BlogMeet Report

Robert X reports on a very nice 1st Anniversary meeting of bloggers and their readers. Another nice time was had by all!

I picked up an apple pie from Locally Grown Gardens for Mrs. Shomes who had to work and could not attend. She's had a piece already and it looks good. I . . . must . . . resist. . .

Quote of the Day

It is constantly necessary to remind oneself that not all liberals are mean-spirited. Because an extraordinary number of them are.

- John H. Hinderaker at Power Line

Security Theatre

A couple of days ago I read about Breda's experience with TSA flying out of Indy Cleveland. I see Roberta X has commented on it.

I've met Breda and find her to be a pleasant, fun woman and a bit of a hornet in a tin can (that's a GOOD thing!) but who would never fit the profile of a terrorist. But we have to remember that TSA is not into actual security but is participating in Security Theatre starring the same sort of people who regularly fuck up my order at McDonald's.

Update: Roberta X corrects me. Breda flew out of Cleveland. I must have been flashing on Mrs. Shomes flying out of Indy earlier this month and HER adventures with TSA. And Shermlock Jr. gets extra-special attention when he flies. Here's his DL photo:

Tuesday Night Tunes

I don't drink rum. But I like the notion from the latest Bacardi commercial of walking back through time. And I like the tune. Here's the original.

I love you madly, madly Madam Librarian...Marian

Well, maybe then. Now. . .I dunno.

SHIRLEY JONES MIGHT POSE NUDE

h/t Ace of Spades HQ

And Then There Were Three

I started grad school at UW-Madison in 1978. Same year as Genesis brought out their album And Then There Were Three.

I met my wife there and we married on June 6, 1981. On March 29, 1986 Shermlock Jr. was born. And then there were three.

Happy Mothers Day!

Better Quote of the Day

From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this, though: despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Osama bin Laden, there’s a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death.

--David Feherty in D Magazine