Monthly Archives: August 2011

Malloy shuts down the highways, MetroNorth quit at noon, we were visited by a nice young lad an hour ago urging us to evacuate, but huh? It’s just a storm – we’ve had them before.

Is this part of Irene? I don’t know, but it’s coming down hard.

My creek neighbor has just applied plywood to his windows. I don’t know – the house faces east, we’re well off Long Island Sound and, in my experience, we’ve never had a problem here, but maybe he knows better. UPDATE: … Continue reading →

Property owner held liable for shooting burglar.

From Instapundit: CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Earthquake, hurricane, Obamacare. When does it stop? Seven more and I vote we let the Israelites go. UPDATE: Well, here’s one more. Sheesh. ANOTHER UPDATE: Related thoughts.

New York City residents won’t heed Mayor Bloomberg’s call to evacuate. Greenwich is trying the same thing, but we’re stupid and stubborn. My Ma received one of those reverse 911 calls while I was out and she was no more inclined … Continue reading →

Indian Harbor is closing down tomorrow, so the event has been moved to the Stamford Marriot. I really should check my email more than once every four days. On the other hand, I used my telephone to  contact a friend … Continue reading →

Fleeing to D.C.  (With, again, a separate plane for Michelle tomorrow) Not to manage an emergency, according to his press agent, but just to get the hell out of there. UPDATE: who the hell is running his PR? Why not have … Continue reading →

Bummer. Last year, I went out with Greenwich builder Lou van Leewuen and tied into a huge one. We were just fishing, but five minutes into the fight, I remembered the tournament and thought I might have a winner. It … Continue reading →

Justice department shuts down Gibson guitar factory because it allegedly uses wood from India. American workers thrown from the workforce when even India isn’t complaining. Again I ask, is there an agenda here?

But Irene seems to be fizzling.  That’s just fine by me. UPDATE: Andy and Warren Bein and I just moved the street’s flotilla of canoes and kayaks five feet higher, closer to Andy’s house but beyond that, what are you going … Continue reading →

Three-foot rats in NYC housing projects.

Is Derek Jeter hitting so well because he’s broken up with his girlfriend? 

Mexican drug cartels targeting tourists now.

Dylan fan Obama stays put on the Vineyard as other tourists flee.They probably have jobs in emergency management while Obummer – well what is his job?

289 Taconic Road. Sold for $2.450 in 1998, seven acres, six bedrooms, 7,000 square feet, assessed at $2.579 (remember, that’s supposed to be 70% of market value), marked down today to $2.425. Can’t match that in Riverside, for sure, and … Continue reading →

But still nothing to scoff at.

It seems the “experts” didn’t figure in solar activity when calculating human influence on the climate. Oops!

400 lb fatso gets his conviction overturned. Cops couldn’t come up with anyone his size to add to the line-up, so the ID was tainted.