Entries from February 2008

February 21, 2008

Bimbo Erruptions

Well, John McCain has arrived.  The first ‘official’ bimbo erruption of his presidential campaign has occured.  According to Drudge:
 McCain has personally pleaded with NY TIMES editor Bill Keller not to publish the high-impact report involving key telecom legislation before the Senate Commerce Committee, newsroom insiders tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
Now, over at Don Surber’s place, [...]

February 19, 2008

If It’s Good For The Goose …

So, over at Lincoln Walks at Midnight is a story on King Joe’s proposal to slash property taxes on commercial and corporate aircraft, after hearing from county airport officials who support the bill.  Messina has a link to additional stuff  with the AP.  It says:
Airport officials from counties across West Virginia helped convince the Senate Finance [...]

February 19, 2008

Ever Seen a Nuclear Plant?

Well …. here:

This one is NOT a nuclear plant:

February 19, 2008

State of My Employment

I’ve had a couple folk ask what’s up since I left my previous employer to become self-employed, and how my apprenticeship is going. The short answer is, I’m still self-employed. This journey into self-employment hasn’t been what I thought it would be.  I’m learning, or reaffirming actually, some hard lessons about people and myself. 
About People [...]

February 18, 2008

New Toy Alert!!

I have a new toy!!  Woo hoo!!
I love tech toys.  I don’t have the Blackberry or Chocolate things, but I do have a Palm, Bluetooth headset for my cell phone, digital camera, digital voice recorder and a few other things.  I got an early birthday present on Friday night, a Navigon 2100 GPS! 

I’m having a ball [...]

February 18, 2008

This Little Piggie — Moo

Ahhh … I need a couple more weekends like this past one.  I took a trip to Oak Hill, Ohio, on Saturday.  Went up to a friend’s farm to see the ‘new’ pigs and calves.  It isn’t a large farm by most standards.  It is larger than I would like to run myself.
It only takes [...]

February 18, 2008

She’s Going Down!!

I go to Weight Watchers regularly each week, and have been for over two years.  In that time I’ve lost almost,  ALMOST 40 pounds.  I stress “almost” because I’ve been battling 3 pounds since before Christmas.  One week I’m down 2, the next down .5, the next up 1.5, then down .5, and so on. 
I [...]

February 12, 2008

Book Meme — Ah Crap.

I know I’m supposed to be flattered when I get tagged for stuff.  But you folk don’t understand … I am NOT an exciting person! 
So, I’m tagged by WV Laurel for a book meme.  Here’s what Laurel posted about it:
In response to SagaciousHillbilly: Sagacious Hillbilly (who certainly is both), I bring you what I call [...]

February 11, 2008

GOP Convention Fallout - Part 1

Don’t know if there will be multiple parts to this, but thought I would plan for it! 
I hope the WV GOP seriously considers what they have done.  Check these letters out (Sent to me by my own Clark Kent) …

State GOP OKs Vote Fraud

Republicans Lost Their Vote

GOP’s Slap at its Voters

State Republicans Left In [...]

February 8, 2008

GOP Convention - Part 5

I was forwarded a copy of an email that was sent around today.  I thought I would share it with you.

Dear Republican Friends,
This message is being sent to you because you signed up to be a delegate or voter in the first ever West Virginia GOP Presidential Convention.  I write to thank you for your [...]