Ask an Infantryman: My Boyfriend Has No Money, No Ambition
Infantrymen, your counsel is requested. The first of three questions that have come in since my call for submissions: Dear Chuck Z, ... from my first marriage, and he has 4 children from his marriage. Resolutions: New Year, New ... , he gives in. I own the home we live in pay the mortgage and most of the household bills and cell phone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 02:32:30
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Jack Straw 'leading Government plans to end ban on Catholic monarchs'
Justice Secretary Jack Straw is apparently 'working hard' to abolish/amend the Act of Settlement which prevents Roman Catholics acceding to the ... piece of legislation. Chris Bryant, the deputy leader of the House of Commons and a former Anglican ... is nothing of the sort.Prince William - as any member of the Royal Family - is perfectly free to marry [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 08:36:00
Not Guilty
Not Guilty Posted by DJ Drummond Published: December 26, 2008 - 9:19 AM In reading about the bank, mortgage, auto, ... or guilty of overindulgence. I speak as one such citizen. My house is a modest one-story home bought ... , foregoing flashy cars and luxury vehicles we could easily have bought but always put prudence ahead [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 14:19:35
“Blagojevich Arrest Shakes Obama Presidency to Its Core”
The statement above comes from Judicial Watch and is dead on target. (h/t Gateway Pundit) ... to be in the style of Bill Clinton. The newest tidbit on the Blagovjevich indictment should not surprise anyone ... Obama did not know the Chicago style politics at play here, then they are naive nimrods. He was [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 18:14:04
California Implodes In Multiple Ways
Inquiring minds are investigating the rapidly deteriorating economic conditions in California. Let's take a look at the lowlights starting with Schwarzenegger May Order Unpaid Leave for EmployeesCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today ordered all state workers to take two days of unpaid leave each month to conserve money amid a record [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 08:58:00
Temps, awards, Bud, tabs, Vicks, bugs and a bunch of other Crap
It's time for Thursday Thunks! I was a little bit late though but so glad I still have time to do so ... about: "The winner, who will stay rent-free in a multimillion-dollar three-bedroom beach home complete ... so. 11. If you had to pick one insect to infest your house for 1 day and after that day they would [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 21:54:13
Big Fat Quiz
Big Fat Quiz by sweetymon @ Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 – 19:38:51 I'm bored, nostalgic and I haven't done one of these in aaaaages.. If you married the person you last texted, what would your last name be? Hmm it'd start with a P. Baths or showers? Showers. Are you getting engaged any time soon? Er.. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 19:38:51
Money 101 for screenwriters
Most of the questions I answer on this site are from readers who hope to become professional screenwriters. A small percentage of these readers will succeed, and suddenly face a new category of questions about What Happens Next. Having watched former assistants and other young writers cross the line into professional work, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 19:02:50
Busiek Takes Sheldon Farther From “The Gods Among Us” in EYE OF THE CAMERA
Kurt Busiek is widely regarded as one of the great writers in modern comics, and for most fans that reputation started with Marvels. Working in concert with painter Alex Ross, Busiek reimagined important, historic stories throughout Marvel Comics’ publishing history through the eyes of freelance news photographer [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 03:03:09
Crazy happy New Year
The holidays began this year sometime around the ides of November, with a surprise in the mailbox: ... be my dotage, but unless he has plans I don’t suspect, the end of the Golden Age of Ann is still unknown ... while driving him home from work, I made the tactical error of committing to e-mail my feeling [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 04:09:02
Bush in Midland
I'm watching Bush's welcome home ceremony in Midland, TX. That's the guy I voted for twice. He's feisty, funny, and setting the record straight ... s “Welcome Home” rally at Centennial Plaza. “You know, they asked me how do you feel after ... that you all came out to welcome us home.” Bush spoke for about 20 minutes, recounting stories [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 03:10:31
Jan Kaplický (1937-2009)
Today, the wife of Czech architect Jan Kaplický gave birth to a child. That would be good news for Kaplický ... in some Marshmallow commercials. :-)Czech President Václav Klaus had half-jokingly revealed his plans to use ropes ... . The Sydney Opera House above has been opposed by many people, too. And I think it is a terrific [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 17:24:00
The Faux Bottom, Housing Worsens, Newspapers in Trouble, An Oversold Sector, and More!
