On the drawing of battle lines…

PintOfStout over at Murphy’s Bye-Laws writes yet another excellent piece:
There are two reasons voting persists even though the choices almost all crawl from the same cesspool. The first reason is to keep those that are being extorted from flat-out stringing them up. This is accomplished by slapping some hooker-red lipstick on this pig and promising [...]

Knowing when to shut up

Maybe I should rethink this “overcoming fear” theme for the year.
Just a smidge over two weeks ago, I wrote about having my sunroof smashed by a rock thrown from an overpass. Yesterday morning, I was rear-ended on my way to work. Fortunately there were no serious injuries beyond some stiffness and soreness on [...]