully the wi-fi will work so I can post a bit. This year’s agenda looks great, and as usual, Erick does a wonderful job organizing the entire weekend.
Plus we get to greet a brand new, squeaky new Senator!
Blog O’The Day
February 20, 2012 at 7:37 pm (Blogs and Blogging)
Mind-Numbed Robot has the best photo-shop evah. Head on over leave him some galactic love.
New Blog in the Blogroll
February 1, 2012 at 8:54 am (Blogs and Blogging)
Due to the dreaded sickness, I am even more behind than usual.
There’s a new blog in the blogroll – Nathan Smith. Nathan is a fellow Peach Punditeer. Follow the link and share some galactic love!
The 2011 Fab Fifty
December 31, 2011 at 3:19 pm (Blogs and Blogging)
Doug Ross has picked his Fabulous 50 Blogs for 2011. Alas, I am not listed (there’s always next year!), but my pal Fausta was named Best Latin American Coverage. Woot!
Second Verse, Same As The First
October 31, 2011 at 9:52 am (Blogs and Blogging, DawgNation, Herman Cain, Stacy's Speedo, Stupid Government Tricks, The S Word, Vanderleun)
Well, after a week of non-planned-mental-absence, nothing much has changed. While I gather what is left of my thoughts, amuse yourself with the following:
Eric Holder hasn’t quit, yet.
The Herman Cain smears have started, right on schedule.
Our beloved Gerard has pulled a Lazarus on us. Thankfully, according to insider reports, he is mending nicely and will be back to his fully-operational Death Star status soon.
“Every writer is unique, both in thievery… and in execution.”
24-20. Heh. Gators eat boogers.
An uncle explains redistribution of wealth to his nephew.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear…
August 30, 2011 at 10:57 am (Blogs and Blogging)
…but an old friend starting up a blog! Check out Deep Thoughts from The Deep South, where the story unfolds of a regular guy with a regular house that’s going to be in a Ben Stiller movie. This is going to be fun!
East Coast Earthquake
August 24, 2011 at 9:27 am (Blogs and Blogging, Stacy's Speedo)
Yet another metaphor lurking in the continental plates.
A 5.8 earthquake shook most of the East Coast yesterday.
An earthquake relief fund has been set up for Maryland victims. Please find it in your heart to contribute.
UPDATE: All jostling aside, the National Cathedral has sustained significant damage.
A Disturbance in The Force
June 24, 2011 at 10:41 am (Blogs and Blogging)
One of my favorite “Friends I Haven’t Meet Yet” is closing her blog. No Sheeples Here is no more.
We are diminished, but resilient, and will continue to fight until we have our country back.
Good luck and Godspeed, Dear Friend!
Fashionably Late, As Usual
June 22, 2011 at 6:17 pm (Blogs and Blogging)
I got the email over the weekend. I knew it was going to happen. If you haven’t stopped by the site in a while, well, work is consuming my bandwidth to such a point that my blog-fu now resembles Anakin crawling out of the lava on Mustafar, nubbed, scorched and gooey.
Joy McCann, aka Little Miss Attila and short-lister CPAC partner-in-crime and Dan Collins of POWIP have launched a cool new web gathering place for conservatives. Check out The Conservatory.
It Would’ve Been a Trifecta, But There Was More Than Three
April 9, 2011 at 11:39 am (Blogs and Blogging, Boys of Summer, Golf, Stupid Government Tricks)
Friday was a busy, busy day.
The government didn’t shutdown after all. Dems blinked, but only nanoseconds before the GOP did. And we get to do all this again in September, when Congress has to pass a budget for 2012. What fun. Can’t wait.
After a shaky start, the Braves won their home opener against the Phillies. In a sweet ‘passing the torch’ moment before the game, former skipper Bobby Cox threw out the first pitch to Fredi Gonzalez, the new coach. Boy, does he have some big shoes to fill.
Elizabeth Scalia, The Anchoress, sent a belated bloggibirthday shout-out to yours truly. For newer readers, I claim Elizabeth as my Blog Mother, since her blog inspired me to start my own. Just do a search here, you’ll see.
The Masters… ahhh… The Masters. Besides being one of the most breath-taking places on Earth, Friday was a banner day for 24 year old Australian Jason Day. He shot a course record low for second day play of 64, 8 under par. And it’s his first Masters. We’ll have to keep an eye on this boy.
Ryo Ishikawa also made a bit of buzz in Augusta due to his pledge to donate all his 2011 tour winning to the Japanese earthquake/tsunami relief, along with 100K yen for each birdie he makes. Last year he was third on the Japanese money list, winning 151 million yen. He will be in Group 12 today, teeing off at 12:25.
I won’t even mention the sock. See, I don’t have a problem.
And finally, the last business day before the project I’ve worked on for over two years goes “live” came and went with little fanfare. By the end of next week, I may have most of my life back.
