2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 41,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 15 sold-out performances for that many [...]

Civil Disobedience Cat Will Not Be Moved

HOLIDAY CAKE RECIPE

HOLIDAY CAKE RECIPE Ingredients: * 2 cups flour * 1 stick butter * 1 cup of water * 1 tsp baking soda * 1 cup of sugar * 1 tsp salt * 1 cup of brown sugar * Lemon juice * 4 large eggs * Nuts * 2 bottles wine * 2 cups of dried [...]

What exactly is a “New Year’s resolution”? It’s a “to do” list for the first week of January.

It’s the blessed time of year when we celebrate the baby born to 2 dads and a surrogate mother.

Happy New Year 2012!!!

The 2012 U.S. Presidential Election — regardless of who wins, Wall Street wins

It’s hard to imagine that in just ten months (barring a Mayan end times apocalypse), the US will elect (or re-elect) a president. While there’s a lot of pitter patter about this or that candidate, National Review columnnist Kevin D. Williamson hits the mark in describing the election and what it really means — a [...]

Geoffrey Burgon’s Nunc Dimittis / Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy end credits

Last night, I watched the original Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy starring Alec Guinness. It was good. I especially liked Geoffrey Borgon’s haunting Nunc Dimittis. Here’s a link to Burgon’s masterpiece.

Crime DOES Pay for the 1%

Thinking about sitting out the election because Obama hasn’t been as liberal as you’d hoped?