Just another reason to homeschool. Read more

Ballard is still the most intensely Scandahoovian part of Seattle. The show this was take from, “Almost Live” was the best local comedy show of the 80s. They not only led the campaign to have Washington’s state song changed to “Louie, Louie” (sadly, a failure) but they gave Bill Nye his start: Good times. Read more

It’s a punishment that still seems appropriate in some cases. There are disgusting people who need a good fat dose of shunning, social ostracism, and shame heaped on their heads. It would do them good. Read more

Today, my shuffling hordes of unthinking zombies, I require only this: During a busy weekend of brooding in my Dark Tower, I seem to have picked up a cold (no doubt due to viral attacks launched against me by the Slightly Larger Legion of Followers of Fr. Phil, curse him)! So I need you recommend for me your favorite cold remedies. Whoever recommends the best one will not only get both an extra ration of thin, watery gruel from my... Read more

He made what I consider to be a foolish and dangerous tu quoque argument in which he called the shooting of George Tiller “crude frontier justice” and then went on try to blame it on pro-aborts. When I initially posted my response, I called Cashill an “idiot”, but then thought “I suspect he’s trying to be clever, rather than clearly thinking about the implications of what he’s saying.” So I changed the headline of the entry to reflect this and... Read more

You’ve grown accustomed to my blog It always makes your day begin You’ve grown accustomed to the links the comments and hijinx My smiles, my frowns My ups, my downs Are second nature to you now Like breathing out and breathing in You were serenely independent And content, before we met Surely you could always be that way again, and yet You’ve grown accustomed to my blog Accustomed to my voice Accustomed to my blog. Are you a Lerner who... Read more

“How were we supposed to know?” file. Turns out wiping out an entire generation of girls is reaping consequences anybody but a Commie bureaucrat could have foreseen. Read more

If you are still wondering “Do I really get anything out of this blog that is worth me kicking something into the Tin Cup Rattle?” I rest my case! Read more

As has been noted here, there are a few basic facts in evidence concerning the murder of George Tiller. The first is this: it was *murder*. Full stop. It was not “justice” because murder is not justice. It is murder. Full stop. Second point: Being a murder victim does not automatically render you a saint. In fact, it has no bearing whatsoever on how virtuous or unvirtuous you were. It simply means you died by violence. In Tiller’s case, the... Read more

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