Month: July 2005

  • PC Morons

    When a Canadian police officer teaching about appropriate attitudes towards women comes under fire for suggesting that some cultures disrespect women, or a British schoolmaster loses his job for suggesting that assimilation of immigrants causes less division than encouraging multiple cultures to retain their distinctive identities in a single location, I wonder if we (Western,…

  • Do terrorists really hate freedom?

    That’s the question posed (and answered, tongue-in-cheek, Trudeau-style) in today’s Doonesbury strip. It’s actually a really good question, so I’ll offer my answer.

  • Sometimes, life really is good.

    In spite of all the bad days, crazy politics, and other hassles of life, sometimes you just have a really good day. Today was one of those days. My parents have a contract on their house, after having it on the market for less than two weeks. My second business, Safe At Hand, which sells…

  • Poker Chips

    I got the rest of my poker chips, today; all in all, the service was pretty good. I did get a chance to “break in” the table and chips, a bit, and am happy with both. Okay, back to work

  • Test Drive – F-150 XLT 4×4 SuperCrew

    I test-drove an F-150 XLT 4×4 SuperCrew, today. Hopefully, I will be buying an F-150 in the very near future. I seriously doubt I’ll buy the 4×4, but there were no readily available 4×2’s, around. I would love to have the 4×4, but have only encountered a handful of non-winter situations in which a good…