I’ve decided, this should be my motto — “I read Red State, so you don’t have to.” Red State is a conservative blog/community. If you’re familiar with DailyKos, then Red State is like that. Except where DailyKos is a progressive community, Red State is a conservative community. I wade into Red State about once aContinue reading “On Vice Presidential Thoughts”
Author Archives: Allyn
On the Sixth Floor’s Weather
This is a test of the emergency broadcast system. If this were a real test, broadcasters in your area would have followed this announcement with beer. Instead… My sixth floor cubicle has one major flaw. It’s frigid. The air conditioning vent is right above my head. I look up, and that’s all I see. TheContinue reading “On the Sixth Floor’s Weather”
On Hillary Clinton’s Future
Politics is a strange and mysterious game. 🙂 In the hours after Barack Obama’s pick of Joe Biden to be his running mate, the McCain campaign released an attack ad that criticized Obama for not choosing his primary campaign rival, Hillary Clinton, as his running mate. I’ve also seen speculation in the past forty-eight hoursContinue reading “On Hillary Clinton’s Future”
On Presidential and Vice Presidential Picks
As I was taking the laundry down off the line, I made an intriguing realization. This year’s Democratic ticket is the first since 1984 without a presidential or vice presidential candidate that hails from the old Confederacy. 2008 — Obama (Illinois)/Biden (Delaware) 2004 — Kerry (Massachusetts)/Edwards (North Carolina) 2000 — Gore (Tennessee)/Lieberman (Connecticut) 1996 —Continue reading “On Presidential and Vice Presidential Picks”
On Joe Biden
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has picked his vice presidential running mate. Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Joe Biden? I thought Obama was running as the candidate who was going to change Washington. How does picking an “inside the Beltway” Washington insider do that? Biden has been serving as Delaware’s Senator since Obama wasContinue reading “On Joe Biden”
On Smurfs and Smurfing Smurf
Some Smurf musings, as I’ve had Smurfs on the brain! Occasionally, Smurf biology comes up in conversation. Smurfs clearly reproduce asexually. Consider! Smurfette was a homunculus created by Gargamel, and her existence was alien to the Smurfs. The Smurfs had no idea what Smurfette was, or where she had come from. Quite simply, the SmurfsContinue reading “On Smurfs and Smurfing Smurf”
On John McCain and His Disconnect
A day after writing about John McCain and his treatment as a prisoner of war at the hands of the North Vietnamese, I reluctantly find that I must take up the keyboard and write again of John McCain. When asked, John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, could not name the number of homes thatContinue reading “On John McCain and His Disconnect”
On John McCain and Torture
In all the hubbub over Senator John McCain dismissing the Dungeons & Dragons vote, one vital story has been ignored — was John McCain tortured by the North Vietnamese during his captivity during the Vietnam War? John McCain would say yes: Just after his release in May 1973, he detailed his experience as a P.O.W.Continue reading “On John McCain and Torture”
On Vincent Price, Gourmet
Random linkage for the day. An article on Vincent Price’s 1960’s cookbook, A Treasury of Great Recipes. Yes, that Vincent Price. The actor that was born to star in horror films of the 1950’s and 1960’s. The voice of Mystery! The creator of Edward Scissorhands. It’s such an amazingly… bizarre concept. Vincent Price.
On Things That Annoy Me, Number 42
People who don’t “get” references to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy annoy me. I realize that not everyone in the world is going to recognize a reference to H2G2, especially the really obscure ones, but still. There should be some minimum cultural knowledge here! 😆 Blogged with the Flock Browser