Hammer Mill Days

Where did I put my html tags? I thought I packed them with my socks, but they don't appear to be in there. WFT, man.... getting a new home is always such a pain. No, friends. We have not abandoned the abandoned Cheney Hammer Mill. That would be something you might expect from the department of redundancy department (of redundancy). We have, however, abandoned our old web site and moved into a new one, designed by, I don't know, professional web designers... as opposed to my sorry ass, who threw together our last site with Front Page and some tweezers ... not to mention some cracked old photo manipulation software. Yeah, that's right. Do I have to draw you a picture? (Actually... that would have been better than what came out of that software.) Anywho... out with the old, in with the new. We've been using Wordpress for Hammermill Days (and, earlier, Notes from Sri Lanka) for over five years, and so we thought, hey, why not build the whole freaking site using the same sof

Another challenging week for those who value sanity. Let's see what we've got in the old political grab bag: Go West. Channeling Joe McCarthy, congressman Allen West name tagged the entire Congressional Progressive Caucus as members of the communist party this week. Interesting choice. Is this dude trying to lead us back bravely to 1952? Because if he does, he will not be a congressman at the end of that process. Black people effectively did not have the right to vote in Florida back then, let alone represent their constituencies in Congress. Do go there, Congressman! Stay in this decade, at least. Memento Santorum. Well, this is disappointing. Just when I was getting used to the knock-down drag-out fight that was the Republican primaries, they come to a screeching halt. My guess is that someone got on the phone to old Rick - time to pack it in, old man, and let Mitt start kicking at his general election strategy. Perhaps Mr. Friess made the call himself - suggested Rick hold