Quote of the Day

| March 29, 2004

Has anyone noticed the propensity of the French to convert an unhappy necessity into a virtue? Their foodstuffs were inedible, so they invented sauces; their plumbing was medieval, so they invented perfume; and their military was humiliated wherever it set foot, so they invented “diplomacy,” by which they meant, first, collaboration and, second, appeasement. OpinionJournal […]

Yes, I’ve Got Wood

| March 27, 2004

I’ve been doing rather a lot of woodworking lately. The time of year is right (not too cold or too hot out in the garage) and the other ways I might fritter away my copious free time seem less satisfying than ever (except for going to the range, of course.) I figure I might even […]