Archive for December, 2009

I can’t be merry, ‘cuz I’m Hebrew, on Christ-mas

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

so here we go;
sorry I haven’t written much here lately. I have no greater excuse than simply not having been in the right frame of mind.
Well. Don’t know when I’ll be back, but I’m here. And it’s Saturday night, after Christmas. It’s been a decent one. Thursday with the dad, brother, and brother’s family, at [...]

random bit on health care

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

I haven’t had much time to pontificate here lately, and haven’t said much about the health care bill, despite it being the only thing anyone’s really talking about.
Anyway, Kevin Carson nails a few key things:

[...] The point, Welch said, is not that a socialized system is better than a private system. The point is [...]

the eyes have had it

Monday, December 7th, 2009

I got glasses when I was 14 or so, and I hate Hate HATED them. I got contacts after about a month, and haven’t owned or wore a pair of glasses in the 20+ years since.
Well, now I’m finally getting my eyes zapped this month. Because contacts still suck, even though they suck considerably less, [...]