Author Archives: Kevin

About Kevin

Just an old guy with opinions that I like to bounce off other people.

Homeland Security [sic]

Open letter to Congressman J. Gresham Barrett: Hardly a week goes by without my reading of yet another debacle at the Department of Homeland Security. Last week it was Congressional investigators smuggling in enough nucler material to build a bomb … Continue reading

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No shrubs allowed

Here’s a bizarre way for technology to behave. Ever hear of a camera that wouldn’t photograph some subjects? I have a Motorola V557 camera phone. I was trying to photograph a flowering shrub (an azalea). The camera said “Picture Capture … Continue reading

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No Violation

The Homeowner’s Association has expressed concern that people in the neighborhood have been failing to stop at some of the stop signs. I always stop, but not everyone does. Recently a stop sign was damaged and the County called to … Continue reading

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Blaspheming the Prophet (pbuh)

Muslims are all bent out of shape because a Danish newspaper published a cartoon showing Mohammed (pbuh) with a bomb under his turban. What they close their eyes to is that it was not the newspaper that created this image. … Continue reading

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Atkins diary

Back on Atkins… Continue reading

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Thanks to the dinosaurs

I’ve just been hauling large tree limbs downed by the recent ice storm. That’s really hard work. It took about all the strength and endurance I had. I think about how much we owe to fossil fuels, to do our … Continue reading

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Not can he rhomboid soybean (take 2)

A few weeks back I wrote a poem, Not Can He Rhomboid Soybean, and posted it on Blog or Die! It was supposed to be a silly thing based on the silly premise of a spammer’s email subject. But it … Continue reading

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