Month: December 2011

I’m kind of pissed that Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act today. I wish he would have followed through with his veto threat. He issued a signing statement that said he found several provisions...

I’m finally done fighting with my brand new Christmas smoker. I got it up to temperature and it’s smoking a 4lb. brisket. Now I can get back to blogging. One thing I feel is likely to come to a head in 2012 is the...

My own personal and truly random assortment of quotes from 2011, divided by topic. Republican Presidential Candidates “It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in child laws which are truly...

Hello again painting fans. This week I’ll be with the painting of the Physick Estate in Cape May, New Jersey. It is seen in the photo directly below. I’ll be using my usual acrylic paints on a 12×12 inch canvas....

Some of the people who know me and love me thought I needed to feed my brain on something different from politics, or, at least, something not strictly about politics. For Christmas, I received 11/22/63 by Steven King and The...