The Drawn Cutlass: Try Giving Up the Golf

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Try Giving Up the Golf

Obama is whining that he doesn't get to spend enough time with his daughters.

5 comments:

wally said...: He's not "whining" that he doesn't "get to" spend enough time with his kids. He regrets his failure to do so, without blaming anything or anybody but himself. A joke isn't funny if it's fabricated.; 6/08/2011 02:59:00 PM
Bob said...: @wally: It's wonderful that we can form our own opinions of a news story and not rely on someone else to interpret it for us, isn't it? It's why the MSM has lost so much of its power to influence.; 6/08/2011 08:44:00 PM
wally said...: So what part of a direct quote is subject to the application of Bobian opinion? Has the reporter lied about what Obama said? Or has Obama, in his sneaky commie way, attempted to deceive the public by pretending he's not a perfect father?
When you form your opinions based on hatred rather than on the evidence of your own two eyes, they're not worth a whole lot.; 6/08/2011 10:57:00 PM
Bob said...: @wally: Project, much? "Hatred" probably more accurately describes your feelings toward Sarah Palin, George W. Bush or Dick Cheney. Simply because I snark on the President doesn't mean I have hatred toward him. Truth be told, if more black men shared his intellectual level and studious habits, the USA would be a better, more crime-free society, in fact one of the most crime-free in the world.; 6/08/2011 11:36:00 PM
wally said...: Interesting, but not responsive (can't blame you.); 6/09/2011 12:16:00 AM

The Drawn Cutlass Philosophy

Be as decent as you can. Don't believe without evidence. Treat things divine with marked respect, and don't have anything to do with them. Do not trust humanity without collateral security, it will play you some scurvy trick. Remember that it hurts no one to be treated as an enemy entitled to respect until he prove himself a friend worthy of affection. Cultivate a taste for distasteful truths. And, finally, most important of all, endeavor to see things as they are, not as they ought to be.

Ambrose Bierce

Jeff Cooper's Rules of Gun Safety

All guns are always loaded. Even if they are not, treat them as if they are.
Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy. (For those who insist that this particular gun is unloaded, see Rule 1.)
Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target. This is the Golden Rule. Its violation is directly responsible for about 60 percent of inadvertent discharges.
Identify your target, and what is behind it. Never shoot at anything that you have not positively identified.

Restaurant Ratings

My restaurant ratings, mostly intended for BBQ restaurants, will be on a 1-5 scale, with 1 being the worst and 5 being the best. Unlike most reviewers, I don't intend to play games with the rating scale by introducing fractions such as "2 and 1/2" or "4 and 3/4," I've always considered that stupid and a signal that the reviewer is trying to avoid making an honest 1-5 judgment.

Here is the breakdown of the ratings:

1 out of 5: waste of time, crap, unable to finish eating; apathy by staff/ownership

2 out of 5: edible, but no effort to impress; staff/management going through motions; desultory.

3 out of 5: average; reasonably good food, moderate effort by staff/management

4 out of 5: good; tasty, well-prepared food, staff alert, restaurant clean.

5 out of 5: great; excellent food, cooked fresh. Staff attentive and proactive, management responsive to complaints. Restaurant spotless.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Try Giving Up the Golf

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