Archive for June, 2006

This is the first time I have heard this term used by a blogger of the stature of Kos but his description is exactly correct about an emerging class of Democrat which I have always proudly identified with. What would litmus test Democrats not like? (VA-Sen candidate James) Webb was a Secretary of the Navy [...]

Sad News

Posted: June 23, 2006 in Uncategorized

The blog-o-sphere can be a pretty rough and tumble place at times.  It can also be a pretty tight-knit community as well, and one of our friends, Firedoglake's Jane Hamsher, lost her mother this evening.  Please keep Jane and her family in your thoughts these next few days.

One of the greatest cliches ever invented is the phrase "the elephant in the living room". Since I am a VLM (Very Large Mammal) I like to use this phrase sometimes to refer to myself. It's a self deprecating humor defense mechanism to draw early attention to my considerable girth just so I can establish [...]

Friday cat blogging

Posted: June 16, 2006 in My Cats

I have three odd little creatures that inhabit my abode with me, this is the first time in a long time I was able to capture the rock star of the group, Oatmeal, on camera.  She usually runs at the sight of the camera as if she thinks it will steal her soul if used [...]

One of the blogs I read regularly is a great source for Deep Politics analysis called Singularity written by the always spot-on Kelley B.  In a post entitled Making Enemies Faster Than They Can Kill Them Of Kelley provides a fantastic overview of the foreign policy driven by its focus on worldwide control of the [...]

I'm gonna start using this blog to share some of my professional work stuff along with my political and other views on life in general. To start with, I am in the process of redeveloping a couple of websites for some long time friends and business associates, Jimmy Cain and Dan Niswander. Both are incredibly [...]

In a story about the mixed effects of newspaper blogs, we learn that newspaper sites and blogs are equal in popularity these days as sources for news among the 18-34 set. It’s like what Eddie Murphy talked about in one of his comedy bits long ago. If a man walks out of the desert after [...]