"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
This is just shameful: British athletes are being forced to agree not to critize China during the Olympics. Well, why not? There’s ample precedent: Will our own athletes will be required to sign a similar contract? I wonder why the American media doesn’t cover stories like this. Credit where credit’s due: spotted at Unqualified Offerings.
The Trail Trash drove to Phoenix yesterday to see the Titanic Artifact Exhibition at the Arizona Science Center. Which was eerie, sad, and fascinating. But was it the high point of the day? It was a high point, certainly. But so was being with friends. So was eating out with friends. And eat we did: […]
Here’s a great light dinner that might even be good for you. Ingredients (Salad) mixed salad greens red/yellow/green salad peppers, sliced red onion, sliced cherry tomatoes, whole green & black olives, pitted mozarella cheese Ingredients (Salmon) 1 lb salmon filet 1 T butter 3-4 T honey chopped dill Ingredients (Avacado Dressing) avacado 1 T sour cream […]
Boy, does this make me feel old: In early November 2007, the nose and cockpit section of a Missouri Air National Guard F-15C broke away from the rest of the aircraft during a training flight. The pilot ejected and survived. Here’s a simulation of what happened: Following the mishap, the USAF grounded its entire fleet […]
Gwen, one of my regular readers, alerted me to this story about Pentagon and pharmaceutical industry efforts to create a drug to suppress soldiers’ moral qualms over killing. Psychological Kevlar, in other words, to reduce or eliminate growing mental health problems in troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s the trouble with traditional methods of overcoming our aversion […]
Is air power the new face of successful war-fighting? Much to the dismay of the boots-on-the-ground zealots … the answer for today’s democracies may well be “yes.” During the summer, while U.S. ground forces in Iraq were distracted investigating potential war criminals in their midst, air power delivered a major success. … When thousands of troops […]
I know, who the hell wants to read about work . . . or write about it, for that matter? But I’m on the intra-hospital run for a month, shuttling patients between Tucson and Phoenix, and it’s been an interesting first week. It started with a homeless man who soiled himself at a rest area where […]
Our friend Darrell celebrated his 59th birthday with us last night. Here we are at the dining room table: So here’s to Darrell, and good friends! I’m feeling especially fond of Frank (2nd from left in the photo). Frank, like Donna and Mary Anne, is Italian-American. After tasting the sauce and polenta I cooked, he pronounced […]