Archive for December, 2008
Snow depths
You can say a lot about December’s weather. Some of it might even be printable. One issue that keeps coming up in the conversation has been snow depth. How much of it have we gotten? It’s been a bit frustrating because aside from one measurement earlier this month, the National Weather Service’s preliminary weather stats [...]
A note from home
So I wrote my folks about this nice weather we’re having and sent them a few photos. My parents live in Phoenix, Ariz., having moved there from Kansas back around the time Eisenhower was still in the White House. I came along too (not having much say in the matter) and as a result didn’t [...]
If the shoe fits
My friend Malcolm Brenner has it figured out. Malcolm lives in Punta Gorda, Fla., and wasn’t fooled for a minute by this nonsense about somebody tossing his shoes at President Bush. Here’s the letter he broadcast the other night: Dear Friends & Fellow Americans, Following Iraqi reporter Muntadar al-Zeidi’s generous attempt to donate his shoes [...]
Word association test
“All right Mr. Porter, we’re going to take a word association test now. Are you ready?” “Go for it.” “Good. Now you know the drill, I say a word and you answer with the first thing that pops into your mind.” “Got it.” “Good, here we go. Let’s start with ‘catastrophic.’” “Financial.” “Dire.” “Financial.” “Unprecedented [...]
Johnny Ringo and the law
We don’t normally get a chuckle out of Washington State Patrol press releases, but this one proved to be the exception to the rule: “A Washington State Trooper working routine traffic patrol stopped a motorist for driving aggressively on I-82 near Selah and discovered marijuana and illegal mushrooms. At about 9:25 this morning Trooper Paul [...]
Going down
So a friend and I had to drive to the Tri-Cities late last week to take care of some business and visit Griggs department store in Pasco, because, well, it’s Griggs and they have tons of neat stuff. Of course, on the way there I was checking gas prices. In Touchet it was $1.92 for [...]
If you have a trekker on your Xmas list
If there’s someone in your family who is a terminal trekker (as in “Star Trek”), you can do one of two things: (1) Slip them a mickey, put them in a box and ship them to the Please, Please Get A Life Institute for immediate deprogramming, or (2) Go here and just buy the darn [...]
The figures so far..
Well, I can’t help but weigh in on poor Plaxico. Glock .40 caliber pistol – $550 (give or take.) One cartridge – About 34 cents. (More if it was a high-powered defensive round.) Four game suspension - $206,000 per game. Making a total jackass of yourself – Priceless.
Buy low, sell high
Blew it again. I didn’t buy Microsoft stock when it first went public. Didn’t invest in Apple when people still thought it was only a fruit and didn’t buy gold when it was still $200 an ounce. And now it seems I failed to invest in the next big thing when I had the chance. [...]
