Archive for December, 2007
This is my favorite Christmas ever!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Archduke’s Motto
Posted in Uncategorized on December 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Photo of the Day
Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
As part of their gymnastics training these Chinese boys are supposed to hang from the bar for 5 minutes. I’m betting the one 3rd from the right made it.
As long as they’re happy
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Who are we to judge?
One little thing
Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
that gets under my skin, and it is something I may have chatted about before, is the representation of criminals on tv. I am not the stat guy that my peers are, but I am gonna step way out on a limb and claim that even though the black population is still a minority in [...]
1991 CAGE MATCH (Dr. Singer vs Mr. Sagan)
Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In 1991, on “Nightline”, Carl Sagan (noted Martian hunter and catastrophe predictor) debated Dr. Fred Singer (noted atmospheric physicist and man made global warming skeptic) on the enviromental impact of smoke from the Kuwait oil well fires. Mr. Sagan predicted that the smoke would travel to the upper atmosphere, interfere with the monsoon (whatever that [...]
To give or not to give
Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My eldest, Lady Selfish, has kindly accepted my invitation to submit a guest post here at Defending the Realm. The following is a piece which she recently published on her own site. It came untitled so I took the liberty.King Selfish
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I can’t believe this question or Miss Manners’ response.
Dear Miss Manners,I am a 20 year [...]
Secular vs Religious
Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
King Selfish found this article about the secular vs the religious quite interesting and thinks you may as well. Also, King Selfish has discovered that referring to himself in third person makes him feel…let’s see…separate, different, in a word, superior. King Selfish says get used to it.
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“Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment [...]
Renaissance Man
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
It seems I can’t escape being reminded of just how big a loser I am. While channel surfing the other night, I came across a tribute to a man who by the time of his death at the age of 51 had accomplished more than I could hope to if I lived to be a [...]
Great American Hero
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
