Happy New Year!

   . Happy New Year one and all, from us in Jacksonville.

Word Thursday

Policy –noun, plural -cies. a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy. a ...

Executions for the month of January

14 TX Curtis Moore 15 TX Jose Garcia Briseno; Delayed until April 7th 15 AL James Harvey Callahan 21 TX Frank Moore 22 OK Darwin B...

Word Tuesday

 Motivation –noun the act or an instance of motivating. the state or condition of being motivated. something that motivates; inducement; inc...

Minnesota

Friday's Quote

America will never be destroyed from the outside.  If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.   ---Abrah...

Merry Christmas

Never forget the reason for the season. . . Merry Christmas to everyone.

Word Thursday

Christmas  -noun the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally ...

A Dispatch from the Office of the President Elect

Word Tuesday

Peace It will not happen with militant Islam. –noun 1. the normal, non warring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world. 2....

The best giving is giving when no one is looking.

Think whatever you want about President Bush and Vice President Cheney. They are class acts. I do not think the two new guys could ever deve...

A small list

A small list of things I am Thankful for this Christmas: Twisted Sister sings O Come All Ye Faithful, OJ got his, FINALLY, You also need to ...

Friday's Quote

If America ever passes out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone:  America died from a delusion she had Moral Leadership.   --...

Word Thursday

Hair –noun 1. any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus. ...

Word Tuesday

Lame Duck –noun an elected official or group of officials, as a legislator, continuing in office during the period between an election defea...

Friday's Quote

 Freedom lies in being bold.   ---Robert Frost

Word Thursday

Tomfoolery [tom-foo-luh-ree] –noun, plural -eries. 1. foolish or silly behavior; tomfoolishness. 2. a silly act, matter, or thing. Dictio...

Views

I managed this one of the ever wary falcon/hawk of some type. My Wife took this one yesterday morning from her perch where she works.

Interesting.

I found this over at RT's Place. You Are a Haunted House You are a deeply complicated and sometimes deeply disturbed person. You can...

Beware of the The Doghouse.

Discover how Dual Bag was sent to the Doghouse .   H/T PattyAnne

Word Tuesday

Irony n.   The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. An expression or utterance mar...

Remember Pearl Harbor

Joseph Martin Luther Gardner Executed

Joseph Martin Luther Gardner was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. Friday in the state's death chamber in Columbia. He did not make a final s...

Friday's Quote

"We have awakened a sleeping giant and have instilled in him a terrible resolve".   ---Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto   Upon comp...

Word Thursday

snake oil n. 1. A worthless preparation fraudulently peddled as a cure for many ills. 2. Speech or writing intended to deceive; humbug...

Word Tuesday

Ambiguity –noun, plural -ties. 1. doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner. 2...