President Obama’s 2nd Inaugural Address, 2013
In case you missed it. I also recommend you read Charlie Pierce’s post about the speech, and for its atmospherics out on the Mall, read his previous post as well.
Archive of entries posted on January 2013
Yay Niners!
It’s been a heckuva long time since they made it back to the Super Bowl, and getting behind by 17 points before coming back to win 28 – 24 probably gave a million of their fans heart palpitations, but they did it! This seems pertinent. Strange game. Through three quarters, the quarterback who rushed for …
Darwin Awards, Honorable Mentions
Y’all know about these awards, right? Today, on what was billed Gun Appreciation Day by its organizers1, at least five people were injured in accidents involving the very things they were trying to appreciate. Three of them were injured in Raleigh, NC, when one particular idiot “was unfastening the case of his 12-gauge shotgun on …
Credit card freebies
About once every year I remember that my various credit cards have reward programs and I go check to see how many points I’ve got accrued and what they can be redeemed for. The last time around I got a $50 gift card at Amazon, so I looked at my wish list there and said …
Where IS everything?
There’s nothing quite like walking into the neighborhood used book emporium after a few months of not doing so and discovering the management has flipped the store shelves back-to-front. The CDs all used to be on the right toward the back; now they’re directly in front. The mystery books were on the left toward the …
This felt strange to say
Normally I have my teeth cleaned every six months, but with all the Sturm und Drang over my mouth’s various ailments I skipped last October’s appointment on the advice of both the periodontist and the surgeons. The other day when I went up to the ENT Clinic I asked if I could go back to …
That was a pleasant surprise
Back when Dad was on active duty in the Navy we shopped primarily at the Navy Commissary, no matter where we were stationed. One of the unwritten rules was “don’t shop on or after a payday,” which meant the 15th and 30th of each month. This was back in the days when credit cards weren’t …
Stop, thief!
One of my new Christmas socks disappeared during the wash. I suspect a fitted sheet.
Enough!
I think we have thirty years worth of clothing boxes in this room, relics of presents-buying pasts. We suffer from pack-rat-disease when it comes to boxes. “Save that; it’ll come in handy sometime” is our mantra. It’s idiotic, since usually if you buy a new top/shirt/blouse/slacks/dress at Macy’s/Sears/Nordstrom’s you can get a box at the …
Bye bye, Mele
Alas! The owner of the cat turned up at the Humane Society today with ID, and he came and picked up his cat this afternoon. He was very glad to have her back. He’d left her with friends who live up the street in preparation for his deployment and she wandered away. The friends are …