Author: BooMan

Open Thread

Hi folks. I’ve been out and about this morning. It is a really beautiful day here in Philadelphia. Now, I have to read all my email and see what happened on the Sunday Morning Pantomime Shows. Did Andy Card’s head...

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Cheech and Chong Meet Kafka

Tommy Chong is in a tight spot, man. To hear him discuss it, you’d almost think he’s describing the plot of one of the skits he used to do with his partner, Cheech Marin. But for a comedian who manages to find humor even in the...

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Open Thread

“It’s in our country’s interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm’s way.” —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005

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Pork Leads to Insanity

Cathy Lanier had to think like a terrorist and come up with a way to kill a few thousand people at a picnic in San Luis Rey. The virtual town in California, repeatedly cursed with smallpox epidemics, explosions and attacks on...

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Strange Justice

OSHKOSH, Wis. – It’s a choice that could give pause to some Green Bay Packers fans. A judge ordered an Appleton woman convicted of theft to decide whether to spend 90 days in jail or donate her family’s Packers...

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