June 2010 - Argghhh!

Now, I *could* be so mean that I just gave you this picture of the whatziss, but, frankly, I figured that might bring out the torches and pitchforks, and Moat Monster just had some dental work done that precludes him eating angry peasants for a few more days, and you know how solicitous we are around here of the critters...

In celebration of K-MO's grand return , I am reminded of a similar Grand Arrival at the motor pool...

In Blovias, veritas."This is about as important as it gets, because it deals with every single aspect of our lives," said Sen. Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.), a chief architect of the compromise.Uh-huh. So, we've got as good an understanding of this bill and it's downstream impacts like a good mechanic understands cars, right?"It's a great moment. I'm proud to have been here," said a teary-eyed Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), who as chairman of the Senate Banking...

In our previous episode, Dame Kat d'Miseri had innocently began her quest, by simply attempting to repair her trusty steed's aging u-joint. She and Sir Alonzo the great had seemingly completed the quest with only mild difficulties.The next day...Dame Kat mounted her trusty steed and prepared to go off to toil in her usual quest for coin. It was still dark out and the cool of the shadows made riding with the windows down bearable. Half way to her place of torture...er...work, Dame Kat noticed...

News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

Yesterday, a headline read, "Petraeus Plays Down Afghan Expectations". No shocker there and an extremely wise move. One of his first when taking control of the Iraq war plan. Back in the day, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield seemed to be constantly assuring all that the end of the hostilities was just around the corner with the brief caveat that it would still require long, hard work. Petraeus had the hard job of telling them it was more like it was going to require long, hard work before we...

Last week, in the small English village of Moseley, Darwin missed a golden opportunity...

This is an excerpt - the whole article is here. To clear the beach, the invasion planners envisioned an aerial and naval bombardment sweeping the coastline. Then the initial wave of infantry, supported by specially designed amphibious tanks, would land at low tide after dawn and rush up to secure the beaches.Following in their wake, the NCDUs would land with a mission to blow a 50-yard gap in the German obstacles, and place markers so landing craft coming in later that morning at high tide would...