Monthly Archives: December 2010

 Kevin Costner screws his business partners.

It’s only 9:30, so there’s still time, but so far, I’m not seeing much of a snow storm – maybe 4″? Where are our 50 mph winds? Our 20″ of snow? I want a power failure, damnit! Well, sort of. UPDATE: … Continue reading →

Listening to the news, it seems that not a single airline is providing phone service for their passengers to check flight status. Are there no poorhouses? No Indian call centers? This just can’t be that complicated.

Someone else shares my skepticism. Enjoy the snow storm.

As the storm builds, the geese are retreating from LIS and coming into the creek (that’s not my own photo, but that’s what it looks like). Back when I was a wicked man and practiced law in Southport, I’d wait … Continue reading →

Columbia River Knife Walt accused me of spending this snowy day trying to stab Bambi to death, which is not true. but I did buy this knife as a Christmas present for John. Supposedly it’s $150 but that’s nonsense: Amazon … Continue reading →

Don’t kick it to someone who can return it 50 yards! Idiot. Bears ahead.

Courtesy of Walt comes this story of a woman determined to be the fattest person in the world. She chowed down 30,000 calories yesterday. Best part of the story? She gave birth to a child a few years ago and it required … Continue reading →

Blizzard causes cancellation of 1,000 flights passengers furious. At Washington’s Reagan National Airport, Rob Kotlarz of Surrey, England, was trying to fly his children Sofia and Stefan to Orlando, Fla., to visit Disney World. “Of all the flights to Orlando … Continue reading →

Son John and I headed to Portchester last night to catch the movie (he was leaving early this morning to avoid the blizzard). We both enjoyed it very much – it’s “just” a western, but very funny dialogue, Jeff Bridges and … Continue reading →

Storm follows (sorry, can’t resist).

There are some great stories out there – English crossbow cannibal, Indian rockets bl;owing up,  German father castrates daughter’s lover with a bread knife, (ow) etc., but it’s Christmas, so I’ll defer. See you tomorrow.

I don’t expect anything from our president Obummer, but shouldn’t Mr.Penn be protesting Hugo Chavez installing Iranian missiles, shutting down the Internet and ruling by decree?  You’d almost think that, like our own President, Mr. Penn wants to see a … Continue reading →

Brussels’ airport shuts down with ten” of snow. Ten inches?! Like the Brits, these are people incapable of dealing with a little snow. What happened to them?

Where are they when that nut-job from Iran gets BBC coverage?

Or  global warming, for that matter.

Wall Street’s howling over Meredith Whitney’s prediction that Munis are going to default. A couple of months ago, I mentioned a conversation I’d had with a broker friend who had his clients totally invested in municipal bonds “What happens when they … Continue reading →

“Absolutely” claims Ed Krumeich, “these guys are nuts!” Indeed they are, even if Ed never said that.

Returning vets honored in Cos Cob. A little publicity and I’ll bet they’d have had more than 100 people – I know I’d have been there. What a nice difference from Viet Nam. I believe we’ve learned, as a nation, to … Continue reading →

Thousands flock to French village to await end of the world in 2012. That’s not Ed Krumeich in front of the pilgrims -he’s reserved a flight for January 2012, but has wisely reserved a tent site. UPDATE: Ed emails: ” This … Continue reading →