Year: 2016

Weekend Open Thread

My boy’s fall soccer season starts this morning. And I am a co-coach, so I gotta go get the uniforms and whatnot. Maybe you can talk about John Kerry’s effort to get a cease fire in Syria. And don’t shoot...

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SPP Vol.578 & Old Time Froggy Botttom Cafe

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the Nyack, New York 2nd Empire Victorian.  The photo I’m using is seen directly below.  I’ll be using my usual acrylic paints on a 5×7...

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And The Band Played On – Update 2

The only direct reason for the title of this diary is that to this day I still recall the intense anger I felt as I read most pages of “And The Band Played On.”  That same anger engulfed me today as I read each...

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The MN DFL Party Should Drop Their Suit

Personally, I don’t think it’s a smart political move for the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party to go to court to try to get Trump and Pence taken off the November ballot. I certainly understand the reasoning,...

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Immoral Leaders Corrupt Our Morals

In a candid moment, John McCain would admit that he screwed up when he selected Sarah Palin as his running mate. He’d allow that he and his team did a piss-poor job of vetting her on every level, from her personal life to...

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