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Former Senator Ted Stevens has been killed in a plane crash near Dillingham, Alaska. No, I never worked directly for Ted Stevens, but I do think of him as a former boss. I was an F-15 pilot at Elemendorf AFB in Anchorage from 1982 to 1985, flying for what we all fondly called “Ted Stevens’ […]
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 […]
“It was wrong of you to lock me up. I had to hurt myself to get out. And I know you’re in here, because I can smell your brains.” — Thom Matthews as Freddy in The Return of the Living Dead (1985). If you think you’ve seen a lot of DVD reviews here lately, you […]
“The ghost was her father’s parting gift, presented by a black-clad secretary in a departure lounge at Narita.” – William Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William Gibson When I started reading William Gibson’s novels and short stories, I did not realize that they were component parts of larger stories. When I read […]
Toni Morrison is under the gun again, this time in Indiana. No way! Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys were once banned from American libraries? State senators in Delaware want schools to notify parents 48 hours prior to any book being used in the classroom, so that parents can pull kids from school during those […]
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 […]