Nancy Witcher Astor (May 19, 1879 – May 2, 1964) was the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons and is reported to have told Winston Churchill -
“If you were my husband, I’d poison your tea,” to which he responded, “Madam, if you were my wife, I’d drink it!”
This exchange with Churchill isn’t well [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 27, 2009
A Daughter of Danville
February 25, 2009
150 Miles
The weather turned a little nicer yesterday, so we went to Abingdon for cappuccini. That I drove 150 miles round trip for coffee may sound strange, but there isn’t anywhere else around here where you can get a real cappuccino. Period.
We hiked for a while on the Creeper Trail before going to Fine Wines of Distinction, which [...]
February 24, 2009
b&w
b&w
Originally uploaded by gumby*
Another Flickr Favorite – this makes two days in a row.
Not added, but deserving of mention as an example of what catches my eye. Portraits are usually boring, but this has an element of fun to it.
February 23, 2009
Too too . . .
Originally uploaded by maneeacc
. . . cool a photo.
The more I look at photographs in Flickr, the more I see the same old thing over and over again. A picture may be worth ten thousand words, but must they all say the same thing? Here is a different approach.
February 22, 2009
Pulse Smart Pen
The Pulse Smart Pen is one of those geeky little gadgets I wish I could afford. The pen “records everything you hear and links it to what you write” on special paper you buy or print yourself. This paper has a faint dot pattern, which is recognized by an infrared receiver in the tip of the [...]
February 21, 2009
A Rose
A Rose
Originally uploaded by kilgorebrian13
A rose by any other name would still be grown in South America using pesticides banned in most of the world by people working for starvation wages, then flown to the U. S., leaving behind a carbon footprint bigger than Sasquatch’s. I am down to one per year and have to [...]
February 20, 2009
Linda Chatman Thomsen – Call Girl or Fall Girl?
Linda Chatman Thomsen recently resigned as the Director of the Division of Enforcement for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a kind of “Sheriff of Wall Street.” She worked her way up in the division, carving notches in her gun for her part in the Enron and Martha Stewart cases. Wall Street complained Thomsen was too hard [...]
February 19, 2009
Espresso Machine
All this, and $300 off!
I think this would look great on my kitchen counter…
dual stainless steel lined boilers (Rapid Steam)
powerful 15 bar pump
conical burr coffee grinder
stunning stainless steel housing
60-oz. removable water reservoir
stainless steel turbo frother steam wand adapter
actively heated cup warming surface
adjustable coffee dosing, grind settings and brew temperature settings
bypass doser for pre-ground coffee
dimensions: 11″W [...]
February 19, 2009
The Weather: Increasing Darkness Overnight
I have a weather rock. It is a 100% accurate indicator of current weather conditions. Here’s how the weather rock works.
Go outside and feel the side of the rock -
If it feels warm, the weather is SUNNY.
If it is wet, it is RAINING.
And if the rock is gone, it is WINDY.
February 18, 2009
Contrite Miscreant
“I knew we weren’t taking Tic Tacs. I knew it could be potentially something that was wrong. I wouldn’t imagine taking something like that today, obviously. It’s a different world. A different culture.”
Alex Rodriguez
I read the transcript of Alex Rodriguez’s opening statement at a press conference. From this, it seems pretty clear Rodriguez would not [...]
