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Category Archives: Classy

Integrity

01-Sep-10

“I was asked recently which of the political leaders I had met had most integrity. I listed George near the top. He had genuine integrity and as much political courage as any leader I ever met.” –Tony Blair on George W. Bush

The FHA Mortgage Widget

31-Aug-10

This is what the FHA Mortgage Widget looks like for five counties I picked in New Jersey.  You can get the code from http://www.fha.com/fha_loan_limits_widgetcode.cfm . LendingLimit.loadWidget(‘HUDSON,NEW JERSEY;ESSEX,NEW JERSEY;MIDDLESEX,NEW JERSEY;BERGEN,NEW JERSEY;UNION,NEW JERSEY’,0x0099FF,150,200); FHA Limits by FHA.com

Day for night

30-Aug-10

My partner, who is now working nights, tries on a blindfold to help him sleep during the days.

New Geography

09-Aug-10

Via Instapundit, found an interesting site, New Geography. It’s sort of about economics and urban planning, but it’s not as dry as that sounds. Check it out.

Best Wishes to Chelsea and what’s-his-name

02-Aug-10

But even if the Clintons were misers, this is their money. They only have one child; presuming Chelsea never divorces and remarries, this is it for them. Can you blame them for pulling out all the stops?

Interesting site with Republican-oriented news

25-Jul-10

RepublicanDaily.info seems to be a fairly straight-up site that aggregates news within the Republican political sphere. Definitely worth a click if that interests you.

Daily Caller puts itself on the map

21-Jul-10

Tucker Carlson’s online mag The Daily Caller has just put itself on the American journalistic map with its serialization of the JournoList scandal. This kind of news will put the popularity of the site on afterburners, just the way the Monical Lewinsky scandal made Matt Drudge’s Drudge Report a household name. It’s also catalyzing a long-needed [...]

Sign on the door

01-Jul-10

“Leave your personal business outside.” –Sign on a studio door at BBC Radio 1

Morning fun on XM Radio

30-Jun-10

In preparation for my looooooong car trip back to Minnesota, I bought a cheap XM satellite radio. The installation wasn’t too difficult in my new Civic (although the paste-on bracket for the device keeps becoming unglued from the underside of the dashboard). Now, on the days when I drive to work, I get to listen [...]

Andrew Breitbart plunks down $100k for JournoList archives

29-Jun-10

After seeing if I could drum up interest yesterday in buying the infamous JournoList archives for the benefit of my second favorite blogger, Andrew Breitbart takes up the challenge and offers $100,000 for them. Awesome, Andrew! I’m very happy about this development. Go get ‘em!