Can’t we just talk it out?
Posted 30 Aug 2010
Events, Language, People | 1 Comment
A headline from the Local News section of the Philadelphia Inquirer caught my attention on Saturday, 28 August.
The headline reads:
Delco to look at prison security
Erroneous releases of prisoners prompts a “serious discussion,” the county executive says.
Well, I certainly am glad that the Delaware County powers that be will at least have a serious discussion about the potential problems that might arise from mistakenly letting people out of jail. That brings some comfort to all us, I should think.
Superfluous sales options
Posted 6 Aug 2010
Commuting, Events | 4 Comments
In a day where the price of gasoline climbs higher on an almost daily basis, does anyone actually put the more expensive fuel into their cars?
Travel advisory
Posted 7 Jul 2010
Blog, Events, News, People | 9 Comments
If you find yourself in an airport at some point today, please keep an eye out for our Foreign Correspondent. We’ve recalled him from his assignment in India and are ordering him on some well-deserved R&R.
If you see our man in the airport lounge, please do buy him a beer, tea or coffee. You may even get yourself a little chickenmonkeydog souvenir for your troubles.
The names in the games
Posted 28 Jun 2010
Events, People, The Little Things | 4 Comments
Over the weekend, as I watched the US lose to a well-organized Ghana team, I started wondering about the nickname of the US team. Ghana is called the Black Stars. The Italians are the Azzuri and the French Les Bleus. England are the Three Lions. So, what is the US called? I was thinking maybe ‘Stars and Stripes’, but that didn’t sound right. So, as we do with all matters trivia these days, I googled it.
The US soccer team is called …
Wait for it …
It’s gonna blow you away …
… the Men’s National Team.
Really?!? Is that the best we got? In a competition with the Super Eagles, the Indomitable Lions, the Red Fury and the Blue Samurai, we’re called the Men’s National Team. How lame is that? (There is a full listing of all the nicknames of the teams that competed in World Cup 2010.)
So, dear readers, we welcome your suggestions for a new nickname for the team. Here’s what we came up with so far:
- The Damn Yankees
- The *!ӣ%$@ Americans
(Admittedly, we started making our list after we had a couple of beers and the end of the US – Ghana match.)
What can you come up with?
Powered out!
Posted 24 Jun 2010
Daily Life, Events, The Little Things | 1 Comment
Today’s post is an abbreviated one as a result of a huge rain storm complete with lightning, thunder and seemingly gale force winds which ran through here a few hours’ ago. The storm was bad enough to kill the power to the area.
My most poignant observation about this power outage is that the joys and advantages of home ownership are drastically reduced when that ownership does not include access to electricity.
