IT IS INDEED A SILLY PLACE…
0732 by Jeff Hess
26 February 2007
26 February 2007
FREE JULIE AMERO…
0710 by Jeff Hess
The case of Julie Amero is looking up with a pro-bono offer of assistance from Connecticut criminal defense lawyer William Dow and the legal system in Connecticut is taking hits on an evolution-in-Kansas scale. In addition, the players who helped railroad Amero, Principal Scott Fain and Superintendent Pam Aubin, are being outed.
26 February 2007
FROM MY CHAPBOOK…
0400 by Jeff Hess
My name is Jeff Hess and I’m a biblioholic. I own hundreds of books. Not valuable books, mostly Science Fiction paperbacks and text books, tomes rescued by the bag from library book sales. A few years ago, in the interest of not burying myself, I began reading more books from the library and taking notes. My electronic chapbook was born.
This is a passage I copied from A Strategy For Daily Living by Ari Kiev.
Only if I prepare will I recognize opportunities: writing. Am I knowledgeable in all phases of my work? What are the origins of my field? What developments will occur in the next ten years?
25 February 2007
MUCKING OUT THE BLOGPILE…
1400 by Jeff Hess
I’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is The ABC’s Of Sex Education For Trainables.
25 February 2007
FROM THE SANDBOX…
1200 by Jeff Hess
MARINE COMBAT ARTIST Michael Fay: For the past few weeks, I’ve researched and begun trying my hand at sculpture. Here’s a series of images showing the progression of my first piece, a haggard rifle company commander. Over the years I’ve tended to focus almost exclusively on sergeants and below — the grunts. But I’ve also carefully observed the late-twenty-…
25 February 2007
FROM MY DAD…
0800 by Jeff Hess
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.
Subject: Beer contains female hormones
Last month, National University of Lesotho scientists released the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer.
Men should take a concerned look at their beer consumption. The theory is that beer contains female hormones (hops contain phytoestrogens) and that by drinking enough beer, men turn into women.
To test the theory, 100 men drank 8 pints of beer each within a 1 hour period. It was then observed that 100% of the test subjects:
1) Argued over nothing.
2) Refused to apologize when obviously wrong.
3) Gained weight.
4) Talked excessively without making sense.
5) Became overly emotional.
6) Couldn’t drive.
7) Failed to think rationally.
8) Had to sit down while urinating.
No further testing was considered necessary.
25 February 2007
FROM MY CHAPBOOK…
0400 by Jeff HessMy name is Jeff Hess and I’m a biblioholic. I own hundreds of books. Not valuable books, mostly Science Fiction paperbacks and text books, tomes rescued by the bag from library book sales. A few years ago, in the interest of not burying myself, I began reading more books from the library and taking notes. My electronic chapbook was born.
This is a passage I copied from A Strategy For Daily Living by Ari Kiev.
If an activity has no relationship to my objectives, don”t do it.
24 February 2007
FROM THE SANDBOX…
1200 by Jeff Hess1SG Troy Steward: Many people reading this blog are getting ready to come over here in the near future, or have loved ones already over here. I have put together a list of good-to-have equipment, based on my experience here in Afghanistan and that of friends in Iraq. Some of these items won”t be needed until you get in country, so you may want to set those off to…
24 February 2007
A DISTURBING CONVERSATION…
0838 by Jeff Hess
Over at Slate, Timothy Noah asks the very non-rhetorical question: Does Bush Know What Neocon Means? I’ve made lots of comments in the past about President George Bush’s intelligence, and this post isn’t about that. The quote that gave me pause was how Bush the elder answered his son’s question.
But then Cockburn continues:
Notwithstanding this episode, Bush 43 still sometimes drew on his father’s wide knowledge of the world. Though he refused to read newspapers, he was aware of criticism that his administration had been excessively beholden to a particular clique, and wanted to know more about them. One day during that holiday, according to friends of the family, 43 asked his father, “What’s a neocon?”
“Do you want names, or a description?” answered 41.
“Description.”
Well,” said the former president of the United States, “I’ll give it to you in one word: Israel.”
Israel? That’s it? The whole Neocon World is reduced to preserving Israel because it’s needed to build the Third Temple, serve as the focus of Armageddon and bring the second coming?
I’m stunned.
24 February 2007
FROM MY DAD…
0800 by Jeff HessI could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.
This site has penny postcards from all over America. This one is for my home town of Marietta, Ohio
24 February 2007
FROM MY CHAPBOOK…
0400 by Jeff HessMy name is Jeff Hess and I’m a biblioholic. I own hundreds of books. Not valuable books, mostly Science Fiction paperbacks and text books, tomes rescued by the bag from library book sales. A few years ago, in the interest of not burying myself, I began reading more books from the library and taking notes. My electronic chapbook was born.
This is a passage I copied from A Strategy For Daily Living by Ari Kiev.
How would I handle this situation were I the person I hope to become?
23 February 2007
23 February 2007
FROM HALF A WORLD AWAY…
2034 by Jeff Hess
Shamash says: Once again I”m reminded of how we”re all connected, if not by faith or prayers or a similar religious upbringing, then by the simple joy of listening to writings of an ancient desert people and honoring a shared Tootsie Roll eaten in true, tropical reverence as if it were warm challah. Shabbat Shalom. Ah mein. Shabbat shalom, chever.
23 February 2007
CARTER TO GORE: RUN AL… RUN…
2004 by Jeff Hess
Of course Neo/Theocon lackies will herald this as the kiss of death, but I see it as a very encouraging sign. This Sunday President Jimmy Carter appears on This Week with George Stephanopoulos and one of the topics of discussion is the 2008 election. The former president and senior statesman doesn’t hesitate to endorse the non-candidate: Al Gore.
23 February 2007
EN GARDE…
1718 by Jeff Hess
I fenced a little in college and also have dabbled in Kendo and medieval broadsword. I’ve gotten my share of scratches but never risked anything like this. I think, however, if I’d been offered the chance in my early 20s, I would have taken it. Even now my heart races with the thought. Honor or madness, who knows. Does it matter?
23 February 2007
23 February 2007
THE PEOPLE V. DICK CHENEY…
1644 by Jeff Hess
Forget Romney and Brownback; ignore Obama and Clinton: the hottest political ticket in 2008 will be the one with Patrick Fitzgerald on it and which party will snap him up is anyone’s guess. Any day now the jury will return its verdict in the United States of America v. Lewis Libby and then the real fun begins. Will Bush hang him out to dry to save his own butt?
23 February 2007
23 February 2007
FROM THE SANDBOX…
1200 by Jeff HessTeflon Don: It’s time for another one of those posts. The kind that gets nutjobs at places like Vanity Fair all up in a tizzy. Maybe I’m pushing too far with this one. I’m writing about something that I feel many of you can never understand. I left the billets early tonight for the mission. I racked my machine gun in the cradle, and sat on top of the truck. I plugged in my…
23 February 2007
IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS… HE GOT LUCKY…
1000 by Jeff Hess
Michael Sparks hit the thrift-store jackpot. The Nashville music equipment technician paid $2.48 for a copy of the Declaration of Independence with an estimated worth of around $250,000. What I can’t figure out is this: the copy was one of 200 copies commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820; isn’t it really just an authorized forgery?
