Die, Cowboys! Die, Die, A Thousand Times

I have just finished watching 14 hours of NFL football, thanks to my DVR. First, the Denver Broncos took an ass-whipping from the highly motivated San Diego Chargers. Then I watched the New England Patriots shut out the Buffalo Bills in a howling windstorm. Next came The Miami Dolphins, 1-15 a year ago, clinching the [...]

Counting Catwomen

Eartha Kitt passed away recently. She was a singer and actress and I don’t know much about her, other than she was one of several actresses to play “Catwoman” on the 1960s TV series Batman.
 
Other ‘Catwomen’ on the series were Lee Meriweather (left) and Julie Newmar.
Michelle Pfeiffer also played Catwoman in Batman Returns, and Halle [...]

My Great Big Christmas Post

As a newly-minted curmudgeon, I have been doing my best to avoid Christmas whenever and wherever possible, but it’s pretty difficult. People expect you to be in the holiday spirit, when in truth, I’m fresh out. At work they have all the decorations up, and in my office, the OpCenter at Blue Sky Mines LLC, [...]

You Want Cold? We GOT Cold.

It is so friggin’ cold here in Denver Metro. It’s -18F right now. I have the thermostat set at 65 to save a few bucks, and it’s pretty much running constantly. I haven’t been outside since Saturday morning when I came home from work. I work nights and sleep days, so Saturday night I woke [...]

Concealed Carry On Federal Lands Is Here

A rules change that will allow citizens to carry concealed firearms in National Parks and Wildlife Refuges will go into effect shortly after the new year.
Here’s the story from the NRA’s website:
Fairfax, Va. – The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), through the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has announced the [...]

Yeah.