bfwebster on January 29th, 2010

As noted below, we’re having one of our Very Large Scale BBQs tomorrow (Saturday). I got up this morning at 0545 and fired up the smoker. While (as you can see) I use lump charcoal and soaked wood to do the actual smoking, I unapologetically started the fire in the firebox with MatchLight charcoal and [...]

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bfwebster on January 27th, 2010

Over 40 years ago, Pete Seeger wrote a song ostensibly about an Army platoon on stateside maneuvers but actually referring to the escalation of the Vietnam War.  Here are the lyrics: It was back in nineteen forty-two, I was a member of a good platoon. We were on maneuvers in-a Loozianna, One night by the [...]

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bfwebster on January 27th, 2010

I just heard Chris Wallace talk about having a press lunch with Pres. Obama today and that Obama seemed quite sure of himself, unfazed by the Massachusetts election last week and the subsequent collapse of Obamacare, and looking forward to his State of the Union address tonight. I immediately flashed back to The Hitchhiker’s Guide [...]

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bfwebster on January 26th, 2010

Sandra and I are throwing one of our periodic very-large-scale BBQs this Saturday, January 30th, 2 to 7 pm. If you’re in Colorado (or can get here) and you’d like to come, drop me a line. If you’re wondering what these BBQs are like (and what’s on the menu), here’s a blog post from a [...]

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bfwebster on January 26th, 2010

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Obama Speaks to a Sixth-Grade Classroom www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit. ..bruce w..

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bfwebster on January 24th, 2010

Hat tip to George R. R. Martin, who really SHOULD BE FINISHING THE NEXT ‘SONG OF ICE & FIRE’ NOVEL rather than posting funny videos. But it was a great video to post.  ..bruce w..

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bfwebster on January 23rd, 2010

A wonderful video with a big hat tip to Gerard Van der Leun over at American Digest.  ..bruce w..

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bfwebster on January 22nd, 2010

In the fall of 2008, in a political discussion with a friend, she asked if I was worried about Obama being elected. I said no, for various reasons. First, I felt (wrongly, in retrospect) that Obama, like Bill Clinton, would largely govern from the center. Second, I had (and have) a lot of trust in [...]

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bfwebster on January 19th, 2010

Best $200 I ever spent. I’m going to be smiling for days. Contrary to a lot of the spin coming out of the Left, here’s what Rasmussen found: In the end, Brown pulled off the upset in large part because he won unaffiliated voters by a 73% to 25% margin. The senator-elect also picked up [...]

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bfwebster on January 19th, 2010

One of my favorite modern authors, Robert B. Parker, died at home, literally while writing his next Spenser novel. I have read the whole Spenser series several times over the years and buy each new one as soon as it comes out in paperback. I wonder if he has tucked away in his files a [...]

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