decline of the middle class

Occupy San Francisco — A Movement With A Speech Impediment

At the Occupy San Francisco demonstration, the “human microphone” seemed cult-like to me, a form of protest that encourages obedience to the inanities of some speakers’ words. Is it a lame, and poorly organized disaster? Or am I just too old to get it?

Drug Test Goldman Sachs!

Florida recently instituted a drug test as a qualification to get welfare benefits and discovered that not that many poor people were on drugs. This Ohio state representative thinks we should test the bankers who got the bailout money too.

The Chili That Got Away

The shaggy dog tale I told that won the Fourth of July Chili Cook-off here at The Barn, complete with stage directions.

Spring Lamb

A lamb arrives at The Barn, a Republican lamb no less.

Hyperdecanting

Wine tossed by a blender? Isn’t that a sacrilege? Maybe, but it sure tastes better.