Rational Conservatism from the Rocky Mountains
I know I’m a pretty strange person. But how strange I am is sometimes only revealed even to me when my brain takes a hard, sharp turn out of normal life for no discernable reason… That’s what happened today. Or really, it started last night. I just got fed up with my office/hobby room. Over [...]
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which hit theaters 25 years ago this week and will soon be re-released on Blu-Ray and DVD, inspires a special kind of reverence in suburbia. “Today you’d be hard-pressed to find an American high-school yearbook that doesn’t quote somewhere in its pages Ferris Bueller’s view on existence,” author Susannah Gora writes [...]
In Action Comics’ new record-breaking 900th issue, the iconic super hero renounces his U.S citizenship following a clash with the federal government. The Man of Steel, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938, has always been recognized as a devoted American warrior who constantly fought evil, but as of Thursday, he is no longer [...]
I Am A: Lawful Good Human Wizard (7th Level) Ability Scores: Strength-13 Dexterity-17 Constitution-14 Intelligence-17 Wisdom-16 Charisma-14 Alignment:Lawful Good A lawful good character acts as a good person is expected or required to act. He combines a commitment to oppose evil with the discipline to fight relentlessly. He tells the truth, keeps his word, helps [...]
So as I was eating lunch today (a thin-sliced chicken sandwich with mustard and six baked tortilla chips with salsa) I noticed a box of Special K “Fruit Crisps” breakfast bars. I picked up the box to examine this new delicacy the beneficent Cosmic Wife had procured for me and was struck by how amazingly [...]
So, as I lay back on the table looking at the inside of my bladder on the video screen, I remember thinking to myself “Man, the last thing I thought I’d be looking at today when I woke up was the inside of my bladder.” Sigh, if I’ve been more than usually unpleasant today, I [...]
So, according to the scale this morning, I am down 19 pounds since starting my new lifestyle. But when I look in the mirror, I still have a paunch. I don’t understand that. It is much smaller, to be sure, but it’s still a paunch. I guess I’m just gonna have to start tummy crunches [...]
I have long been one who is quick to puncture the inflated egos of those who sneer at WalMart, McDonalds, “McMansions” and most of the other targets of the self-righteous but not self-aware. But… since I started my new “lifestyle” I find that my own view of things has already shifted dramatically. For example, yesterday [...]
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