There’s no sense in being precise when you don’t even know what you’re talking about. — John von Neumann
Let’s Get Drunk and See How Fast We Can Drive My Expensive Car
According to the California Highway Patrol, [Kurt Duncan] Naegele, [Ryan Robert] Doheny, Doheny’s brother-in-law Darren William Dahlman, 38, of Pasadena, and Christopher H. Pennell of Los Angeles, had been drinking as guests invited to a birthday party on the San Simeon ranch on Sept. 18, 2009. They drove to the airstrip to find out how fast Naegele’s Range Rover could go, something a CHP investigator claims Doheny later told him was a bad idea because it was pitch black out and Naegele was driving very fast and erratically. Around 11 p.m., the Range Rover rolled several times before falling down a steep embankment 300 feet off the runway on the north side of the airstrip. The crash killed Dahlman, seriously injured Naegele (who had to be extricated from behind the steering wheel) and also injured Pennell and Doheny. Naegele and Doheny estimated to officers that they had been traveling 35… Read more →
Theological Question
And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up . . . — James 5:15 So why did the Lord make the sick person sick in the first place? Read more →
Penn State Death Penalty?
College football — Penn State Nittany Lions earned wrath of NCAA — ESPN Forget the NCAA death penalty . . . Penn State University should be burnt to the ground, plowed under and sown with salt. Read more →
Open Letter to a Politician
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The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once. — Einstein
I Dont No Why Im Dumb Agen
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Don’t Bring a Gun That Shoots Plastic Pellets to a Gunfight
Man shot to death by police even though family told 911 his gun was fake — U.S. News Read more →
Aside
Don’t wanna go by the devil, don’t wanna go by the demon, don’t wanna go by Satan, don’t wanna die uneasy …
Another Guy Who Didn’t Get the Memo on the American Dream
[youtube http://youtu.be/eM7gKeifEOA] “Anywhere there’s a hardware store I can make money. . . . My art was dormant. Then one day they told me I was laid off from my construction job, and thank goodness.” Sounds like another guy who didn’t get the memo that America is “no longer the land of opportunity” and “the ‘American dream’ is a myth.” Read more →
The Career of a Character Actor
“Who’s Jack Elam? Get me Jack Elam. Get me a Jack Elam type. Get me a young Jack Elam. Who’s Jack Elam?” — Jack Elam (1920-2003), interviewed in 1976 Read more →
Young MacDonald
Little Known Facts About Famous Bluesmen
Blind Willie McTell originally considered the name Spicy Chicken McBites. Read more →
Aside
Another day, another adventure in participating in human society.
It’s Hot in July: Everybody Panic!
When it’s hot in July, it’s global warming. When it’s cold in January, climate isn’t weather. Read more →
Thoroughly Smug and Thoroughly Uncomfortable
O generation of the thoroughly smug and thoroughly uncomfortable, I have seen fishermen picnicking in the sun, I have seen them with untidy families, I have seen their smiles full of teeth and heard ungainly laughter. And I am happier than you are, And they were happier than I am; And the fish swim in the lake and do not even own clothing. — Ezra Pound, “Salutation” Read more →
For Some Things, You Need a Man
80 Percent Of Lightning Strike Victims Are Male, But Why? — NPR Same reason all of your top executives are men — because we’re risk takers and we don’t run and hide under our blankies at the first sign of danger. Read more →
Words
But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. — Matthew 12:36-37 Read more →
Aside
Speak the truth, then leave immediately.