midwinter
the bird’s injured
left wing
a waitress
refills the sugar
the long day
first tree buds
the list of baby names
not chosen
from dagosan:
four Advil
at a time —
caressing the cordless mouse
[Feb. 3, 2005]
I’m starting to understand why Steve Bainbridge was recently mistaken for a Leftie. “proffedUpF”
On Jan. 31, Prof. B. favorably quoted the following passage:
The idea that there is something wrong with foisting the payment for
one’s present comfort onto future generations (as many Western Europeans
seem content to do) is incomprehensible to [their] minds. For if we believe
that all that matters is our own present satisfaction and that no one owes
anything to others, then it does not seem unjust to mortgage the future of
others — even our own children.
If one didn’t look closely to see that the author was Sam Gregg of the Acton Institute,
and the topic was European “secularists” and the need for religion in the political sphere,
you might have thought this was a Liberal rant against the massive deficits of the Bush
Administration and the Republican Party– caused by constant, faith-based tax reductions
and welfare for corporations and the very rich.
“tinyredcheck”Have you ever wondered about the source of the prefix “schm-” — often used in a comic
“reduplicated rhyming compound”? Well, the Word Maven explains it well, and we
presented the explanation as part of a local schmocal update at Crime & Federalism.
SOTUS-free, for your enjoyment and my sanity.
It has long been clear to any objective or thoughtful observer that using a
cellphone while driving is an irresponsibly dangerous activity — whether the
phone is handheld or not. Here’s the intro to a report from LiveScience on yet
another study telling us what many Americans just don’t want to know (because
giving up their cellphones would be soooo inconvenient, and deprive them of a
basic liberty, too) (via beSpacific):
“Finally, empirical proof you can blame chatty 20-somethings for
stop-and-go traffic on the way to work.
“A new study confirms that the reaction time of cell phone users slows
dramatically, increasing the risk of accidents and tying up traffic in general,
and when young adults use cell phones while driving, they’re as bad as
sleepy septuagenarians.”