"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
It’s all stuff
What’s in Paul’s grab bag? Unconnected thoughts and observations too short to rate blog posts of their own, but which might amount to something when aggregated together: Damen und Herren I always wanted to write a lengthy post on restroom signage, complete with illustrations. Well, what do you know? Someone saved me the trouble! A […]
In my previous post, I accused my conservative Republican friends of selfishness. Some of my conservative Republican friends read this blog. I doubt I’ve endeared myself to them. So I should probably clarify my own relationship with selfishness. All humans are selfish, covetous, and jealous. I’m human. I worked hard for what I have and […]
Unconnected thoughts and observations which don’t rate separate blog posts, but when aggregated together might just amount to something: Much was made of Stephen Colbert’s rescue of the US Olympic speed skating team, and the Colbert Nation patches they were wearing in practice. Has anyone seen a US speed skater wearing one in the Vancouver […]
From my post of two days ago: “And I think corporate ownership of congress is going to get worse, not better.” Boy, I’ll say. Yesterday the Supreme Court extended free speech rights to corporations, who will now be allowed to contribute unlimited amounts of money to political candidates and parties. Some say this’ll be the […]
Ever hear someone say he has a beak, or that such-and-such a thing gives him the beak? We said it all the time in the USAF; “I have a beak” means I’m pissed off; “you give me the beak” means you make me angry. The beak must be secret military jargon, because when I Google […]
Yesterday morning I mentioned to Donna that our charcoal-lighting chimney had rusted out. That afternoon I got this email: “Amazon.com recommends Weber 87886 Chimney Starter.” At the coffee shop earlier today our friend Darrell mentioned actor Tom Hanks, and I commented that he and I both went to Sacramento State College. A few minutes ago […]
My friend Darrell gave me a free ticket and VIP parking pass to the annual Tucson Classics Car Show, so I spent a happy morning mooning over beautiful metal. Car shows and auctions these days are dominated by 1970s muscle cars (this one was no exception), but I’m interested in older, stock cars, the kind […]
As the kids pulled out of the driveway to start their trip home to Las Vegas earlier today, I thought about the fact that we and they drive nearly identical Chevy Trailblazers, and how well these cars serve us. I started buying American in the early 90s. During the 60s, 70s, and 80s, I’d only […]