Apr 30 2008
Yes. I Think So.
Since I’m alone for a few days, I think I’ll go on a barbecue spree. Having said that, I’m off to the Texas Roadhouse for a rack of ribs.
Apr 30 2008
Since I’m alone for a few days, I think I’ll go on a barbecue spree. Having said that, I’m off to the Texas Roadhouse for a rack of ribs.
Apr 30 2008
and timely, considering that I just published an article on student evaluations yesterday. This over-educated idiot masquerading as a professor obviously needs a crash course in ethics:
The D reported yesterday on lecturer Priya Venkatesan (also undergrad ‘90 and a Med School researcher) who, in a series of strangely passive-aggressive group emails, announced a plan to […]
Apr 30 2008
Jules points to this article by Don Surber on that ever-elusive youth vote:
Young people don’t vote
At least not in mass quantities, which is why Republicans should not sweat losing the under 30 crowd today.
Marc Ambinder has a nifty chart. It shows that people 18-29 lean left not right in politics.
Duh.
Of the 18-29 group in 1992, […]
Apr 30 2008
From (where else?) the paper that brings you more idiocy than any other paper in the world, the New York Times:
In sum, I was suffering from a severe case of biobigotry
Please. Kill me now, before these liberals get any st00pider. Please.
Apr 29 2008
Let’s talk evaluations, starting with this article from Inside Higher Ed:
But what if the much derided Web site’s rankings have a high correlation with markers that are more widely accepted as measures of faculty performance? Last year, a scholarly study found a high correlation between RateMyProfessors.com and a university’s own system of student evaluations. Now, […]
Apr 29 2008
The dogs on the porch, soaking up the warmth, and as you can see from the look on Dolly’s face, totally uninterested in coming inside.
Apr 28 2008
In a 6-3 decision, the SCOTUS upholds Indiana’s voter ID law (the decision is here, if you’re a law geek).
Apr 27 2008
You know, as in green nuts. We first have this zinger from Steyn:
The biofuels debacle is global warm-mongering in a nutshell: The first victims of poseur environmentalism will always be developing countries. In order for you to put biofuel in your Prius and feel good about yourself for no reason, real actual people in faraway […]
Apr 27 2008
It seems that spring is here (although it’s supposed to get down into the 30s at night next weekend). Click the thumbnails to get the biggie version. First, Scott’s at Sylvan Acres Farm just outside Bellefonte:
Ducks in Talleyrand Park (they’re utterly unconcerned by humans):
Cherries in front of the library annex:
The original library, […]
Apr 27 2008
Yeah, I know, it’s Sunday, but Sam’s had these round steaks on sale, so instead, we’re having chicken-fried steaks, with the obligatory mashed potatoes and gravy, of course.
It’s real easy.
You want relatively thin beef — round steaks or chuck eyes are good. Get out the mallet and pound the frak out of the steaks. Season […]
Apr 27 2008
Glenn Reynolds points to this rather annoying hand-wringing article by one Bill Stutz at U Penn, entitled — and I’m giving the title because you know from it exactly what kind of diaper-dumping nonsense it’s going to be — “Who is responsible for America’s swollen prison population?”
Pretty much everyone—Republican or Democrat, right or left—familiar with […]
Apr 27 2008
but apparently it isn’t. Glenn Reynolds gets it, though:
Note that the impact of these denunciations is to discredit those who reflexively play the race card on Obama’s behalf, and to ensure wide circulation of the ad beyond North Carolina.
Exactly. Had McCain said nothing, the only people who would have seen that ad would have been […]
Apr 27 2008
Let’s see, McCain has been running races — and winning them — since 1982, yet people who have never run for office, much less run and won, seem to know much more about campaigning than he does.
I find that fascinating.
Apr 26 2008
First, Scott’s for two roasted pork sandwiches with horseradish, then to the Creamery to get a milkshake, and a half-gallon of Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy, coconut ice cream with chocolate chips and buttered toasted almonds.
Now for a nice nap.
Apr 26 2008
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
Off to do errands. Sam’s. Must do Sam’s. Did not last week. Then off to Scott’s!
Apr 25 2008
Scalia on 60 Minutes:
“People who believe the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision giving the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush was politically motivated should just get over it, says Justice Antonin Scalia.
Scalia denies that the controversial decision was political and discusses other aspects of his public and private life in a remarkably candid interview with […]
Apr 25 2008
Another Szechuan dish, dry-fried beef. Kuo calls it spicy beef. It’s a simple, homey dish, high in the yum! factor. This is one of those things you want to eat slowly so you can savor it. This would be a great picnic dish, since it’s as good at room temperature as it is hot. I […]
Apr 25 2008
From the (!) LA Times:
Sen. Barack Obama continued accepting donations from oil company executives and employees last month even as he aired ads in which he stated he took no oil company money, his campaign finance reports show.
