the woodshed

I...uh...wow This is why he is The General and we are mere footsoldiers.

Dazed and Confused '08 First we had Sarah Palin's deer-in-the-headlights response to Charlie Gibson's questions about the Bush ...

Things I never thought I'd say 1. I won't be voting in this election. Not because I'm following the old adages "No matter ...

At least the raises were regular and no one really cared what you did in class.

higher, stronger, faster, prettier? Synchro swimming, figure skating, artistic gymnatics --- While I would never deny that they require supe...

If Pakistan can do it... As recently as two years ago, Pervez Musharraf was the absolute ruler of Pakistan, well except for those pesky trib...

Another good reason to love living in Japan Now imagine the same thing in real life, with one important wardrobe change.... TOKYO (Reuters)...

Thinking with the wrong head First of all, I'm pissed at John Edwards for staying the race when he knew this was out there and could det...

My world no longer makes sense Please understand that among the two-legged lifeforms that populate the Earth, there are few I loathe more th...

I know the scenery in the prairies can get monotonous but... "One moment, the quiet man near the back of the bus was minding his own b...

Shock first and ask questions later Imagine you're a small town cop in the heartland of America. You're responding to a report about...

A town called malice Why is it that the Excited States is viewed by many reasonsable people in other civilized countries as a sort of open-a...

Civil Cold War turning hot? The recent shooting in a Tennessee Unitarian-Universalist Church is a tragic event and as distasteful as it is t...

Throw the bum out Williams Lake B.C. Mayor Scott Nelson has decided that enough is enough. He has convinced the local RCMP detachment to arr...

Inkstained Wretches With his crabby "You goddamn kids stay off my lawn" tone that suggests he is probably wearing an onion on his ...

And speaking of "knowing what they know"... A brief round-up of the dimmer side of the blogosphere, just 'cause I'm feeli...

Logic, the Blogging Tories and Omar Khadr (expanded and revised from yesterday's intitial draft) A busy weekend this side of the pond an...

What I'm doing this weekend and you should be too, is going to the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, Texas with all the other libera...