ur “Obama Rally” forecast… will things “get worse before they get better” or vice versa?… Print in the doghouse… Tribune Co., New York Times and McClatchy looking desperate… Still no bottom in sight for housing… foreclosure, refi and pending home sales data all down… Anecdotal evidence of tough times to come… Wiggin house, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 13:43:43
Grassroots Loath To Wither
While we’re on Morrissey Boulevard, here’s one from the other day about Obama’s grassroots looking for meaning in life now that the He is Risen ... , and at holiday parties to devise plans for building on the enthusiasm generated by his presidential bid. If Obama’s campaign was about bringing change to the country, the post-election period [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 13:28:31
Rebuilding the Conservative Majority
You don’t get there by compromise! While I have been procrastinating on an in depth post about reorganizing the Republican Party, ... ) November 10, 2008 - They say that elephants never forget, but that’s exactly what the Grand Old Party ... Republicans have lost a dozen Senate seats and nearly 50 House seats in two years. Democrats [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 15:58:32
You Don’t Need A Lot Of Money To Start A Small Biz
USA TODAY: No, this is not the greatest time to go into business for yourself, but that said, it can be done if you do it right ... and commercial cleaning: Housecleaning is a tried and true home-based business, and it can lead to more lucrative commercial contracts. The cost to get into this sort of business is almost zero. • Pet [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 16:09:57
Little late with my Menu Plan
It totally slipped my mind to post my menu plan yesterday since I did that other post. I know how some are interested on what we're eating at my house so here it is! Friday- I went ... ) If anyone wants the recipe for this feel free to email me or make a comment and I'll type it up. Tuesday [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 23:30:19
another discussion about a sting operation at a Planned Parenthood. The “fair and balanced” panel included two women behind a fake call to a Planned Parenthood office in which a caller pretended to be the underage girlfriend of a man in his 30's. The so-called “crime” was that Planned Parenthood gave the caller an appointment to get birth control [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 23:49:14
Loose Lips Daily: Fenty Woos Wyclef
As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. And get LL Daily sent straight to your inbox every morning! IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—”Rhee and KJ!“; “Bullpen Is Baracked“; “Barry–Fenty Contract Dispute Escalates” Morning all. Last night, at Mayor Adrian M [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 13:05:49
1516 H street
In reply to Streetscape: 1924: While the Wilkins building is lost, the row house to the right, #1516, is still there, albeit with an altered ( ... plans to raze most of the historical buildings around Lafayette Square in order to replace them ... , one of the first examples of preservation focused on a historic district, not just a single building [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 14:21:46
Barack Obama’s “Jihad” Against the Unborn!
The shocking details—recently discovered— now revealed below… Dear Friend of Life, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… NEVER in the history of our great nation have we had a more PRO-ABORTION PRESIDENT than Barack Hussein Obama! He has publicly VOWED to help the Abortion Cartel in every way possible! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:35:07
Michael Jackson To Have His Squeaky Day In Court
People of London, pin up your bunting! Roll out your barrels of Jesus Juice! Cover the eyes of your squeamish young! ... Jackson because he apparently gave Michael Jackson millions of dollars and let him live in his house ... himself, as Reuters reports: Singer Michael Jackson plans to testify next week in a British court [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 14:00:25
Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie Adopting Ethiopian Girl
Another baby for Brangelina? Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are forging ahead with plans to adopt a second child from Ethiopia, ... and get it over and done with.” “Another kid in the house will make no difference to the noise ... to complete paperwork on the new addition to their family. “Brad and Angelina have seen pictures [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 12:50:10