Obama has taken at least $263,000 from oil company executives, family members and employees since entering the presidential […]
Apr 25 2008
I see Hugh and Ed have pretty much given the minutes (Geraghty gives his account here), which is good, because while I was on the phone, the dogs had to go out, then come back in, then go back out, etc. Here, however, was McCain’s grab-em-and-hold-em line:
I will be Hamas’s worst nightmare.
(Yeah, I did kind […]
Apr 25 2008
Lasted thirty minutes, and I just got off. I’ll address a few of the issues raised in a future post, but something really needs to be said. There were three questions about the North Carolina Wright ad controversy. McCain answered. The second question pushed. McCain answered. The third question was a glitch, after McCain had […]
Apr 24 2008
Technorati: philadelphia, philadelphia county, pennsylvania, nutter, street, moonbats, wackjobs, nutcases, democrats, progressives, liberals
Crime? Corruption? Big city machine politics? No, those are symptoms. The root cause can be summed up in two numbers, the total presidential primary votes.
Democrats: 429,578
Republicans: 21,421
Maybe I’ll write a book. What’s the […]
Apr 24 2008
I haven’t given out the rubber nose in some time, and there are some serious contenders here — and they’re both Republicans. They both got way too much of the st00pid, so without further introduction, here are our winners.
First up is an Indiana Republican (well, he’s from Crown Point, and the close proximity to Chicago […]
Apr 23 2008
Identity politics, as Mark Steyn points out:
Stanley’s analysis below is correct - and dear old Nora Ephron’s sneer over at The Huffington Post about whether Pennsylvania’s embittered white men are more racist than they’re sexist or vice-versa gets things completely upside down. The embittered white men are just about the only demographic weighing these candidates […]
Apr 23 2008
Bull Dog Pundit has some interesting commentary on yesterday’s primary, discussing what the primary has to say about what will happen in November. But here is what caught my eye:
What shocked the hell out of me is that Hillary Clinton [won] Montgomery and Bucks County - 2 of the 4 “bedroom counties†collaring Philadelphia.
That’s a […]
Apr 23 2008
Whoever wins in November, the 5th Congressional District here will have the honor of providing the US House with one of the ugliest Representatives.
That’s Thompson, the Republican, on the left, and McCracken on the right. Thompson is younger than I am — but he doesn’t look it.
Apr 23 2008
Everybody by now knows the Borg Queen won Pennsylvania 55-45, right?
Here are the results from my precinct.
Registered Voters - Total
1762
Registered Voters - Democratic
645
36.61%
Registered Voters - Republican
877
49.77%
Ballots Cast - Total.
874
Ballots Cast - Democratic
480
54.92%
Ballots Cast - Republican
394
45.08%
Voter Turnout - Total
49.60%
Voter Turnout - Democratic.
74.42%
Voter Turnout - Republican.
44.93%
Well, I was partially right about Cahir. Local results:
Representative In Congress 5th […]
Apr 22 2008
At least, that’s what they said. No line, no wait. But what is Huckabee doing on the ballot?
Apr 22 2008
As everybody in the US knows, today is our primary. I rather like the idea of being an informed voter, and there are a couple of races I don’t care that much about, but thought I’d read up on before I walk across the street to vote, so I went to the county webpage to […]
Apr 21 2008
From the Blogfather:
MORE REVISIONIST HISTORY from MoveOn.org. We are in favor of the war in Afghanistan. We have always been in favor of the war in Afghanistan! Pay no attention to that petition in the Google cache!
Apr 21 2008
The $%&*@# primary is tomorrow, and then, it will be over. At least here. I just got my third robocall asking me to write-in my Democrat state rep’s name on my Republican primary ballot because he’s more conservative than the Republican (well, libertarian running as a Republican).
Apr 20 2008
Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and gravy.
You didn’t just say salad, did you? What do you think I am, a metrosexual?
Apr 20 2008
Middle school students in Texas beat a student, and upload it to youtube. We could go on forever about the incident itself, and how many years these scumbags should spend in prison, but let’s look at what the administrators say in response:
RAYMONDVILLE - Administrators of the Raymondville school system said they will review the district’s […]
Apr 20 2008
So the window boxes are up on the deck (although they would only fit on the inside), and the herbs and flowers are planted. Now to hang the hooks in the basement staircase — they’re to hang bags of potatoes and onions and so forth.
Apr 20 2008
I just sent this to Obama. I’ll let you know if I get a response.
Are you going to print a CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRICE OF ARUGULA bumptersticker? If you are, I’d really like one, because I know the price of arugula is at the top of my priority list! Then, I’m one of those bitter […]
Apr 20 2008
Well, not technically. We have about three inches of soil, and limestone underneath, so I’m hanging window boxes on the deck. So far, rosemary, basil, and that’s it. More later.
I need to do that before it starts raining.