A few things for you NB readers: Full Story »

Well I figured I’d give you all a break Full Story »

“One reads such links, and what can one say but— Full Story »

With apologies to Edgar Allan Poe…

Once upon a midnight dreary, as you quaffed drinks brown and beery,
Came a tapping amid the gloom, upon the closed door of your room.
You spied with thin eyes the tenebrous hall, wond’ring who had the unmitigated gall
To interrupt your sacred rite of getting hammered throughout the night.
But naught was there—just drafty air, which brought a chill to what flesh was bare,
And as it seemed you’d be bothered nevermore, up flew a raven from the shadowy floor.
It flapped about madly, you fell back in alarm—”Woe is me!” cried ye, as it perched on your arm.
Stricken by fear, your soul rendered weak, you rued the dark tidings soon to shriek from that beak.
But the bird of ill omen Full Story »

♫♪ If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed Full Story »

There’s an old saying in Tennessee Full Story »

I learned something new today Full Story »

Summer is gone Full Story »

Perfect cure for a hangover: Full Story »

Short. Sweet Full Story »

Hope you’re happy, you Full Story »

Taking a break Full Story »

No time to waste Full Story »

Now don’t get me wrong, I like Obama and think his best days are still to come. But his administration has so far been a strange collection of backtracks, waverings, retreats, retreads, flip-flops, cricket chirps and sellouts, with a few successes here and there.

Friend of mine saw a link somewhere that wondered what it would be like if Team Obama applied its logic on health care to other progressive battles in history. He lost the exact link, which I don’t have either, so I hope my list below isn’t copycatting someone else too closely (email or comment if so, esp. if you have the link in question).

Anyway, here are a few headlines from history, if Obama logic was at work… Full Story »

Lovely jubbly, innit? Full Story »

You definitely better not Full Story »

This makes no damned sense at all Full Story »

I try to Full Story »

Day late, dollar short Full Story »

Now I’ve seen it all Full Story »