Actually, in years gone by I did some contract work for Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP). That’s where this ship was heading before Somali pirates hijacked it.
Somali pirates capture huge tanker taking oil to US
Somali pirates have captured a tanker carrying oil to the [...]
His Oneness Barack HUSSEIN Obama’s expected move to send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan has a lot of his Lefty buddies upset. Obamalamadingdong is making a trip to West Point to deliver a speech showing his military prowess tomorrow.
Michael Moore, Leftist lard-a** film producer says it’s Obammy’s last hurrah [...]
“Pencil-whipping” is a term we commonly use to indicate that somebody fudged some readings. A lot of the things we test, relays, breakers, transformers, whatever, the results of the testing are numbers written on a sheet of paper. Oh, well, today it’s likely to be a PDF we give to [...]
1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris (1783) — In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles recognizing American independence. (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
1886 – First commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo, [...]
Woke up to a beautiful morning, walked out to get the paper in about sixty degrees. Reading through it at breakfast, there are no birth announcements. I expect next week to be bountiful. who knows? Maybe we’ll see our first little “Barack” or a baby “Obama”.
[...]1910 – The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine. City council immediately sets a fine for running one.
1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
1944 – John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery. [...]
I am not sure what’s causing it, but my site has gone into bandwidth limiting several times this morning. I’m trying a few things to see if I can cut into the issue.
I apologize for any difficulties.
[...]Mom was without a doubt the most accomplished cook I’ve ever been closely associated with. Raised as the only daughter in a Cajun household, she had Cajun fare down pat, and during that part of her working life as a waitress she learned from some of the chefs and restaurateurs [...]
1520 – After navigating through the South American strait, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. And THAT’S why it’s called the “Straits of Magellan”. The other route is around [...]
It ain’t going to be too black here.
Oh, yeah, I got out the door at 0800 for some shopping. This was brought about by the unimaginable discovery that I had NO ONIONS in the house, so I made a run to the grocery store. I was happily surprised to [...]
1826 – John Walker invents friction match in England.
1868 – Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River – United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
1895 – At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting [...]
I’m sitting here with the TV on in the background, and I’m sipping a free sample of tea I got in the mail.
The cats are in the sunlight on the back of the sofa basking in the sun.
I am anticipating dinner with friends.
And I am thankful for much in my [...]
1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.
1942 – Holocaust: Shoah: 572 Norwegian Jews are deported to Auschwitz on the cargo [...]
That’s what the office looks like today. Most of the staff took vacation, so out of the almost thirty people making up our full complement, we have eight. One of them is the boss.
I drank my requisite amount of coffee. I engaged in conversations about subjects not related to [...]
1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain, begins. They’re back now!
1867 – Alfred Nobel patents dynamite, taming the power of nitroglycerine.
1950 – The “Storm of the Century”, a violent snowstorm, paralyzes the northeastern United States and the Appalachians, bringing winds up to 100 mph and [...]
We never did get the parts that we expected from the manufacturer, at least not before I left the station at 1 PM.
I got to the station at 0720 and my Chinese friend, factory rep commissioning engineer showed up at 0750 and we went out to the building that houses [...]
1859 – Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1943 – World War II: The USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks. Only 272 of her crew of 916 were rescued. The ship was less than a year old.
1950 – UN troops begin an assault intending [...]
That used to be my standard comeback to my clients who asked about a warranty for my work. Those who’d worked with me over the years knew it was a joke. I **NEVER** got called back on any of MY work. I had some call-backs for less than stellar performances [...]
(Stolen from Neal Boortz)
“You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When [...]
1644 – Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship, and written by John Milton is published. When the Left gets finished with us this time, this will be a banned book.
1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched – one of the last clippers ever to be built, and [...]
Yes, I know it’s late. I left home this morning at 0600 headed to Plantersville, Texas to take son to the Texas Renaissance Festival. Coming home, my right kidney decided that this was the perfect time to divest itself of a stone, so I drove most of the three and [...]
