Mark Steyn is, I believe, the most level-headed political writer I have ever encountered. Duh. But anyway, his latest column takes the ideas I tried miserably to convey about Obama in my last post and massages them into something beautiful, understandable, and very difficult to argue with:
Read this.
Archive for February, 2008
It’s rare that I mention politics here these days. But so many of my friends are getting such a hard-on for Obama that I just have to state my opinion: Obama isn’t saying anything. He seems like a really neat guy, somebody who would make a great mayor or senator (duh) or friendly-rich-guy. He’d probably [...]
I’m cleaning out my office in preparation for the possible sale of our house so that we might purchase a “better” one. As I file away various items of Goldstein memorabilia, I come across a copy of the program from my grandfather’s memorial. Within it are various letters written to and from Papa and some [...]
I ain’t doin’ it. At least not in February. Too damn busy.
This one needs no analysis:
While I sat with the Duchess, at tea,
She inquired: “Do you fart when you pee?”
I replied “Not a bit.
Do you belch when you shit?”
And I felt that was one point to me.
A perfect 10!
I’m in the early stages of forming some general rules/guidelines for scoring limericks. So far what I’ve come up with is a set up pluses and minuses:
Cleverness only wins points if it’s not at the expense of rhyme/meter. Breaking the rules because you know them has never been impressive to me in and of itself.
Humor [...]
Does anyone else think Bruce Schneier and Christopher Lowell are the same person?
H.S.O! On that horrible social networking site. For about a year in the mid-nineties, “Coroner” was my absolute favorite song ever.
