Archive for September, 2007


It’s the end of the Constitutional Convention as we know it, and I feel anything but fine. My head is throbbing, my heart is torn, I am tired as hell and sleep seems a million miles away. I was not cut out to be James Madison: remind me to never volunteer to take minutes ever [...]


Just to get you in the mood for International Talk Like A Pirate Day… My pirate name is: Black John Flint Like anyone confronted with the harshness of robbery on the high seas, you can be pessimistic at times. Like the rock flint, you’re hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you’re easily chipped, and [...]