Last Masterpiece of the Year

| November 26, 2003

Thanksgiving dinner. Mmmmm…. Mom makes the best T-Day meal ever made by anyone. [Emerson’s Second Law: “Mom” can be claimed to be the best cook in the world by anyone and everyone; everyone making such a claim is correct; there is no logical contradiction in the existence of more than one “best cook.”] It’s a […]

Crappy Holidays

| November 26, 2003

Oh, look. The junior Senator from New York is going on a little trip. The troops will, of course, obey their orders and attend events as directed, smiles dutifully plastered on their faces. The last time our soldiers had a Thanksgiving this bad was 1950, when about a zillion frosty and irritable Chinese communist soldiers […]