Toys in the AtticMediocre banter and various blatherPolitics: Conservatism personified- March 21, 2008 John Hawkins compiles a list of fascinating quotes. Of course, people of different stripes will agreedisagree, but if you want to know the basis for conventional conservative thought and aren&38;8217;t in the mood to read some early Reagan speeches (that&38;8217;s the best place to go, by the way) then click the link for ...http://blog.rjwest.com/?p=3134 Entertainment: The Cary Elwes Factor- March 19, 2008 This trick is somewhat small in scale, but you can sometimes make your loved ones look at you with a befuddled stare when you present your version of &38;8220;The Cary Elwes Factor&38;8221; while watching your favorite showflick. What is this, you may ask Well, here&38;8217;s the story (and it&38;8217;s 100% true and all ...http://blog.rjwest.com/?p=3133 Autism, illustrated- March 14, 2008 Here&38;8217;s a quick video of my son playing basketball. In a nutshell, it illustrates his condition:http://blog.rjwest.com/?p=3132 Well, that explains a lot- March 13, 2008 At least I know why I hit a plateau, despite doing &38;8220;the right things&38;8221;. I shoulda known when my last few workouts showed that I was getting weaker and each session was less intense (yes, I keep logs of all my workouts&38;8230;.I&38;8217;m one of them) but I wrote it off to the decrease in ...http://blog.rjwest.com/?p=3131 Crap, crap, crap, CRAP!- March 6, 2008 This week&38;8217;s weigh-in had no change from last week. The word &38;8220;buzzkill&38;8221; just isn&38;8217;t enough to describe how bummed I was. Ditto with the bodyfat %, which hasn&38;8217;t budged in 3 weeks.http://blog.rjwest.com/?p=3130 News of the day- March 6, 2008 Well, now, this is pretty earth shaking in my realm: Government health officials have conceded that childhood vaccines worsened a rare, underlying disorder that ultimately led to autism-like symptoms in a Georgia girl, and that she should be paid from a federal vaccine-injury fund. Looks like a one-off thing, though. Mitocondria plus all that mercury in ...http://blog.rjwest.com/?p=3129 Inspiration- March 3, 2008 The best rock band on the planet writes an apolitical non-partisan pro-soldier song, a fan creates a homemade video &38;038; uploads to youtube, the band sees it &38;038; posts on their web site(s). Here is &38;8220;One by One&38;8221;, by Alter Bridge:http://blog.rjwest.com/?p=3128 |