Archive for September 6, 2010

…that doesn’t mean it’s either smart or honorable. This strikes me as troubling. Not because Petraeus is wrong; on the contrary, I think he is probably right. Already, mobs in Pakistan have demonstrated against the planned Koran burning by, among other things, burning American flags. History, e.g. the homicidal response to the Danish cartoons and [...]

…not counting the one I’ll be wearing when I fly down. I’m not quite sure how many bloggers who are not part of the “official” announced lineup will be there but I have enough hats to go around for a few anyway. One bad thing. I was hoping to have some homemade cannoli for people [...]

My review of the Schick Hydro 5 Blade Razor via the Amazon Vine program is available here. This razor and review is the reason why you will not see my normal beard at Blogcon this year. You really wouldn’t think a razor would draw 126 comments on Amazon would you?

Back in Aug of 2009 I ran this chart of Vietnam vets against the war on Google news in a story of how Vietnam vets against the war decided not to back up Cindy Sheehan’s protest against the Obama administration: Funny how they dropped off the radar in Jan of 2009. I was reminded of [...]