squidbag tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-102550 2012-01-24T09:31:16-06:00 As in, a bag of squid. TypePad GOProblems tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e20168e600f78f970c 2012-01-24T09:31:16-06:00 2012-01-24T09:34:05-06:00 Mitt Romney is too rich & entitled to be President. The man had a Swiss bank account, and pays far less (as a percentage) in taxes than even most rich people, taking advantage of loopholes in the tax code. You... Squidbag In Defense of Appropriate Argument tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e20162ffe94fe8970d 2012-01-20T14:54:09-06:00 2012-01-20T14:54:09-06:00 Which probably isn't quite what you think. I would love it if every time we as people disagreed with one another, we could sit and rationally hash things out and nail down every intellectual and emotional point, cite sources, and... Squidbag Looking Back tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e20162ff1fa122970d 2012-01-06T11:35:29-06:00 2012-01-06T11:35:29-06:00 I always get reflective around the New Year, so brace yourselves. When I hear someone talk about a lifetime of no regret, or when they answer a question about regret and say that they have none, I wonder - can... Squidbag Spatchcockian Goodness tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e201675fda6ab7970b 2012-01-02T10:13:51-06:00 2012-01-02T10:13:51-06:00 My wife and I cooked a turkey for our New Year's Eve gathering. Since we had a frozen turkey left behind by her mom when she was here just before Xmas, and ham was had on Xmas Eve, it seemed... Squidbag Read it in Eleven tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e20162fedf0de2970d 2012-01-01T22:54:38-06:00 2012-01-04T09:51:31-06:00 1. The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence Gerald Blaine with Lisa McCubbin (Has some problems, but the overall narrative is pretty sound - a valuable addition to any tinfoil hat's JFK library. A Christmas gift from... Squidbag Mid-Holiday Mishigas tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e2015438f39e51970c 2011-12-26T10:57:15-06:00 2011-12-26T10:58:34-06:00 I'm kind of in a daze today. LIke many people, I've spent the last several days seeing people, having the same conversations more than once as people get caught up, joking and laughing, buying stuff, baking, cooking, enjoying other people's... Squidbag Recent Deaths, 12-19-11 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e2015438875869970c 2011-12-19T10:09:47-06:00 2011-12-19T10:09:47-06:00 So, Kim Jong Il, the tiny little madman in charge in what has been characterized as "the most oppressive regime" currently active over in North Korea, has died recently. Maybe. In truth, the little asswipe might have popped off weeks... Squidbag Reading The Rogue tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e20162fdcff976970d 2011-12-17T18:04:00-06:00 2011-12-17T18:04:00-06:00 I have this week just finished Joe McGinniss' excellent book, The Rogue: Searching For the Real Sarah Palin. I will tell you this, just to begin: If Joe is to be believed, and I think he is, since his journalistic... Squidbag Clearing the Air tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e2015392d01717970b 2011-12-14T15:55:41-06:00 2011-12-14T15:55:41-06:00 I feel that I need to clear something up a little bit. Back in September, as my PHIL 1010 class was just getting ramped up, I wrote this, more or less as an excuse to post my silly doodle of... Squidbag Lucy Sucks tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e2015393c49315970b 2011-12-11T08:57:34-06:00 2011-12-11T08:57:34-06:00 Every now and then a character comes along who can ruin the story for you. Usually, for me it's a villain with a very specific set of criteria; they have to be annoying and evil, and for them to really... Squidbag