Interesting post from Redstate (Now keep an open mind!) by Erickson:
Category Archive: Commentary
Mar 19 2013
Dying Iraq War vet unloads on Bush and Cheney
This was posted and marked as compiled from an Iraq War vet who was paralyzed in an ambush in Sadr City in 2004. He is now reportedly under end of life hospice care for complications from that wound. Regardless of his condition and prognosis, the points made are painfully dead on balls accurate. There are still …
Mar 14 2013
The world won’t end with a bang or a whimper
I spring out of bed hours early, show up at work three hours ahead of time, log in ready to play with some software … and the entire system is down for an undetermined period of time for no reason that anyone can figure out. I’m literally just sitting here watching people play phone games …
Feb 25 2013
An ad for the ages
The usual suspects will probably bitch and moan, but this genie isn’t going back into the bottle closet.
Feb 02 2013
A very sordid tale
[Names and minor details changed slightly for privacy reasons. This is a sad story, don't read it if you are down] Yesterday me and another friend stumbled onto the semi-conscious body of a dear friend of ours, S/he was face down, face white as a ghost, lips so blue they were almost black. I thought …
Jan 28 2013
The Village on the Beltway
Unlike most of my progressive digital riff-raff buddies, I generally give the Beltway media a pass. Yes the news celebrity centered part of it can be annoying or worse, but the bulk of “the beltway media” is gum shoe reporters and editors busting their asses for dwindling market share and job security. Nevertheless, now and …
Jan 27 2013
Religion: A question of comfort?
I had breakfast with an old friend yesterday whose father died recently. The tragedy, the brutality, of the experience was all too clear on her face and in her voice. I wouldn’t call her super religious, but she’s definitely found some comfort in prayer and counseling with religious authorities. There’s no way I’d go an …
Jan 23 2013
How to reduce stress and be happy
During his extended battle with mylodisplacia, Carl Sagan wrote something to the effect of, “I would almost recommend almost dying to everybody. It’s a character building experience like no other. You get a much clearer perspective of what’s important and what isn’t, the preciousness and beauty of life. I say almost because of the irreducible …
About the Author
May 18 2013
Them crazy ants!
Commentary, microbiology
by Stephen "DarkSyde" Andrew
There’s a new ant threat here in Texas and several other southern states. Good news, they’re not giant atomic ants! But these normal sized ants are said to make fire ants look polite, they’re affectionately nicknamed crazy ants:
This post has no tag
4 comments