Friday Quickies
....This whole Rumsfeld/armor controversy is a mess. I don't care if the question was a plant from a reporter: if our soldiers don't have all the armor they need, then shame on W. Rumsfeld's remark that there hasn't been time enough for the suppliers to produce it is nonsense (see Michelle Malkin's report on the armor-gap) --and if the supplier can't make it fast enough, tell Detroit to stop making those gas guzzling/air polluting/road hogging wasteful piece of crap SUV's for a month, and give the men & women what they need to defend themselves. Ahem, we are at war, guys.
But the bigger question is this: What idiot thought it would be a good idea to have Uncle Grumpy play Oprah with the troops? Great morale booster right there: "You go to war with the army you have, not necessarily the army you want." Did Michael Moore write that line for him?
....Great post by The Rooftop on the ten things you should think about before you donate this holiday season. I added an 11th-- see if you can perform an action along with the donation. Donating cash to buy toys for needy kids is wonderful; to then go help hand them out makes the season, for the kids and for you.
....Will spend tomorrow doing community service type-stuff with Daughter #2 (#1 is still away at college.) We'll help sort food for the Christmas food baskets, help out at the local Holiday festival for kids that my Kiwanis sponsors, and chaperone the kids hayride/barnfire/donut fest, also sponsored by Kiwanis. Should be a full day, and lots of laughs.
....My posts on cosmetic neurology & other enhancements in sports have received a fair amount of comments. B After the Fact has some interesting posts on why nobody really cares.
....Katie at The MUSC Tiger, lets us know she's not pregnant, but wants to know if men are liars.
....College professors seem shocked that students would rather research on-line than go find a book. Of course, a question by one college student to his professor "Where would I find a book?", makes me, in the words of the great Lewis Black, weep for my country.
....I read this article in American Heritage in October, but it's just available on-line now, so I held off writing about it. Every year AH lists the most over-rated and the most under-rated in a host of categories: candy bars, Presidents, Robber Baron, cocktail, etc. Fun article.
Example: Candy Bar: Overrated: Hershey chocolate bar. Underrated: Butterfinger.
My category, not included in AH: Fast Food restaurants:
Overrated: Wendy's. I know this is supposed to be a step up on the fast food chain, but I always find the meat dry, the chicken nuggets soft, the potato a glutenous mess. Nope. Not a Wendy's fan.
Underrated: McDonald's. How can the king of fast food be underrated? It is. Look at all the wannabe's-- Burger King, Wendy's etc. They all pale. McD's food is tastier and more consistent, the staff is better trained and friendlier, and the stores are cleaner, no matter where you go.
But the bigger question is this: What idiot thought it would be a good idea to have Uncle Grumpy play Oprah with the troops? Great morale booster right there: "You go to war with the army you have, not necessarily the army you want." Did Michael Moore write that line for him?
....Great post by The Rooftop on the ten things you should think about before you donate this holiday season. I added an 11th-- see if you can perform an action along with the donation. Donating cash to buy toys for needy kids is wonderful; to then go help hand them out makes the season, for the kids and for you.
....Will spend tomorrow doing community service type-stuff with Daughter #2 (#1 is still away at college.) We'll help sort food for the Christmas food baskets, help out at the local Holiday festival for kids that my Kiwanis sponsors, and chaperone the kids hayride/barnfire/donut fest, also sponsored by Kiwanis. Should be a full day, and lots of laughs.
....My posts on cosmetic neurology & other enhancements in sports have received a fair amount of comments. B After the Fact has some interesting posts on why nobody really cares.
....Katie at The MUSC Tiger, lets us know she's not pregnant, but wants to know if men are liars.
....College professors seem shocked that students would rather research on-line than go find a book. Of course, a question by one college student to his professor "Where would I find a book?", makes me, in the words of the great Lewis Black, weep for my country.
....I read this article in American Heritage in October, but it's just available on-line now, so I held off writing about it. Every year AH lists the most over-rated and the most under-rated in a host of categories: candy bars, Presidents, Robber Baron, cocktail, etc. Fun article.
Example: Candy Bar: Overrated: Hershey chocolate bar. Underrated: Butterfinger.
My category, not included in AH: Fast Food restaurants:
Overrated: Wendy's. I know this is supposed to be a step up on the fast food chain, but I always find the meat dry, the chicken nuggets soft, the potato a glutenous mess. Nope. Not a Wendy's fan.
Underrated: McDonald's. How can the king of fast food be underrated? It is. Look at all the wannabe's-- Burger King, Wendy's etc. They all pale. McD's food is tastier and more consistent, the staff is better trained and friendlier, and the stores are cleaner, no matter where you go.
posted by A Red Mind in a Blue State at 6:37 AM
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