The magnitude of the tragedy in New Orleans is just off the charts – really, it’s pretty much past my ability to fathom. And at the moment I don’t have any brilliant ideas about how to solve the city’s exploding crisis other than send money, send troops, send food, send everything. Which I guess is finally happening – Congress just

This rule is operative for most projects, but is especially true for packing the house to move. The first 90% of the work will take 90% of the budgeted time. The last 10% will take the other 90% of the time. Back to packing…

I introduced everybody to the new Brother Paul archive (brother_paul) a few weeks back. Not sure how many have checked it out. If you haven’t, we just posted another bit, this from 1996. This one examines Ross Perot’s VP short list…. Have a look.

First, feel free to ignore this post. Seriously. You’ll see why in a second. I recently made a decision about my life – if you read the blog entry entitled “More lullaby, less pit,” you know what I’m talking about. One of the things this has translated into is that I want to get this alleged book of poetry I’ve

Goodnight, Doctor…

Arjen Robben isn’t so sure about Jose Maurinho’s system: If you play two or three matches and one match is bad, you are immediately on the bench and that’s not good. It’s bad for a player’s self-confidence because you can’t get a rhythm. The problem now is that if you have a dip in form or play badly then you

Thoughtful column on Cindy Sheehan and the war protest from Mary de Juliis of the Muskogee Phoenix. In concluding, she does a nice job of summing up how I feel about the whole issue, as well: I am not antiwar. As long as it is possible for people like Adolph Hitler to come to power and persecute people, then there

Oh dear lord, this was on the Success Stories page.

Yesterday’s Rocky Mountain News column by Dave Krieger updates a thread he kicked off on Saturday, where he noted the rage with which Colorado Avalanche fans have greeted the signing of former Vancouver Canuck Brad May and the difficulty they’ve had in finding a way to let the organization know about their feelings. In his Saturday column, he posted the

Just sayin’, is all….

Free enterprise ain’t getting it done on the US wireless front. Of course, anybody who’s ever had a wireless phone in the US could probably have told you that…. [THX: Frankie Vee at the Western Slope Bureau.]

This is the funniest thing I’ve read at least since the time some guys convinced Evan Dando (of The Lemonheads) that Madonna was on the phone for him. I would have posted it five minutes ago, except I was pretty much incapacitated on the floor laughing.

Fun stuff from the people who brought you the Iraqi Info Minister site. I will say this – right now I wouldn’t take McLellan’s place for any amount of money. Nor is there much chance I’d be asked to….

Meet LJ’s newest member: felixwas. It took awhile, but I finally roped another guy into the blogosphere. He’s smart as hell and a great writer and an even better person to just know. So stop by, see what he has to say, introduce yourself, make him feel welcome.

Brian (angliss)at Daedalnexus points out new research that seems to seriously certify global warming claims. It will be interesting to see how the see-no-evil crowd rebuts the latest.