1718 – Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as “Blackbeard”) is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
1906 – International Radio Telecommunications Commission adopts “SOS” as new call for help. Dididit Dahdahdah Dididit.
1922 – Egyptology: Howard Carter, assisted by [...]
Not happy, but certainly not surprised to see that the dims in the senate managed to get 60 votes to begin debate on their version of “healthcare reform”.
To recap, the House version of healthcare reform is just under 2000 pages and the Senate version is just over 2000 pages. [...]
164 BC – Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. These events are commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
1620 – Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact. “Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith…”
1877 – [...]
The liberals are asking us to give Obama time.
We agree and think 25 to life would be appropriate.
America needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.
Q: Have you heard about McDonalds new Obama Value Meal?
A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you has to pay [...]
1620 – Peregrine White, first English child born in the Plymouth Colony (d. 1704)
1789 – New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights. The present administration would like to retract a few of them now.
1820 – An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling [...]
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled.
Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies. It messes [...]
In a previous post I wrote about the use of turpentine as a folk remedy. Here’s an example:
Young Boudreuax as sitting on the curb by the church when de priest come out an’ saw him playin’ wit’ a bottle of turpentine. Boudreaux, him, he was shakin’ de bottle an’ [...]
The guitar player is my just barely younger sister’s son. The guy on the accordion (A Cajun diatonic accordion) is his friend. The song is a Cajun classic by a legendary Cajun musician, D.L. Menard. It’s called “La Porte en Arriere” (The Back Door). Just a couple of youngsters [...]
I found it on “Third World County”
Dear Mr. Grim Reaper,
So far this year you have taken away my favorite dancer and entertainer Michael Jackson, favorite actor Patrick Swayze, and favorite actress Farrah Fawcett.
Just so you know, my favorite politician is Barack Obama.
Thank you.
(I just added him [...]
1863 – American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
1928 – 1st issue of Time magazine, Japanese Emperor Hirohito on cover. Thirteen years later, they’d regret it. Today any America-hating bigmouth is fair game.
1959 – Ford cancels Edsel. [...]
Barack HUSSEIN Obama cautions us about a “double-dip” recession. From Reuters:
Obama: Too much debt could fuel double-dip recession
Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:14am EST
BEIJING, Nov 18 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying on [...]
1307 – According to legend, William Tell shoots an apple off of his son’s head. My brother the bowhunter could have done that with a stinkin’ walnut.
1803 – The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of [...]
It’s apparently quite the rage in active foreign policy for many nations these days.
For those who slept through English Lit. in bygone days, here’s the reference from the inestimable Rudyard Kipling, poet of REAL men:
IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation,
To call upon a neighbour [...]
OJ Simpson killed two people. The media turned his trial into a circus. Michael Jackson diddled a few kids. The media turned his trial into a circus. Do you honestly THINK that this will be anything less? Any lefty lawyer with an agenda is pulling every [...]
1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C. And it starts slowly sliding downhill…
1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica (the Palmer Peninsula was later named after him). Explorer? No. Scientist? No. What, then? Seal hunter…
1871 – The National Rifle [...]
You folks who’ve had the patience to hang around here for very long know that I like to talk about how things work. You know, what the inside of things looks like. Here’s a rare view:
Annd I so much stole it from The Smallest Minority, [...]
This is how the Left “protects” us. Lawyers and courtrooms are how they come to power. Lawyers and courtrooms are, in their minds the ONLY tool to get anything done. Naturally they think that lawyers and courtrooms will protect this country, that killing 3000 is the same as whacking Jerome, [...]
• I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die
• Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong
• I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I [...]
Over at Cranky’s place, she talks about a new cost saving rule from on high wherein they are not supposed to have and use coffee pots and electric kettles. It’s a cost-saving measure on the part of “management”.
A few years ago when I was a field service engineer I [...]
