Archive for July, 2008
…waking up at 1:00 A.M. to retrieve a cotton ball that your child has inexplicably inserted in her nose. Apparently she did this many hours ago and it took this long to become painful. Pulling it out was also painful in that she was screaming. Actually this served to remind me how fortunate I am not to [ READ MORE ]
This heartwarming story of TSA officials confiscating airplane meal utensils from a pilot is a pretty hilarious example of what I’ve long been thinking of as the Soviet-ization of America. A less hilarious example is the recent craven capitulation of Congress to President Bush’s every whim on the whole warrantless wiretapping thing. Way to not stand [ READ MORE ]
Here is a nice brief pictorial overview of the 2008 floods in Iowa City. The parts you saw on CNN were probably Cedar Rapids, which is located nearby but is on the Cedar River, not the Iowa River like we are. The flooding involved several different waterways. [ READ MORE ]
Remember when the army covered up Pat Tillman’s death by friendly fire? Well now they are covering up this young woman’s death by friendly fire: The additional wrinkle is that along with friendly fire, LaVena Johnson also suffered friendly rape and friendly getting-burned-with-acid and friendly being-set-fire-to. Oh, and since we wouldn’t want to hurt morale back home, the [ READ MORE ]