They came around the corner this morning and I thought they were grown ducks! This little guy- or girl -raised up on its legs and flapped its wings. Yes, the blur is the baby’s stubby wing, going like a little fan. Click to embiggen. Huey, taking a breather. Their feathers are coming in…

A typical conversation between my sister-in-law Debra and myself. The older we become, the less reality seems to matter. I find myself leading her even further astray more often, down silly, winding paths of imagination, just for fun. I probably watched too much Monty Python in my youth…

Obama has done so many things, big things, to this country that elicit anger and sadness… but sometimes it’s the little things that really get under my skin… like spending millions of our money for a three day ‘bus tour’ that he didn’t really take… This video was taken of the president’s motorcade on his [...]

…but we’re not going to talk about it, k? They’re getting so big; the down is receding but I can only tell with Huey, for some reason. Could be his coloring. I stepped on one of them, just the tip of his foot, but he didn’t hold it against me and came right back. Click [...]

Ron Paul says that no national response to Hurricane Irene should be necessary. He wasn’t commenting on the strength of the storm, which has thankfully decreased to a Category 1… or the abilities of local government to help their citizenry. No, he just doesn’t think FEMA is necessary at all. His mistake was in referencing [...]

The sky was amazing last night as the edge of Irene came through… and while I did enhance the colors on the image slightly, it’s still not as good as the real thing.

The first responders weren’t invited to the last 9 memorial services. And they’re not invited to the 10th anniversary memorial this year. Mayor Michael Bloomberg told first responders that they’re not welcome at the 10th anniversary memorial of the 9/11 attacks in New York, that it’s only for the victim’s families. First responders weren’t victims? [...]

I don’t care who you are, when the center of a Cat 3 hurricane is less than 200 miles from your home, you worry about it… no matter what the meteorologists say. I’m under the yellow stuff that covers the Ft. Lauderdale area. North Carolina, New Jersey, New York… gird your loins. You’re going to [...]

The Broward School District, which has a history of mismanagement, has done it again. In 2002, the district overpaid teachers nearly $2.8 million, telling one teacher that she owed the district about $10,000. When she asked for an accounting, the district revised the figure to $450 and, then later, told the teacher it owed her [...]