Various and Sundry
March 28, 2011 at 6:53 pm (Blogs and Blogging, General Geekery, It's all about me Me ME, Just cuz I'm IT doesn't mean I know how to fix YOUR PC, Smitty, Somebody needs to go back to Charm School)
Since the Anniversary Parade, I’ve kicked back a bit due to family stuff and work-bandwidth-suckage. Yes, that is an IT term. At least some people noticed. You know who you are, and your devotion has been duly noted.
Of course, there was the pilgrimage (parts I, II, III), plus a big party, being glued to the tube over the tragedy of Japan, then the pre-Easter musical* and mom’s birthday, the annual spring ritual of taxes and FAFSA, tons of bad weather, (literally) tons of pollen that drags you down like the chains of Davy Jones, a scary medical test that turned out okay and the never-ending project from H-E-doublehockeysticks that is supposed to go live in two weeks.
Not to mention distractions like this. Be quiet while I feed my addiction.
While I was gone, Trog got his million hits, a reporter got locked in a closet on purpose, Gerard wrote another required reading piece, the Big Brother crap became even more ridiculous, we got to see Smitty’s room at the Bagram Hilton, my 2011 brackets were an epic FAIL, Oregon State University proved that it is run by idiots, and Herman Cain showed why he’s Da Man.
And I got a new phone, which is vexing me greatly. So don’t call me or text me. Or email me or IM me. The thing beeps and chirps and carries on, and I just stare at it, mesmerized by the pretty screen and blinky lights. Yesterday, my friend poked fun saying, “But you’re in IT!’ I said, “Yeah, but I don’t do hardware.”
It may take several hours for a return anything, and that includes factoring in two Advil and another try in the morning.
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*This year, Hubster scheduled his Easter musical early, since he had planned to be on a Far East musical tour in April that would have traveled through parts of China and Korea. We all watched as the hand of God protected these men earlier this year, causing the trip to the rescheduled in 2012.
Five Years In and Still Going Strong
March 14, 2011 at 7:29 am (Blogs and Blogging, Fourth Estate, It's all about me Me ME, Peach Pundit, Politics, Potluck, RedState Army, Sweet Tea For Me, We are all Wisconsians now)
Well, well. Today is my bloggy-bloggy-birthday. This little blog is FIVE years old today. It is merely a fluke of nature that the blog was birthed on Pi Day, but that always gives me something else to celebrate.
I deserve a parade, or something. That’s it – my very own float in the geek’s Pi Parade. Bring me my tiara and don’t forget a piece of pie!
What started as a rant about bad manners led to politics, of course. Duh. A year went by, and the blog got its sea-legs.. After two years, there were more readers, more commenters and I was venturing out to meet face to face some of the intertubez folks that were previously called “friends I haven’t met yet.” Year three showed even more growth, including the first picture of little ol’ me holding my favorite dessert. 2008 was my first CPAC, where I was indoctrinated in “The Rules” and met Erick the Giant Slayer and the neighbor I didn’t know I had. Then birthday number four rolled around. The blog was bursting at its seams with many friends, a few enemies (remember, Rule 4) and parsecs of snarkage. Just a few days after that celebration, I coined my favorite phrase of 2010, “Sometimes the stupidity of people just stupefies me.” During this past year, along with dishing out massive amounts of discontent on the powers that be and the media minions who lick their toes, I was also invited to join the blogging families of Potluck and PeachPundit. Happy, happy, happy – just spreading the joy, baby.
Pi, in and of itself, can make a political statement. Imagine these two having a discussion on the steps of the Wisconsin Capitol. There, I knew you’d get it. What a perfect illustration of the moronisphere of politics populated with your standard sleazy Democrats, standard sleazy Republicans, standard sleazy Independents, screaming Union goons, whining Presidents, scheming First Ladies, incompetent government officials. And I didn’t even mention Georgia, that bastion of gentility in government affairs. Sex, lobbyists, video tape. Oh wait, that was last session.
In searching for Pi-related party favors, I ran across this interesting cartoon where dinosaurs are discussing Pi Approximation Day at The World of Pi (no, it’s not a restaurant).
Oh, the horror! Pi approximation? Reducing the exactness of exquisite perfection to a mere approximation? Egad! That’s like saying a stick drawing is a suitable rendering of the Mona Lisa. What interested me the most is the what the T-Rex says in the last frame…“Failure is just success rounded down, my friend.”
If ever there was a motto for the Obama Legacy, that’s it. Bam. You’re welcome. I’m feeling very Maleficent today, so watch your step.
As always, I want to thank The Anchoress for providing the spark. See what you started?!?! 
UPDATE: I always knew that Albert Einstein was born today (how fittin’), but March 14 is also Truett Cathy’s birthday. (For you pesky non-natives, he is the inventor of my addiction, Chick-fil-A). He is 90 years young today. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha…now I have a reason to link to my favorite song.
UPDATE II: Instalanche! Thanks Professor Glenn for the birthday wishes. I was walking in the door of the PeachPundit Road Show when the ‘lanche hit, so I was a’schmoozin’ it up instead of sitting at home watching the sitemeter spin into the stratosphere. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
UPDATE III: And look! There was a Memorandum thread for little ol’ me, while I was a’schmoozin’, too! (Thanks Fausta!)