The Great Debate
Heard from my old pal Max Kennedy yesterday, about that trashing I gave the al-Qaeda angle and a couple of other points in his book “Danger’s Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her,” after a preliminary scan. Yeah, it’s exhaustively researched, well-written World War II history with an al-Qaeda angle [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 14:23:48
Loose Lips Daily: Fenty Bids Dubya Farewell
As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. And get LL Daily sent straight to your inbox every morning! IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—”Man Dies at City Detox Facility“; “Wilson Building Gift Grab Begins” DATELINE CHICAGO—Morning all [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 14:47:20
Obama Inaugural Speech - Full Text - Video
As President Bush exits the world stage and Barack Obama consumes it, I have a few thoughts about two passages of Obama's inaugural speech ( ... President Obama and his new Education Secretary plan to give America the same false promise and failed ... :But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 18:54:00
Remembering Anthony Walker
Promoting his documentary Black Magic last spring, filmmaker Dan Klores talked about including a reference to the 1960s shooting of black students by state troopers on the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, SC. The shooting itself had almost nothing to do with his film, but Klores thought the story needed to be told, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 17:34:19
A week ago Monday at 1:00 am, a beautiful, nearly 10lbs baby boy was born to our very close friends Jecinta and Ignatius (Igg) — their very first ... , so she changed her plans for the day and got in the car. By 10:25, she was at her house.When ... this to her family:In the waiting room, there were four patients ahead of us. Jecinta jumped up a couple [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 12:57:23
Madonna/ Ritchie Divorce: The Gristley Nightmare Ends Tomorrow
It’s always sad when love ends, except for when it’s love between a potato-man and an old lady mostly comprised of cartilage. Then it’s quite funny ... we mean ‘a big house, a brown baby that wasn’t yours and the ability to brainwash athletes ... their divorce tomorrow. It seems like forever ago that Guy Ritchie and Madonna announced their divorce plans [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 19:00:15
I Want To Be... A Hoop Dance Teacher!
Deanne came into my life almost two years ago, & has rocked it to the core with her love, support, insight & ideas! As well as owning Tokyomade — one of my very first advertisers! — she also introduced me to raw food, one of the things that I really believe has super-charged my life! [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 08:02:55
countdown to Christmas - make your own advent calendar
Can you believe it's almost December? I swear I just put away my Halloween decorations ( ... plans for coming up with a cool advent calendar to share, but the craft fairs got the better of us, I'm ... the pattern for free! She is so sweet!This yo-yo calendar is actually a wall-hanging. Sunshine Creations [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 08:01:00
Census 2010: ACORN Action Item?
American Thinker has begun a valuable conversation discussing the Census 2010. Is that census going to be the next huge fraud? ... page for getting a job: "The pay is good, the hours are flexible, and the work is close to home ... . We already know the new numbers of House seats. The boundaries are set by the states. New districts are drawn [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 14:50:00
Sheri & Theo’s 18th Century Scottish Harvest Wedding
The offbeat bride: Sheri, Curriculum Developer Her offbeat partner: Theo, Software Test Engineer Location & date of wedding: Carrigan Farms, ... and the plans grew from there. I was so lucky to get my corsetted gown, headpiece and jewelry made by Elnara ... we had made. Our little Leaf Fairy wore a custom-made fairy outfit complete with [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 13:00:30
Barry’s boondoggle
Boondoggle: a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graft - Merriam Webster Online Dictionary Back from his two-week Hawaiian vacation, President-elect Obama’s plans to bail out the economy don’t match his rhetoric ... . Nevertheless, Obama’s plans don’t match his rhetoric. Obama’s desire to sign a stimulus bailout [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 17:46:10
BARACK OBAMA!
