Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
T G I F
Put Your Glasses On . . .
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Sad But Really Good Cat Story
How Scuzzi made his way to the Rainbow Bridge.
Even by alley cat standards, he was not much of a kitten, the size of an open hand, unable in those first few hours to stand without falling down. More pitiable, his whiskers had been snipped off, an indignity suffered when he’d petitioned for refuge in a shanty near our home, where children made sport by taunting strays.
Last week, as he reached the end of his adventurer’s life, 5,000 miles and a world away from his beginnings, we comforted each other with those first memories of the cat we came to call Scuzzi — for the scruffy, ragamuffin state in which he arrived as much as for the scrappy, streetwise, step-aside, endlessly talkative character he became.
NY Times
thanks for sending to me K.
Even by alley cat standards, he was not much of a kitten, the size of an open hand, unable in those first few hours to stand without falling down. More pitiable, his whiskers had been snipped off, an indignity suffered when he’d petitioned for refuge in a shanty near our home, where children made sport by taunting strays.
Last week, as he reached the end of his adventurer’s life, 5,000 miles and a world away from his beginnings, we comforted each other with those first memories of the cat we came to call Scuzzi — for the scruffy, ragamuffin state in which he arrived as much as for the scrappy, streetwise, step-aside, endlessly talkative character he became.
NY Times
thanks for sending to me K.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
This is Sounding Like Vietnam All Over Again
The view of the Taliban as a capable fighting force is, of course, widespread. If they weren’t a capable fighting force, then the United States would not be having so much trouble defeating them. The WikiLeaks seem to contain two strategically significant claims, however. The first is that the Taliban is a more sophisticated fighting force than has been generally believed. An example is the claim that Taliban fighters have used man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) against U.S. aircraft. This claim matters in a number of ways. First, it indicates that the Taliban are using technologies similar to those used against the Soviets. Second, it raises the question of where the Taliban are getting them — they certainly don’t manufacture MANPADS themselves.
We really need to get the hell out of Afghanistan and Iraq. We are floundering for a way to retreat. The Taliban only has to wait it out. They win in the end regardless. See Wikileaks and link below for a full round up on both wars. Bush/Cheney did this to us. They are both idiots in my book.
AFGHAN WAR
We really need to get the hell out of Afghanistan and Iraq. We are floundering for a way to retreat. The Taliban only has to wait it out. They win in the end regardless. See Wikileaks and link below for a full round up on both wars. Bush/Cheney did this to us. They are both idiots in my book.
AFGHAN WAR
Monday, July 26, 2010
And It's Off to Work We Go
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Video Link Has Nothing to do With the Poster
but Grant Miller put a vid up on a German stampede and I couldn't stop laughing. Need a ho ho in your day click Here.
Sunday Morning
"I thought America was unstoppable, that our position in the world was assured. But then I began noticing things that a short time ago were unimaginable. The richest man in the world lives in Mexico City. The tallest building in the world is in Taipei, and Dubai is building a taller building. The next tallest buidling in the world will be built in Dubai a year and a half later. The largest refinery is in India. I was in Las Vegas with the largest gambling revenues in the world. Shopping, America’s great leisure time activity? The last time I was in Beijing they showed me the largest mall in the world, which has since been eclipsed by another Chinese mall. It turns out the top 10 malls in the world are all outside the United States. Just three years ago almost every category I gave you would have been topped by America. The change is fast and has only just begun. It’s still true there’s only one superpower, but things are changing in every dimension other than the military".
Fareed Zakaria
PLAYBOY Interview
May 2008
Saturday, July 24, 2010
My Tribute to the Good Ole Days
Cat Profiles
I looked for one of Zoey and couldn't find a side photo shot of her but I'm sure we have one somewhere.
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