I stared intelligently at the page, hoping that the intelligent look would somehow translate into intelligent action. Nothing would come though. I was vaguely annoyed, because it is difficult to be precisely annoyed at something that you cannot quite put your finger on. Then I realized what the hell the problem was.  And it was [...]

I was interested in watching the election results for Michigan come in.  I knew Arizona was going to go to Romney, polling never swayed from Romney once.  Michigan is the big question mark here, the one that can either hurt Mitt or catapult him past Santorum going into super Tuesday, with it’s numerous match-ups, including [...]

Pic of the day:  Mister Pertuiset The Lion Hunter, By Edouard Manet ____________________________ Guns don’t kill people, people do.  Well, guns do kill people, but they have to be in the hands of people for that to happen, obviously.  So how do we stop people from killing people with guns? Take guns away from people? [...]

Pic of the day:  The Banshee, by H.M. Ram _________________________ Merriment behind me, nothing ahead. Around me the sounds of music made by better musicians than I, around me darkness. To my left scenes of my happy past, to my right a flower and some candles. In front of me the caricature of a dead [...]

Once when the old man was young, he thought he was stronger than anyone.  He was laughably wrong.  He was a skinny kid with an ego the size of the planet, but strong?  Not really.  He wonders now what that kid would think of the man that he has become. Would he look at him [...]