A belated Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year. This being New Year’s Eve you will probably hear or sing the song “Auld Lang Syne.” It’s words are based on the poem by the same name by Robert Burns, Scotland’s most noted poet. He often wrote in a heavy Scottish folk dialect, so [...]
Archive for December, 2008
For Auld Lang Syne…
Posted in misc, tagged poetry on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Global Warming Fail
Posted in science, tagged global warming? on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The above is a screen shot my friend sent me of the news last Friday morning. If that doesn’t make you go hmmmm, try the irony of this story of the British Parliment debating a Climate Bill while London is covered in unexpected snow. It was the first October snow in London in over 70 [...]
And Now For Something Completely Different…
Posted in misc on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A speeding Muppet!
Bailout Bonanza
Posted in misc, tagged bailout, government on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Will the madness ever end? It’s bad enough that our government decided to mortgage our children in a moment of panic stricken idiocy. (I hope they don’t get foreclosed on, they’re cute and I’ll miss them.) Apparently giving taxpayer money to ‘businessmen’ who made retarded decisions was not a moral dilemma for our elected officials. [...]
Depression on our minds?
Posted in history, tagged economics, Great Depression on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In my last installment of the Mystery Quote, we visited the times of America’s Great Depression. It seems to be a hot topic (just goes to show you how my finger’s on the pulse of what’s going on).
Mrs. Mills mentioned the book The Forgotten Man, in the comments section. Here’s an interview with the author, [...]
