Rants, musings, and other general purpose blog entries reflecting the thoughts du jour.
Some of the best "Yosemite Sam" imitations Dad would do would come on Memorial Day when he'd be going all "dag blabbit…Memorial Day ain't for those still living!" when people would offer their thanks for his service. It was all I could do to not laugh out loud! He had completely forgotten his distant relative Gen John Logan who was credited with the first official order for Memorial Day… :) I completely biffed this last…
Mr Trump's administration seems to have a real problem with people not remembering the old adage "loose lips sink ships". Perhaps these guys can help find 'em and plug 'em! ;) (As an aside…we realise Mr Trump hasn't been sailing all that long but we would remind him that the ship of state is the only ship that tends to leak from the top!)
Today would have been my grandmother Williams' 104th birthday and our usual celebration of that milestone would be an elaborately designed cake baked by my father in which the candles would reflect the combined ages of her, me, and Uncle Roger who all had birthdays in the first half of May. If we added my oldest son Nicholas whose birthday was yesterday…we could kick that number up to 251! The cluster of early May birthdays…
At least the AMR PR department had a better response to a viral video crisis than United and acted swiftly to stand down the employee involved pending investigation but still…you'd have thought that any airline employees that come near the passengers would be operating under the assumption that there is a live camera pointed at them at all times. You shouldn't NEED that fear to do the job professionally but if you're inclined to harass…
A couple of recent events in the news make me really wonder if the law really ought to have some mechanism for dealing with unintended consequences in less idiotic and hurtful ways. First up was the revelation that as a result of the ongoing appeal of Aaron Hernandez's original murder conviction of Odin Lloyd, Hernandez's suicide means that the conviction will automatically be set aside by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the doctrine of "abatement".…
This morning's unfortunate encounter with a very rude and inconsiderate individual who was smoking at the petrol station whilst they were fueling their vehicle (and as he was downwind was blowing the smoke directly in my face!) got me wondering what actual legal authority and enforcement stands behind the non-smoking signs posted conspicuously about the petrol pumps. After much searching, it turns out that the answer isn't particularly straightforward because it is left to the…
