I have given up on watching the televised Debt Ceiling Follies, in part because the mere sight of Mitch McDonnell will render me blind, but also because of the charismatically challenged Senate Majority Leader. Harry Reid is like a box turtle who’s lost his shell, speaking in tones so soft and faltering, they literally have […]
From the monthly archives:
July 2011
Heartfelt and sincere thanks to Alexina, Bonnie, Victoria, Teddie, Samantha, the old coot, Lesley Ann, Andre, Julia and Jane for always reading my blog(s). Knowing I am not writing/ranting/pontificatng into a void is the only thing that keeps me going day in and day out. And Chelly!
As part of the National Shutting Down orchestrated by Washington, the cash-strapped Postal Service said Tuesday that it’s considering closing 3,653 branches nationwide. Many in rural areas and places like Scranton and Bangor. Oh and one in Philadelphia, that predates the American colonies.
Gallup bravely polled Americans for their reasons as to why they do not want the debt ceiling raised, which unsurprsingly included sound economic principles like “the (black) president should reel in his spending” and just “immigrants” among their reasoning. Don’t gag over some of the verbatim responses written by respondents to the Gallup survey (with spelling/syntax […]
Six months ago, I began the search for the person who created the iconic cover art for Frank Sinatra’s 1955 concept album “in the wee small hours”. A friend was producing an album, and wanted something similarly evocative for its cover. The cover is a painting, deceptively simple, but able to precisely reflect the […]
Roy Campaella said: “You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too”. That said, you’d think the Congressional Republicans would have decimated their Democratic counterparts when the 2 parties squared off at the 2011 annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park […]