woody's world

Mixed emotions: you see something and think “that is really awful” and “good, the bastard deserved it”. Taliban dead and Marines alive: The ...

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What a great way to start off the New Year. Today in the mail a notice from the Comune di Firenze (Florence) that in December, 2010, I drove...

Another year comes to an end with mixed reviews, but the majority are not very satisfying. Political posturing resulted in little progress ...

Ok, so you will think I am being a curmudgeon. Not so. Let’s get rid of Christmas first. The day and season specifically celebrated the bir...

A new post coming soon on Santa Claus and the awfulness of the propaganda about Christmas. Not for believers in SC. You might want to refres...

First, if you don’t know who Barney is, shame on you. Second, the “So?” is a very big deal. As an outspoken liberal, Barney was never timid ...

Not too hard to say, after all, is it? Thank you. Say it when a wait person (PC again - don’t you hate it sometimes?) fills your water glas...

This morning I heard a well presented rational discussion of the origins of the current “debt crisis”. Not surprisingly the conclusions of ...

It has probably always happened, is happening and probably will always happen. That doesn’t make it right. It is always wrong. WRONG. Get it...