The Auld Soldier had an Auld Cat, hight Damncat, who now resides at Castle Argghhh! He has a snaggletooth, which from time to time gives him an interesting mien that I finally caught on camera today. This may become a feature during this election cycle, if I can keep the Muse of Teh Funny. Of course, the commentariat may submit ideas, via email, so as to not give all the good ones away in comments!...
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Cartoon of the Day
September 2, 2010 7:54 AM
Cannot be un-seen. (Be aware of your surroundings when you click that link)....
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"Signs, signs, everywhere a sign...Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind."Heh. Silly hippies -- over here, unless you're heavily into beige, the signs *are* the scenery.I've already introduced you to this one:But most of the time, the signs you see are informational -- and if the information's important enough, they'll be bilingual.The larger lettering is, of course, aimed at the larger audience -- in this case, the drivers who are waiting at the checkpoint for their cars to be inspected for unauthorized exothermic devices capable of producing a transient dynamic overpressure in the immediate environment.Some of them are informational for...
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September 1, 2010 7:27 AM
It wasn't awful, but it was weak tea, and disingenuous - as all speeches like this tend to be. "But this milestone should serve as a reminder to all Americans that the future is ours to shape if we move forward with confidence and commitment. It should also serve as a message to the world that the United States of America intends to sustain and strengthen our leadership in this young century."Heh. If I'm going to hear this from a Democrat sitting in the Oval Office, I much prefer the JFK version:"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well...
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As The Greatest Generation inexorably moves on, it is important to remember them for the sacrifices the all made for us, and for the stories that their souls keep...
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August 31, 2010 7:45 AM
You may have noticed the Sierra Club ad over there. Go ahead, click on it! It won't hurt you (and will help the Castle).
I didn't disapprove it. I didn't approve it, either, I dunno how they got it to run automatically, I must have a setting off in my blogad control panel.
S'okay.
They hate the Second Amendment. I'm going to buy ammo with the revenue.
They love trees (so do I, but hey, I've got a small forest to manage, too). So, I'm going to get the chainsaw blades sharpened. And cut some wood. And not just deadfall, either.
To burn for aesthetic purposes. And to stockpile, in case the world does devolve to their kinda preferred balance, and we once again live in a world lit only by fire.
Besides, what they're advertising for in and of itself isn't a bad thing. [Read More]
I didn't disapprove it. I didn't approve it, either, I dunno how they got it to run automatically, I must have a setting off in my blogad control panel.
S'okay.
They hate the Second Amendment. I'm going to buy ammo with the revenue.
They love trees (so do I, but hey, I've got a small forest to manage, too). So, I'm going to get the chainsaw blades sharpened. And cut some wood. And not just deadfall, either.
To burn for aesthetic purposes. And to stockpile, in case the world does devolve to their kinda preferred balance, and we once again live in a world lit only by fire.
Besides, what they're advertising for in and of itself isn't a bad thing. [Read More]
BTDTGTTS*Hearken back to 1978, Fort McClellan, Alabama. Cadet Donovan is engaged in CTLT, or Cadet Troop Leading Training, which was a 3 week add-on to ROTC summer camp. Cadets fanned out across the Army (West Pointers could score CTLT in Europe or Korea, but not us cheap kids at land grant universities) and were supposed to assume Lieutenant-level leadership positions in actual units. Some units were good at actually letting the cadets get their teeth into it. Others treated the CTLT cadets as tag-alongs. I got lucky. I spent three weeks as the functional XO of a Basic Training company. The real XO,...
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Which ones do you like the best?...
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August 30, 2010 10:33 AM
Behold - The Testosteroneal Deficit in The White House is evident...
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Charles S. Roberts, one of my enduring heroes, has passed. The company he founded, Avalon Hill, and the products it produced, awoke a part of me that still earns me gainful employment to this day. I may have to go downstairs and break out Afrika Korps, or Gettysburg, and play a game in his honor. All you role players out there, heirs to Dungeons and Dragons? You owe Mr. Roberts thanks, too - like me, Gary Gygax got his start with Avalon Hill wargames.They'll have to open some gaming tables down at Fiddler's Green.Now is the time at Castle Argghhh!...
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...a butt-kicking contest, Boq and Bill have kept the lights on for you. And I see that the largest ever Klan rally (hey, that must be what it was out there with Grand Dragon Beck, since the lefty blogs and newsies all said so) ever held anywhere didn't result in any lynchings, beatings, or even a burned car or broken store window. No reports of burning crosses, either.I didn't realize my Gadsden Flag meant that I wore a really pointed white hoodie, but, hey, that's what our betters tell us so it must be true, neh?Aside from some work-related travel to Virginia last week,...
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Because I couldn't possibly give you another clue without *everybody* getting it.So, here it is, and, quite obviously -- it's an aerostat.Yup -- we have a gasbag with a sensor suite riding herd on the bad guys. Not a dirigible, 'cuz it doesn't have a rigid internal structure, and not a blimp, 'cuz it's tethered, rather than powered. For an idea of how big it is, that darker line with the teensy-weensy ladder on the north end is the work platform, and somebody six-foot-six could walk around on it and not bump his head on the radome on the belly.This...
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August 29, 2010 3:33 AM
...that as the years go by, your guttersnipe friends get senile and forget to send you e-mails like this:* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *A Cow, an Ant and an Auld Phart are debating who is the greatest of the three.The Cow: "I give 50 liters of milk every day and that's why I am the greatest!!"The Ant: "I work day and night, summer and winter, I can carry 52 times my own weight and that's why I am the greatest!!"-----------------------------Why are you scrolling down? It's your turn to...
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August 28, 2010 8:46 AM
I had a bit of a rant on this subject last month. Here is an update (of sorts) on the topic of the state requests for waivers to the timelines for absentee ballots - which, of course, has a huge impact on the deployed forces and their supporting civilians. And, given how close vote tallys have been these last few years, absentee ballots actually do matter. What? Your vote *always* matters? Not in the sense that in many jurisdictions, if the differential between candidates exceeds the number of absentee ballots - those ballots never actually get counted. Makes sense from...
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