As the Spit[zer] Turns

Welcome dear reader to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… the Nightly Ramble

• This is the time of year when I spend time reconsidering actually WRITING my cookbook, called “365 Uses for a Used Thanksgiving Turkey”. I’ve

This isn’t a very Thanksgiving like message.  Alas.  Such is the World in which we live.

Memo to Barack Obama, a/k/a the One. a/k/a messiah, a/k/a BO, the the global terror is still being fought.   Fight it, or die of

BitsBlog system upgrade to WordPress v2.6.5 is complete.

No errors, no problems apparent.

Just a few minor bugfixes in this upgrade, and a few code changes for security at the Linux level. Since this blog runs on a Windows server,

Britt Hume a couple nights ago:

A traditional Thanksgiving meal between two elementary schools in Claremont, California, has parents in an uproar over costumes.
The kindergarteners have long celebrated the holiday by dressing up as pilgrims and Native Americans and

The one on the vision thing:

“Understand where the vision for change comes from, first and foremost,” he told reporters at his third press conference in as many days. “It comes from me. That’s my job, is to provide a

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Welcome dear reader tot he pre-Thanksgiving version of the Nightly Ramble… the most intense nightly read on the sphere.

• First, some disturbing news about Barbara Bush, who is in the hospital. Prayers and good thoughts her way.
• We’re

Decided to share some photography my older boy put together. He’s becoming rather good at this kind of thing. As usual, drill the pic twice to get full size.

This pic is taken at one of our favorite railfanning spots,

Men are you up to Reverend Ed Young’s challenge, John Kelso, Statesman:

All I’ve got to say is praise Jesus.

The Rev. Ed Young of the Fellowship Church in the Dallas suburb of Grapevine says he’ll challenge the married

Welcome dear reader to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere BitsBlog’s Nightly Ramble.

Only one more shopping day until Black Friday. Good gosh, it’s November, already? I must be getting old; this stuff is going faster than

Go tell the Spartans Marines,  Cpl. James M. Mercure, Marine Corps News: 

FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan — In the city of Shewan, approximately 250 insurgents ambushed 30 Marines and paid a heavy price for it.

The Few, the Proud, the

One of the updates I did last night, should have been simple enough… the Widget Cache code got updated by it’s author. Apparently, that update caused some strange interactions with the database. I’ve disabled it until I figure out what’s

Is Barack Obaam(BO) planning an economic stimulus package or just of pay-off to campaign donors?   From Julie Hirschfield Davis, Associated Press:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats and President-elect Barack Obama are laying the groundwork for quick enactment in January

Over at OTB, James points to an AP feed which reports they’ve banned ‘Happy Hour” in the UK. Obviously, the stated concerns are health-related.

It must, however, be asked if Government isn’t overstepping it’s bounds here?  More correctly, perhaps is

I’ve done some housecleaning.

First, Bye Bye Memeorandum. Nice little widget you have there. It’s been a bloody YEAR since you last linked me. You link the blog on a regular basis, I’ll run your ad again. Not until.

Second