I’m highly offended. Last night, someone got into my car and took most of my change from the ashtray where I keep quarters. They left me 75 cents, I guess for parking meters. Mind you, 75 cents pays for about a minute and a half of parking around here, which probably corresponds to how long […]
OK, now here’s a case where a little advertising savvy could really help. I was just looking at Antiquarian/Collectible books on eBay, which is about the best way I can think of to pass the time – you know, when the bookstores are closed, there’s no beer, and you can’t find any women to talk […]
I got home around 7:45 last night. About 15 minutes later, the carbon monoxide detector went off. My wonderful wife, who’s Indian name is “LivesWithABUMD”, mentioned that this was the second time it had gone off. The first time was just before I’d gotten home, and with LivesWithABUMD being a techie sort, she had assumed […]
I was so completely taken aback by Senator Craig’s abject failure to resign with some modicum of dignity that I couldn’t help asking him about it. I interviewed him last night from the stall next to his in the public Men’s room in Union Station. BUMD: “Senator, was your plea of guilty to the charge […]
This is an astounding headline: “Arrest Clouds Idaho Senator’s Future” (full story at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082800122.html). Nevermind for a moment that Idaho Sen. Larry Craig is a closet homosexual who keeps voting against gay and lesbian legislation. Nevermind that he plead guilty to misdemeanor charges of lewd conduct in a men’s restroom. Cloudy future? You mean, there’s […]