Rhyme Of The Day

Various meanderings with a rhyme in there somewhere.

Friday, March 31, 2006

Sleep

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I see the rise and fall Of your chest, The swell Of your breast, And all Is well.

Balls In The Air

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Here's a video of Chris Bliss juggling balls with background music from the B side of the Beatles' Abbey Road album. With the musi...
Thursday, March 30, 2006

Ballet Night

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Had phenomenal seats for ABT's Le Corsaire. Angel Corella was awesome as the male slave. The women went "Woohoo!" When Angel...
Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Horowitz vs. Kirstein

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We drove over to St. Xav's to hear David Horowitz and Professor Peter N. Kirstein debate " The Iraq War: In The Classroom And Beyon...
Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Talaq

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Under Islamic family law, a man can divorce his wife just by telling her "I divorce you" three times. Even though India is a predo...
Monday, March 27, 2006

10G for Me & Thee

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Charles Murray has " A Plan To Reduce The Welfare State ." For some reason, this plan involves giving every American exactly ten ...

Taboo

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The New Individualist came in the mail. The one whose cover features that Danish cartoon with the Prophet wearing a bomb for a turban. The i...
Saturday, March 25, 2006

The Great Debate

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I spent the morning at the campus of my alma mater. This weekend it's the site of a big debate tournament for the Chicago public high s...
Friday, March 24, 2006

Oppression

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These people plan to kill a man For converting to Christianity. I thought we invaded Afghanistan To get RID of religious insanity.
Thursday, March 23, 2006

Oldest Tortoise Dies

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This critter was a British officer's pet in the 18th Century. You know, like around the 1750s. Farewell, Mr. Tortoise! Human lives are...

Women's History Month

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Stephen Hicks is going to talk about Ayn Rand as part of Rockford College's Women's History Month lecture series. On April 3rd. Sh...
Wednesday, March 22, 2006

The Prying Eyes of Texas

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Texas is using undercover agents to ferret out intoxicated people. In bars. No surprise, they found some. And arrested them. I know you sh...
Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Sunset

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Streaks of pink and purple in the sky Make me think of blue- and raspberry pie. Although it wasn't on my list of wishes, It's great ...
Monday, March 20, 2006

Sprung

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Spring sneaked in. Just peeked around the corner, And slid by without warning. The increase in daylight Was easy to sight, But when will the...
Sunday, March 19, 2006

An English Major's Lament

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Why are there so many spammers Lacking the basics of grammar? Did they skip their studies To play with their buddies? Is that why they now w...
Saturday, March 18, 2006

The Philosopher's Stone and The Klein Bottle

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Tom Stone, owner of the valuable EpistemeLinks site has started up a new blog, called Philosopher Stone , which is a cute pun on his name a...
Friday, March 17, 2006

The Most Distressful Country

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Kirinqueen and Madbard both alluded to this traditional song: I met with Napper Tandy and he took me by the hand, And he said, "How...
Thursday, March 16, 2006

Alley Patrol

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My dogs just treed a possum. They thought that was awesome.

Wrong Number

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Did you ever make an accidental cell phone call? Did it set you up for a fall? Was it to 9-1-1? Was it when you were planning a robbery with...
Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Educational Reading

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"The literary world had revolted against the yoke of coming capitalism - its money-lenders, its bank directors, and its railway magnate...
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