How To Act Around The Queen
Queen Elizabeth 2.0 is in the country, and I’m sure we’re all in need of a refresher course on how to behave in case we run into her. Fortunately, the Washington Post delivers, sourcing Robert Lacey, the queen’s biographer and royal historian: 1. Try to relax and be natural. 2. You don’t have to curtsy or bow. That requirement went … Read More
Coming This Sunday
02:03:04 05/06/07 It won’t happen again for another hundred years, so enjoy it while it lasts.
Uh… Thanks?
What gift do you give to the person who has everything? Or even better . . . what gift do you give to the person who doesn’t deserve anything? How about giving them . . . Nothing? That’s right. Some enterprising people have packaged, and are now selling, …nothing. The cost is a little over $6.00 and you get a … Read More
“The Seventh Sense” Gets Picked Up By The Mainstream Media
The Chicago Tribune quotes from my blog in its editorial pages this morning. Read it here (scroll down a bit — right above Arianna Huffington’s post) [Thanks to Mark S. for informing me….] Really, people! Such a fuss! I bloviate this stuff aaaaall the time and nobody reads or listens to me. Heck, I don’t listen to myself most of … Read More
Now I’ve Done It….
Sully’s link to my blog post — a post critical of the military’s handling of the Pat Tillman matter — has gotten me a lot of attention. Over 8,000 hits in the past two days alone. But now, I think I’m in some hot water over it. Look who visited my blog a few minutes ago: Domain Name (Unknown) IP … Read More
This Is My 4,000th Post
What? No cake? The blogswarm from yesterday seems to have abated somewhat. All-in-all, about 6,000 visits to my site between 1:00 p.m. and the end of the day. But traffic is still heavy so far today (including a visit from someone at the office of the Army Director of Information Management — hmmm……), due to Sully’s link to my post … Read More
Yikes! It’s A Blogswarm, Dorothy!
2,500 3,300 Over 4,000 visits to my blog since 1:30 p.m. today?!?!?!? Whaddup? Folks, I swear — there’s no porn here. I mean it was just a simple post about Alyssa Milano. Really. Ah, it’s Andrew Sullivan (from The Atlantic Online) linking to me and my not well-composed "thoughts" about Pat Tillman. Jeez, if I knew y’all were coming over, … Read More
On The Radio
I will be appearing on the radio, WBFJ (89.3 FM), tomorrow morning sometime between 8:00 and 8:30, plugging my show, God’s Favorite at the Clemmons Community Players. Listen live here.
Bam, Bam, Bam, Bam
Very sweeeeeeeet game last night. It wasn’t just the fact that they his four homers in a row (7th time that’s happened in the history of baseball) — it was that 3 of them still haven’t come down yet. Lowell racked up two round-trippers (he’s only has one home run this season so up until last night). Add to that: … Read More
I Used To Believe
Not to be confused with This I Believe, I Used To Believe is a charming little website that collects childhood beliefs submitted by contributors. Some examples: "I used to believe that there was a magical ingredient in birthday cakes that allowed you to age another year, and that’s why you had to eat it." "I used to think that vanilla … Read More
Do My Stuff
I find this appealing — an eBay-like service where people post their chores they don’t want to do: Whether is cleaning out your gutters, buffing your car or being a good father to your children, you can post it up. People then bid down on your task, until you select someone to do the work. You then place your money … Read More
I Blog Like A Girl
At least, I blog like a girl according to researchers who have devised an algorithm for this sort of thing. Well, I blog sort of like a girl. Words: 540 Female Score: 724Male Score: 559 The Gender Genie thinks the author of this passage is: female! Try it yourself.