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Technical Difficulties

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 22, 2008 · Comments (4)

This morning, in my piece on Barack Obama's rather... unique... interpretation of the Constitution, I made considerably more than my fair share of typos. I offer no excuses, but I do have an explanation. Just before I left for vacation, my main computer (Frankenputer) fried itself. I haven't been able... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.4/5 (9 votes cast)

Is it a full moon?

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: July 21, 2008 · Comments (3)

I usually don't cross-post pieces from my personal blog on Wizbang, but this one is pretty darn funny so I thought it would provide a good laugh for everyone on a Monday morning. **** As owners of a canoe livery, we get our share of interesting phone calls, one of... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (8 votes cast)

Something I have always found interesting

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: July 17, 2008 · Comments (7)

Is why I get mail or phone calls from the Republican party. Today I received a phone that was an effort to get me to contribute to the Senate races this fall. Like I've done with all such calls in the past, I politely said no, even before the caller... [Full Story]

Rating: 1.7/5 (15 votes cast)

A million miles here, a million miles there

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: July 16, 2008 · Comments (13)

We are all doomed.....maybe in 2036. Since Apophis was discovered in 2004, asteroid-watchers have known that it has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2036. At 270 metres wide, it is too small to rival the object that wiped out the dinosaurs, but it could cause devastating tsunamis were... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (6 votes cast)

Barium for Breakfast

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: July 14, 2008 · Comments (17)

I was in MD Anderson this morning for another look-see into the bad little cells which have been going after me for a few years now. As before, things went well and the little monsters - rather literally - are not growing in size or number, so all is well.... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (22 votes cast)

Timing Is Everything

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: July 9, 2008 · Comments (13)

Well, ain't this a fine kick in the teeth. The day before I leave on vacation, my desktop computer (Frankenputer) suffers an apparent catastrophic failure of its primary hard drive. Good thing I have my laptop backup (Electric Mayhem) on hand. But I'm gonna be largely offline for a day... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.1/5 (8 votes cast)

"Jay, There's Someone From Human Resources On Line Two For You..."

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: June 20, 2008 · Comments (31)

The other day, I was chatting with a female colleague. I was complaining that I hadn't done a very good job of shaving that morning. "It doesn't look bad." "Yeah, but it feels rough as hell." I took her hand and scraped it along my jawline. "Ouch. That is nasty."... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (28 votes cast)

School Pride

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: June 6, 2008 · Comments (5)

It's not all too often I have something in common with a person in the news. FORT LAUDERDALE - Yazmany Arboleda is a New York artist with South Florida ties who has achieved a big goal at age 27: People are talking about his provocative work. Arboleda's 24-hour exhibit in... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.5/5 (6 votes cast)

Ted Kennedy and Hope

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: May 21, 2008 · Comments (16)

I was dismayed to hear about Senator Kennedy's brain tumor, not least because the consensus seems to be that there is no hope for his survival. Speaking as someone told by his oncologist to prepare for death not so very long ago, I say to the Senator the following: Do... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (27 votes cast)

Mildred Loving dead at age 68

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: May 6, 2008 · Comments (4)

41 years ago next month, Mildred and her husband Richard, won a landmark Supreme Court decision. The USSC in Loving vs. Virginia overturned the anti-miscegenation that made it illegal for the Lovings to be married in Virginia. See Mildred was black, and her husband Richard white. Laws like that... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.9/5 (7 votes cast)

School Spirit: The Lab Specimen Speaks

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: April 29, 2008 · Comments (8)

I've been a bit distracted the last week or so, and my blogging has suffered. That's because one of you readers (you know who you are, wavemaker) tossed a bomb in my lap, and I've been thinking how the hell to defuse it. Wavemaker, when he's not being a moderate... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (8 votes cast)

Looks Like I've Made It....

