I haven’t watched a single second of the winter Olympics this year. I’m not protesting or anything–just been busy with/interested in other things. I heard Bob Costas had some eye trouble; that’s all I know.
February 18, 2014 Extra
The wife and I are watching the second season of House of Cards on Netflix. Vice President Frank Underwood is as repugnant and corrupt as politicians come. And yet I find myself rooting for the guy. I don’t think I’m alone in this.
February 18, 2014
I think we’re better with sunscreen now, but when I was growing up there always seemed to be at least one kid who returned from a winter holiday weekend looking like a sunburnt raccoon. This is that kid’s father.
February 17, 2014
2008 was a breakthrough. We elected a black president. Someday–perhaps as early as 2016–we will elect a woman president, and eventually presidents of Hispanic and Asian descent. And perhaps one day scientific advances will allow us to put a clone of William Howard Taft in the White House. That guy knew how to party.
February 16, 2014
I’m fairly confident that church attendance suffers significantly September through January. A couple weeks into February more men are suddenly in the pews, looking somewhat bewildered and more than a little forlorn–as if someone had just told them their dog had died.
February 15, 2014
First comic! I think many people (and I can be guilty of this) spend way too much time thinking about supposedly clever or profound items to post on their social media outlet of choice. And, yes, I do see the irony.
White Outs 