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Dec 28 2015
Holiday Rave 1
Used to do the DJ thing. Tusk Letters from the Garden of Stone Only It’s No Good The Killing Moon
Dec 28 2015
The Death of HAMP
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Obama Program That Hurt Homeowners and Helped Big Banks Is Ending by David Dayen, The Intercept Dec. 28 2015, 12:07 p.m. Perhaps no program of the Obama era did more significant — and possibly irreparable — damage to the promise of an activist government that can help solve the country’s …
Dec 27 2015
Journalism in Connecticut
I have led a really bizarre life. I was Supervisor of Shipping and Receiving for a major Department Store. I’ve been a Life Guard and Swimming Instructor (including many children with Special Needs). I worked as a cashier at a Gas Station, twice. I was Master of my Masonic Lodge 3 years running and State …
Dec 26 2015
Boxing Day
Boxing Day. On the day after Christmas… In feudal times the lord of the manor would give boxes of practical goods such as cloth, grains, and tools to the serfs who lived on his land. Many years ago on the day after Christmas servants would carry boxes to their employers when they arrived for their …
Dec 25 2015
Hessians
A reprint from 2007 but as true today as it ever was. As U.S. troops return to Iraq, more private contractors follow By Warren Strobel and Phil Stewart, Reuters WASHINGTON Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:17am EST The U.S. government is preparing to boost the number of private contractors in Iraq as part of President Barack …
Dec 24 2015
Marley was dead.
Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ‘Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead …
Dec 22 2015
He’s got the IQ of a Rabbit
Yes, it’s time for that PUBLIC DOMAIN classic that both TMC and I remember from WPIX 11 (where only the cheapest will do, go Yankees!) and while she hates it, I love it not just because it’s cheap, but also because it’s a populist parable from Frank Capra.
Dec 22 2015
Cranberry Canes
A holiday tradition at my house, I enjoy them any time of year. Cranberry Canes are basically a stuffed yeast bread roll up, like a Cinnamon Roll. It’s the presentation of twisting the prepared strips and putting a crook at one end that gives them their distinctive appearance. There are 3 basic elements- Dough: Scald …
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