Since last week we were planning on taking the kids to the Flushing Chinese New Year’s parade today. This morning we got to the parking lot on Union Street before 9 AM and we were the first into the restaurant. The parade started at 11 AM so we were waiting for about an hour for [...]
Kindergarten Hamsters
My daughter’s Kindergarten class has a pet hamster named Bear. Every Friday, one of the kids in her class gets to take Bear home for the weekend and get to feed and play with her. Yesterday was my girl’s turn. Both kids are excited and I have to keep reminding them that Bear is not [...]
Arg! MINI Cooper problems
Back in September I had the MINI Cooper S serviced by the dealer. There were two problems with it: The window wipers would seize up in the middle of the screen and stop working. There was a sympathetic rattle in the dash board. The rattle drove me insane and driving the red go-kart with that [...]
"If they were following orders"?!
It’s torture. Any sane person knows that, anyone with any decency won’t make an excuse. So why do Senate Republicans think “just following orders” is legitimate? That has not worked in the past.
Wow, The Onion got it right in 2001
This has been kicking around on Reddit for months. One day before the inauguration, it’s not really funny anymore.
Speaker Pelosi is such a politican
Except for continuing to be re-elected, Congresswoman Pelosi is a failure. But speaking on Fox News Sunday, Pelosi said she wants Congress to consider repealing tax cuts on those who make over $250,000 immediately and is pushing for a congressional investigation into whether the Bush administration illegally fired federal prosecutors two years ago. via Pelosi, [...]
It's like they were angry or something
Saw this a couple of days ago. Since 2002, 61 former detainees have committed or are suspected to have committed attacks after being released from the detention camp, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said at a briefing Tuesday. via Pentagon: Ex-Gitmo detainees resume terror acts – CNN.com. This is news? This is going to be used [...]
