“Dillonvale is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 665 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville , WV -OH Metropolitan Statistical Area .” – Wikipedia I have been up too long this morning. I have no idea why- I managed to stay up almost to 2200, […]

(The Old Buckland Mill in historic Buckland on the Broad River.) It has been raining for four days now. Maybe it is breaking, though the skies are still leaden. The air show was rained out, and the Taste of Culpeper was a trial to all concerned, though still fun. I was lucky that the weather […]

(Governor Martin O’Mally, (D-MD), in one of his hotter moments. Photo ShowBiz Ireland.) I have not met the Governor, not personally, anyway, but I did have an encounter with his shock troops yesterday, and that is one of the reasons I am headed south into Red Virginia this morning, early bright. Well hell, it is […]

(L-R, Barrister Jerry, CAPT Erika and the Master Chief drinking craft beer at the Willow on Friday night. Jon-without is leaning back. John-with has already gone to take a little lie-down. Photo Socotra). It had been raining for two solid days when I rolled into Willow yesterday. “What is the point?” I asked the Master […]

(Prepping for the game last night at Willow. Tex-the-bartender has come up with a solution to keep Old Jim and Vic contented at the Amen Corner of the bar: the Bucket o’ Bud has been supplemented with the Bucket o’ Sauvignon Blanc. It is important to be prepared. Photo Socotra.) OK, the Tigers leaned on […]

(It is bogus. The casket is not filled, or at least not necessarily, and did not arrive from anywhere except the Central Identification Lab. This has been going on for seven years across the last two idiots who have occupied the White House. Photo USAF). It had been a really odd day, catching bits and […]

(Former EPA Administrator on furlough. Photo EPA) This has been an interesting morning for a variety of reasons that I can’t go into for reasons of client confidentiality. So, we will have to do something else. I don’t want to beat a dead-horse, but all I can think about are the antics surrounding semi- and […]

It just keeps getting better and better, or at least weirder and weirder. Word this morning was that Park Service personnel had placed cones on a state-maintained highway in South Dakota to prevent motorists from pulling off the road to look, at a distance, at the busts of the greatest Presidents carved into the side […]

The Turf Tiger tractor got a name yesterday. I could tell you about it, or wax hysterical about what is happening in that strange city inside its concrete straightjacket seventy miles to the northwest. I mentioned that one of my buddies had been on the road for the last week, and is looking now at […]

(Madam’s profile is a landmark in Adams-Morgan in DC, and though controversial, remains open despite the budget crisis). If you had been on the road this week, someplace headed across the vast spaces of the interior of this Great Land you would have missed a lot, and missed exactly nothing. Despite the political theater, our […]