Day: September 23, 2019

Downton Abbey and the Grace of the Agitated Allegorical Swan

Andrew Donaldson September 23, 2019

Putting it on the big screen amplifies what Downton Abbey is, and isn’t. It’s the anti-blockbuster, the...

Goodbye, Summer! (And don’t let the door hit you on the way out.) summer

Goodbye, Summer! (And don’t let the door hit you on the way out.)

Merrie Soltis September 23, 2019

The calendar may say it's the first day off Fall, but my thermometer still says 89.

And Then He Made a Hole In One CABriggs Golf 5108 And Then He Made a Hole In One

And Then He Made a Hole In One

Clare Briggs September 23, 2019

#Hero

Philip H in reply to Dark Matter on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesLike Israel?
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/16/25A couple of days ago Iran was offering to negotiate about their nuclear program AFTER Trump had Isra…
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Saturday Morning Gaming: Final Boss TheoryThe worst part is that there's no real spoiler-free way to talk about it except in the broadest of s…
Jaybird on Saturday Morning Gaming: Final Boss TheoryJust beat it. Wowsers. *THAT* was a game.
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesHow accurate is that? Not at all. They're designed to be used on a battlefield where we have troops.…
Jaybird in reply to Michael Cain on Open Mic for the Week of 6/16/25We've already seen how California has dealt with a similar scenario. If that really gets going? Uff…
Michael Cain in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/16/25Years ago now, when I was getting my MA in public policy, in a class on homeland security, when the…
Jaybird in reply to Michael Cain on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesWhen you say "low-yield nuke", my first thought is "ground-level dirty bomb". How accurate is that?
Michael Cain on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesThe consensus seems to be that the entire inventory of bunker busters was 19 or 20. They cost many o…
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/16/25At this moment in time, I will read this statement as 14-dimensional chess to shore up support for w…