This just happened. It wasn’t done by design. I had a long-scheduled visit to the ENT docs today at 10:30am at Tripler Hospital. About three weeks ago I made an appointment for an eye exam, because it seems to me my vision is getting a little fuzzy. Still perfectly acceptable, but I was noticing it. …
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Back here I asked for help selecting which book of a bunch of new ones to start next. I just finished the Evergence series, so now I can start the next batch. But which?
Any group of people which for two years in a row selects Rand Paul as its choice for candidate in the next Presidential election is not one that deserves any respect. Josh Marshall answers the question I’ve often asked myself: Why is CPAC so well-covered in the mainstream media, despite its comic-opera aspects? He actually …
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First with Mom to Lenscrafters (because they have the widest selection of frames and they’re nearby) to get her some new glasses. That resulted in a forecasted wait of 10 – 14 days and several hundred dollars. Then off to a jewelry store to see if the clasp on her bracelet could be repaired, since …
Bruce Springsteen, on tour in New Zealand, plays home country star Lorde’s hit “Royals.” He’s been doing covers on this tour, but they’re covers with backstories. He kicked off his Perth show with a hellacious take on AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell.” He treated Sydney to a rendition of INXS’ “Don’t Change.” And at his final …
That seems to be the reason that the military isn’t identifying those of its dead who fell in far-off places in any kind of timely manner. The Pentagon spends about $100 million a year to find men like Bud, following the ethos of “leave no man behind.” Yet it solves surprisingly few cases, hobbled by …
I’m about to get a new eyeglasses prescription for the first time in about six years, and I’m appalled at the price of new ones. The VA will do the exam and give me a prescription, but it won’t buy me the glasses, which is fine. I’ve been using photogray lenses for 40 years and …
Back in October I paid out $1,700 to fix the sensor for the passenger-side airbag in the Mini. That didn’t even tell me whether the airbag would actually work in case it was needed. Today the airbag indicator light came on, but it didn’t specify it was the passenger side one. Nope, it just gave …
In essence, it’s Too many fools talk too much and know too little. In the days since Vladimir Putin sent Russian troops into the Crimea, it has been amateur hour back in Washington. I don’t mean Barack Obama. He’s doing pretty much everything he can, with what are a very limited set of policy options …
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There are some members of the US Congress and the political media that seem to think if the United States President just makes enough threatening noises with military muscle the rest of the world will roll over and play nicely. I question their powers of observation. Where has that assumption failed? Iraq is Exhibit One. …