Category Archives: Snark

I must not be white…

Posted on March 20, 2008 by alan

…because I don’t like 90% of the stuff listed on this blog. Dinner parties… Nope. St. Patrick’s Day… No. Gay Friends… Don’t have any… That I know of. Outdoor Performance Clothes… No. Shorts… OK, yes on that one. The Wire… … Continue reading →

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Where's the foreign press on DC v. Heller?

Posted on March 18, 2008 by alan

Usually the foreign press is all over the evil Yanks and our unhealthy obsession with guns. But with all the coverage of DC v. Heller, I haven’t seen much from them. Are they just stunned into silence by what looks … Continue reading →

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DC Police Chief

Posted on March 18, 2008 by alan

Did anyone else notice that the DC Police Chief’s uniform looks like an army general’s uniform?  It even has four stars on the epaulets.

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None Of The Above in '08

Posted on March 6, 2008 by alan

I’ve added a “None Of The Above 08” to the top of my sidebar and it will stay there until the election in November. None of the current candidates are worth a bucket of warm spit.

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Bad year for colds

Posted on March 4, 2008 by alan

For me at least. I woke up with a sore throat, and by mid day it was a full fledged severe cold, with all the fun that brings with it. Hopefully it will go away as fast as it arrived. … Continue reading →

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It's Election day in Texas

Posted on March 4, 2008 by alan

And more than ever, I want a spot on the ballot for “none of the above”. I’m so past trying to figure out which one I like. Now I’m just trying to go for which sucks the least. Even the … Continue reading →

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Snow at Casa de Snark

Posted on March 4, 2008 by alan

It was snowing a little last night when I put the dogs in the garage but it was still above freezing and I didn’t expect any of it to stick. This morning we have this. The streets are dry, but … Continue reading →

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It's time to cash that reality check.

Posted on March 1, 2008 by alan

Poor Prince Jefri. Seems he may have misappropriated billions of dollars into his own pockets when he was the finance minister of Brunei. One of his excuses? “My civil list [government allowance] is only $20,000 U.S. per month. You can’t … Continue reading →

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Tired of blowing stuff up?

Posted on March 1, 2008 by alan

John Birmingham says: “Sometimes, even blowing stuff up gets a bit wearying…? I Disagree. You can run out of stuff to blow up. You can run out of money to purchase the stuff to blow up stuff with. But tired … Continue reading →

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And I thought Texas had strange weather…

Posted on February 27, 2008 by alan

At LP Field in Nashville today. Snow: Then 15 minutes later Sun: All. Day. Long. Thirty minutes of snow, then a half hour of sunshine, then snow again.

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