Paul's Thing

. . . and other things. I’ve been on my hands and knees in the back yard, pulling weeds. I’m reluctant to spray because the dog spends a lot of time out there. When it comes to the front yard, where the dog is not allowed, it’s going to be chemical warfare all the way. [...]

Damn!  I went away for a motorcycle ride this morning and came home to find Donna in the middle of a cleaning spree.  She’s particularly proud of her sewing room, and I must admit, it’s looking pretty organized.  Photos, please: click to enlarge click to enlarge

. . . we got around to spring cleaning! Polly is here for a few days, and she came to work.  So far she’s painted our guest bedroom and removed the carpet (Donna’s going to put in laminate flooring, but that’s a near-future project, not an immediate one).  Today she’s driving down to Green Valley [...]

What’s in Paul’s grab bag? Unconnected thoughts and short observations which don’t rate separate blog posts, but when aggregated together might amount to something: Some of My Best Friends Are Negroes NASCAR Fans You may have seen my earlier NASCAR post.  I swear, they must put something in those $10 beers.  Here’s an ESPN reporter [...]

Went out to dinner with our RRFs (Rich Republican Friends) the other night.  They, as always, were up to date on Fox News talking points, which they used to guide what had been a sociable discussion toward the Muslim Threat.  Why, did we know there are Muslims in Detroit, Muslims with mosques?  Mosques with minarets [...]

I found a Q&A book meme at Electronic Cerebrectomy.  It’s composed of headings one is supposed to respond to (I say “headings” rather than “questions” because the questions are formatted in title case . . . incorrectly so, in many cases). The meme hasn’t been stupidified by Facebook, as far as I can tell . [...]

What’s in Paul’s grab bag? Unconnected thoughts and short observations which don’t rate separate blog posts, but when aggregated together might amount to something: A Society of Snitches? One of the more worrisome things about Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, which takes effect two weeks from now, is the provision that “allows a person to bring an action [...]

This story made the rounds earlier in the week: after the 9/11 terror attacks the Bush administration directed the State Department to prepare magazines about American life and culture for distribution in Arab countries.  During a meeting to review a draft photo-essay for the magazine, a high-level State Department political appointee rejected a photo of [...]