by Piper Bayard | Apr 7, 2014 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes This evening I treated myself to a theatre performance, or at least to the recording of a theatre performance. On March 1, 2014, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner addressed the 132nd National Congress of Argentina. I was forwarded a...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 20, 2014 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard Remember all of those Jeff Foxworthy “you might be a redneck if” jokes? I didn’t know I was a redneck until Jeff Foxworthy identified me. “If you’ve ever honked at chickens while pulling into your driveway . . .” Didn’t everybody? “If there are more...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 13, 2014 | Bayard, Holmes, Movie, No Popcorn
By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes Lone Survivor is a movie about the 2005 Afghanistan mission, Operation Red Wings, in which a four-man team of Navy SEALs was tasked with scouting out Ahmad Shah—a terrorist leader aligned with the Taliban and other militant groups...
by Piper Bayard | Oct 14, 2013 | Amusing Ourselves and Hopefully You
By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes Breaking Bad—five seasons of weekly opportunities for the average, law-abiding citizen to ride in the fast lane with chemistry teacher/family man/meth dealer Walter White has finally come to an end. The Albuquerque Journal even ran...
by Piper Bayard | Aug 21, 2013 | Life and Death
By Piper Bayard Do you ever get ticked off at the strangers around you for doing things you think are thoughtless, rude, or stupid? Yep, I do it, too. So today I’m going to fess up. I’m the one who spends three minutes balancing the grocery cart in just the right...
by Piper Bayard | Jun 5, 2013 | Amusing Ourselves and Hopefully You
By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes Celebrity “wardrobe malfunctions” are appearing in the media with increasing regularity. We’ve noticed these malfunctions seem to occur when a celebrity’s ratings are slipping, and they don’t just involve the accidental torn dress,...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Jay Holmes In order to give my tired brain a break from the often painful world of foreign policy, I did some recreational reading today. The vacation from our world’s wars and genocides did me good. I found some great information about a couple of young people who...
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