Obama to Call for a New Era of Responsibility: Huge Crowds Gather as First African-American President Takes Office; ... Has Caused a Patriotic Spirit to Sweep America, High style returns to the White House, Michelle Obama serves as role model for young, old, Obama and Biden familes participate in community service, Ali [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:40:18
Bush's farewell address today joins a long line of goodbyes
... days before he actually leaves the White House to fly back to Texas. First lady Laura Bush ... will be before a small live audience, which is unusual for such White House goodbyes but suits Bush's [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:23:58
November 20, 2008
rites of passages for boys where they became men over their fresh kill. These days, that rarely happens in a suburban cul-de-sac, but you do have the opportunity to grant your son responsibility in front of a family gathering. When you decide the time is right for your son to carve the turkey – and that may come because of age, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 05:37:45
Gossip Girl: Hot for Teacher [Recaps]
newVideoPlayer(”/GossipGirl_War.flv”, 506, 423,”"); Now that the small stuff is winding down, let’s move on to the important issues: Gossip Girl was on last night. It was about college! Everyone was in a snit-fit about Yale! Who would get in? Who would be forced to go to terrible commuter trade schools like Oberlin and Vassar and Grinnell and [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:00:09
Thailand: Rallies and Twitter updates
Thailand’s anti-government protesters have surrounded the Parliament building Monday morning. Led by the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) ... s plans last weekend. There are even rumors of coups and arming of civilians. The country as a whole ... , the protesters want to oust the ruling government. The country’s seat of power [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 07:55:16
Chattanooga Choo Choo
I visited Chattanooga this past weekend along with 11,000 other people, saw Ruby Falls (cold, wanted to stay inside, it’s in a cave), drank a beer ( ... , with plans to run for the House seat held by Zach Wamp (R - TN03). Littlefield might need to run ... buildings and the history. Chattanooga has free electric buses downtown (however not many riders [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 20:40:08
State Workers Fight Over Cutbacks as States Want More From Obama
As the budget crisis deepens, state employees are fighting each other for survival. Potshots are thrown between management vs. non-management, union vs. non-union, teachers vs. everyone else. In addition, governors want $1 trillion out of a total package of $850 billion Congress is likely to send to Obama to sign. The math does not add up [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 19:53:00
Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib Torture Linked to 2002 Bush Memo
A bipartisan congressional report traces the U.S. abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib to President George W. Bush’s Feb ... interrogation methods were effective in extracting valuable intelligence and protecting the country ... . The White House declined comment, but Keith Urbahn, an aide to Rumsfeld, told the Washington Post [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 08:00:00
Barack Obama and climate change
Few challenges facing America — and the world — are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear. Sea levels are rising. Coastlines are shrinking. We’ve seen record drought, spreading famine, and storms that are growing stronger with each passing hurricane season.Well, indeed [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 15:48:00
Ashley Friedlein talks about the new Econsultancy site
The observant among you will have realised that we launched a new website last weekend. I thought it would be a good idea to interview Econsultancy CEO Ashley Friedlein to explain more about the challenges of managing a ground-up rebuild. 1. What were the key reasons for building a brand new platform? Our old site was starting to creak with age [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 17:30:00
We made it. Now what?
Under a crisp sky, the jubilee rose to its climax as the 44th President took his oath ... of American fuel through Canadian oil, and help to coordinate Obama’s lofty environmental plans. Many ... behind? We are bombarded with news of how European nations are creating jobs and cleaning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 23:42:22
Shoe Business: Bush in Baghdad
The we-have-one-President-at-a-time made what will probably be his final visit to Baghdad, and an Iraqi reporter threw shoes at him. Here's the White House pool report: The president continued his press conference, noting the apologies of other Iraqi journalists in the front row and answering two questions, one from each side [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 23:38:10
Upcycling wood pallets
I have a love of free materials for many reasons, not least of which is that I feel fine having dozens of non-working prototypes when I'm building ... . Plans for a pallet stool (pdf) (via Greenupgrader). Pallet art: high-end furniture from pallets (via ... instead of breaking the pallet apart. At the extreme, a house made of pallets: [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 00:01:01
Where were you when the world ended?
Being a spoiler-filled (except for the final issue) narrative of your Winter Men reading experience, in nine (somewhat lengthy) parts. Part the First. Sometime around 10 August 2005. Your trip to the local comics-purveying establishment rewards you with a new comic written by a Mr. Brett Lewis and drawn by a Mr [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 16:25:10
Hillary Clinton should not want to be Obama's Secretary of State.
Argues Peter Beinart, pretty convincingly.The last former secretary of state to even seek the presidency was Alexander Haig in 1988, ... , decision-making is becoming even more centralized at the White House. NSC advisors pop into the Oval ... . What's that about? Hmmm. Steroid... muscle....UPDATE: The Guardian claims to have learned that "Hillary Clinton pl [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 00:19:00
DrumBeat: December 1, 2008
A Shore Thing? Why Offshore Wind Power Will Likely Struggle Offshore wind power is the Holy Grail of renewable energy: It’s clean, abundant, ... and leadership can still make a profound difference! Factors close to home dictate 'fair' oil price ... of view. Oilpatch spending plans soften CALGARY [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 13:48:47
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