Archive for: December 2008

Here and here and here and here.  Happy New Year, all!

A teaser:

Greed and excess gave way to panic, as the primordial emotions broke free from their thin veneer of culture. Without a blink, we went back to 1929 — the only difference being that the baby-boomer generation blames everyone …

What are the words or phrases you’d most like banished from discourse after midnight? Here’s my start:

1. “Carbon footprint” – does anyone really know what that means and who came up with the definitive mearsurement? It became the green-chic word …

Why, right here, of course! But only for a moment — and only to wish you all a happy and safe New Year!

When you next hear from me, I should have the first draft of a novel(la) done, the …

Behold Meryl Yourish in a proud rage, regarding anti-war demos by Yemeni and Iranian Jews:
Before Israel was created, Jews made no waves, kept their heads down, and publicly went along with whatever the prevailing sentiment was in their country. …

Oh kewl, I got my Camp O! solicitation to participate in Barry’s lottery!

I see Ace and Michelle got theirs.

But why, really, is cash-flush Barry running a lottery for ten measly tickets? Here his camp is …

Via David Thompson, The Guardian wishes you and yours Happy Holidays:

Dreams of a planet unblemished by humanity are in fact remarkably common, at least in certain quarters. The “biocentric” conservationist Paul Watson is happy to describe humanity as a …

I have more self-control than you do! I have more self-control than you do!

“Brain-scan studies have shown that when people pray or meditate, there’s a lot of activity in two parts of brain that are important for self-regulation …

When said study just confirms common senseThe end of 2008 brings some discouraging news about our kids’ brains and brawn. Recent results from an international math and science test show United States students are performing near the middle of …

“… is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.” General George S. Patton

Israel sees results BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah guerrilla — widely seen as the Arab world’s …