on the road

From the monthly archives:

December 2009

That’ll make ‘em think they’re safe.

No standing up during the last hour of the flight.
No en-route access to flight information .
No access to overhead bins.
No blankies.
No pillows.
No going to the bathroom.
No getting out of your seat.
Keep your hands in plain sight, and for goodness’ sake, don’t raise one to ask to go to the bathroom, [...]

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I just discovered this free site today. Feedbooks has plenty of grist for the mill, both from the public domain, and from authors who submit their own original works, all free. I’ve picked up several from there, and I’m pretty sure I’ll be back for more.
Zorba’s Guide to free ebooks.
Try manybooks.net for more freebies.
The MobileRead [...]

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and Happy New Year too!

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Canadians currently have their panties in a moist wad over the treatment of some of those detained by our forces operating in Afghanistan. Well, strictly speaking, the detainees weren’t mistreated by Canadian forces. They were mistreated once they were turned over to their own government.
This charge-of-the-prisoner-brigade is being led by Canada’s eastern media conglomerates, including [...]

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(Canada is) behaving with all the sophistication of a chimpanzee’s tea party
But before you get here, clean up your own back yard, and keep your limey prejudices to yourself.
A concerted campaign has now begun to expel Canada from the Commonwealth.
Finally! Thank you, Jesus! The Commonwealth has been an underachiever for decades now. It’s primary raison [...]

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