Archives: 2007 January

I had a hell of a good time yesterday on Feministing.com discussing human rights and cultural relativism with these wonderful
women. Vanessa posted a story about two Chinese men from a western province in China who were arrested for murder. They had bought the retarded daughter of a poor family who’d hoped selling her [...]

Joe Biden’s words, not mine!
According to the article above, his exact words were:

“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy … I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
I’m thinking he’ll get somewhat a pass on this one. There’s going to be some hay made [...]

You’ll find the original version of this tobacco review here, where it first appeared on tobaccoreviews.com.
Tin Description
Piccadilly is a provocative blend of several Virginia tobaccos, delicately spiced with Latakia, and finished with Louisiana perique. The alluring flavour is revealed in layers throughout the smoke. It’s lighter and sweeter than the others, but still rich, with [...]

Malkin has posted some of the highlights and links to the entire pdf document.

Greg Pease is easily among the best at his craft - blending pipe tobacco. I’ve often wondered what the process is like in developing a blend. It’s art and science. In The Road to Westminster, Greg outlines what was involved in developing his latest creation. Its an interesting article - maybe [...]

That’s what Neil Boortz is calling Harry Reid. It looks like there might be a little something fishy going on.
In 2002, the Nevada Democrat paid $10,000 to a pension fund controlled by Clair Haycock, a Las Vegas lubricant dealer and his friend for 50 years. The payment gave the senator full control [...]

Where do people come up with ideas like this? I’ve always wondered. It’s like the first person in human history to look at a snail and say “that might just taste good.”
For 300 shekels ($70), clients at Ada Barak’s spa in northern
Israel can add a wild twist to their treatment by having six [...]

Back with the family after six years.
Cujo was a frisky 7-year-old when he sneaked out of his owners’ south St. Louis yard in July 2000. Now, thinner and grayer and with a tale that would be fascinating if only he could tell it, the golden retriever is back with the Barczewski family.
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“It’s a miracle,” Noreen [...]

Ok, well, snake in an orchard.
Guard dogs protecting a fruit orchard in Malaysia have met their match — a 7.1-metre-long (23-ft-long) python that swallowed at least 11 hounds before it was finally discovered by villagers.
Poor dogs.

I took a break for tinkering with this blog and web site today to attend the birthday party of a friend of our family - on my wife’s side. We celebrated this woman’s 75th birthday party. I’d have to say it was easily the largest, most extravagant birthday party I’ve ever attended. [...]