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: April 10, 2008 · Comments (19)

You know, I've been blogging for a bit over four years now. (Crap, I missed my blogiversary --- March 31! NO ONE GOT ME ANYTHING. You all suck. And so do I, for that matter.) Anyway, as I was saying before I so rudely interrupted myself, I've been blogging for... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (19 votes cast)

I wonder if I had a little something to do with this

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 5, 2008 · Comments (4)

April is going to be a busy golf month for me. In three weeks I will be a member of the media covering the Stanford Intl. Next week is The Masters. Can Tiger Woods win his fifth green jacket? Before either of those events take place, there is the first... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (4 votes cast)

Too risky to remain silent

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: April 1, 2008 · Comments (4)

Regular Wizbang readers know I'm a melanoma survivor and am fighting stage IV disease at present. Today one of the subcribers to the Mel-l mailiing list sent out an article from the NY Times. It was about a physician who sees a woman at a book shop who isn't their... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Access to Pro sporting events for Sports bloggers

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 15, 2008 · Comments (2)

First I'll make an announcement. Next month I will be covering the Stanford International Pro-Am. The first LPGA full field event in South Florida since 2001. This is the second time I've been credentialed to cover a LPGA golf event. Last November I covered the ADT Championship in West Palm... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.4/5 (9 votes cast)

Must be the new math

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 15, 2008 · Comments (10)

Take the year 2008 Minus 196?(The year of my wife's birth. Which is the same as mine) and you get 50 or older. Some how AARP has either flunked math or a database has my wife's year of birth in the 1950's. Today she got a AARP membership card in... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.8/5 (4 votes cast)

Sideways

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 11, 2008 · Comments (7)

I went back to the oncologist today to get my results. Good news- My bloodwork and Chest X-ray were good, one of the three brain tumors looks to have been destroyed. Bad News- The other two brain tumors are still there(but smaller). They aren't operable. Having surgery to remove brain... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (6 votes cast)

I'm free

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 3, 2008 · Comments (20)

As I noted in an update to my earlier post, my chemotherapy has ended. My raditation treatments have also. Eight weeks have passed and I feel like I did when I started. There have been a few changes. Between chemo and the immuneotherapy I had last year, I lost almost... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (24 votes cast)

OK, Who Else Wants A Piece Of Me?

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: February 25, 2008 · Comments (18)

I think I'm feeling my oats today. And it's a FUN feeling. Yesterday, I voiced my disapproval of Senator Barack Obama using the term "insurgent" to describe himself, pointing out the term has become synonymous with terrorists in a lot of people's minds. Several people mocked me, taking my comments... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (21 votes cast)

Ouch...

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: February 18, 2008 · Comments (2)

They have my money. They have my sweat. They have my dignity. But I took home a great deal of their chlorine. BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!! Which I promptly sent right down my shower drain. I think they got the best of the deal...... [Full Story]

Rating: 2/5 (8 votes cast)

The Complete Adventures Of The USS Flyswatter

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: February 16, 2008 · Comments (5)

At least one person expressed interest in the story of the USS Manchester, in collected form, so I whipped up a pair of PDFs for those interested: First Story Second Story I dunno when inspiration for fiction will strike me again, but if I do, I'll certainly consider posting it... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.5/5 (4 votes cast)

The Further Adventures Of The USS Flyswatter, Conclusion

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: February 15, 2008 · Comments (2)

OK, here's the end of the story. I dunno if or when I get the urge to write more fiction like this, but if I do, I'll be glad to share it here as well as over on the Naval Fiction board. Thanks to everyone who commented -- even the... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.7/5 (7 votes cast)

My Annual Valentine's Day Post

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: February 14, 2008 · Comments (2)

I have posted the following the past three years on Valentine's Day. My kids have graduated from Dora and Lizzie McGuire to Hannah Montana and "too old for kid Valentines," but otherwise, not much has changed. From the heart, here is my annual Valentine: I will never see a Valentine's... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (8 votes cast)

The Further Adventures Of The USS Flyswatter, Parts VI-X

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: February 14, 2008 · Comments (1)

OK, here are the next five parts of my story about the USS Manchester. Tomorrow at this time, I'll post the thrilling conclusion. Well, the conclusion, anyway. I shouldn't promise too much.... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.4/5 (5 votes cast)

The Further Adventures Of The USS Flyswatter, Parts I-V

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: February 13, 2008 · Comments (2)

Over the last week, I wrote the second part of the story of the USS Manchester. And over the next three days, at this time, I'm going to publish them here. As before, they will be in the extended section so those not interested in my venture into historical fiction... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

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