They were saying “Boo-urns.”

A friend of mine is from Brazil, but is a permanent US resident.  He is still registered to vote in Brazil, but hasn’t bothered to vote in the past 8 years.  They have mandatory voting there as well.  It wasn’t an issue for him until 2 years ago when they stopped him at passport control.  They almost wouldn’t let him…

I always have 2 generous splashes of bourbon on hand for any cobbler desert; one for the fruit, one for the chef. It adds a smokey sweetness to the food and makes the waiting more mellow.

I learned very quickly in the Army to admit mistakes and address improvements quickly. When I entered the business world, people gave me weird looks when I said I was wrong. No one wanted to be seen as fallible. There was always a lot of dissembling and blame storming. Even in organizations that preach accountability,…

Love the avatar.  Bloom County was my favorite newspaper strip as a young’un.

I get that, but the flip side are dinosaurs like Ted Kennedy, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, and Mitch McConnell who have been in office long enough for people who first voted for them to be grandparents. There is no way someone who has been in office for 30+ years, vastly enriched themselves, and hasn’t had to fend off a…

I came to bash HamNo for his pie in the sky liberalism/ socialism screed and found myself agreeing with everything he said. These are all common sense reforms. The only addition I would make would be adding term limits to the House/Senate of a 12-15 year range and a ban on those same members being allowed to be…

The companion to this is visas. Some countries don’t require it, some do. Make sure you check well ahead of time to see if you need one. Those offices have their own timeline and depending on which country it is, they can’t be sped up. I had my passport at the Chinese consulate to get an updated visa using a third…

So it’s kind of a vast left wing conspiracy?  That didn’t play well on the flip side, it doesn’t play well now. 

I know, right. Thank godness guys like Keith Ellison, Harvey Weinstein, Bill Clinton, Al Franken, and John Kennedy are all Democratic saints.

At what point did I say I didn’t care about existing life? We need a social safety net in society. I’d rather it come from the people for the people, but that’s not going to happen so the government has to do it. I do have an issue with the fact we have millions of people who spend their whole life in government…

Chevy Chase was an asshole from the word “go”. He quit the first season 3/4 of the way through. When he came back to host in season 2, he antagonized the cast so much, Bill Murray punched him.  It may have been the mountains of coke everyone was doing, but to piss Bill Murray off enough to throw a punch has to be…

America is generally a forgiving place. If he said “yes, I may have been a drunken asshole and I’m sorry” most people would have moved on. Everyone has a few nights that weren’t indicative of their overall character and can empathize with that. If he had been open to the discussion/ investigation it may have come out…

I’m a Catholic conservative and neither party appeals to me anymore. Repubs defend the unborn but want to execute criminals and Dems are vice versa; all life should be protected. Repubs destroy human dignity by tearing families apart and denigrating the other, Dems destroy the dignity of work by telling us those who…

I got all the way to the bottom of the thread and no one mentions Lynda freaking Carter as Principal Powers and still looking like she could rock the Wonder Woman costume! Are you kidding me!

I had a similar experience with a bowl of cream of broccoli soup in college. It was one of those that was dried, like a cup o ramen. It tasted dicey as I ate it, but I was a cheap college student so I finished it anyway. Within 4 hours I was running freely from both ends. My parents were in town to visit, but I…

I’ve been enjoying craft brews for 20+ years now and the IPA revolution is the one I can’t wait to die. I’ve been places with 10 taps, 8 of which are various IPAs that all taste pretty much the same. Give me a nice heffenwizen or even a pilz for variation.

It’s also for eatin’.  If you brush the salt off, you’re missing a lot.  If you’re worried about the sodium in the skin after you slather the insides with butter, sour cream, bacon, and maybe chili beans; you’re missing the point.

You’re basically stuck. I tried this earlier this year when my daughter was in Italy for a month with school. AT&Ts Monthly passport worked well for her (and us when we went to visit).