http://jasnmis.com/jas Every day, rain or shine... Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:34:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Senator Robert Byrd passes away, and Justice Ginsburg's spouse as well... But Dick Cheney manages to consume the entrails of a sufficient number of virgins to live another thousand years of unholy life. Where's the justice in that? http://jasnmis.com/jas/?p=104 Can you tell something important about a person by what makes them cry? I'm a sap, so it doesn't take much. The last fifteen, twenty minutes of "Field of Dreams" for example, will have my crying. The end of the movie version of "Return of the King" can ruin me for ... http://jasnmis.com/jas/?p=99 We live in rough times. Job cuts have trickled down into my sector, and we've lost a huge number of staffers, effective with the end of the fiscal year. And man, have we handled that badly. There is no nice way to nicely tell someone that they are losing their job. ... http://jasnmis.com/jas/?p=97 Somebody who reads my blog suggested that maybe I should update it more often. I'm amazed that anyone noticed! That somebody, who shall remain Kristin, knows just how to motivate a guy - guilt. So, since I do have an audience, I will do my level best to post here a bit ... http://jasnmis.com/jas/?p=95 Is there a name for people like me, who come to musical theater late in life? Oh, sure, you can't get through high school and college without some exposure, but I was never into it. Into It. Now I find myself giddy while waiting for the opening night of Young Frankenstein when ... http://jasnmis.com/jas/?p=93 Is the entire creative team with the VW advertising department under the age of 20? Everyone who has been on this planet longer than, oh, ten years knows that you only punch your neighbor when you see a Volkswagen BEETLE. The game is called Slug Bug, or, alternately, Punch Buggy. Slug ... http://jasnmis.com/jas/?p=91 If I have to hear one more serious-sounding Republican say that they want Obama to pick a Supreme Court candidate that will follow the Constitution to the letter, I'm going to have an aneurism. They seem unable to understand that the only way that America can continue to survive and thrive, ... http://jasnmis.com/jas/?p=87 I wonder how I wound up wired the way I am... Most everyone I know takes things significantly more seriously, and more personally, than I do. I take it easy, relax, and generally wait until all the facts are in before I react. It burns me sometimes, I won't lie. But ... http://jasnmis.com/jas/?p=86 Tarol Hunt is my new hero. Every day or two, I visit his website to see if he has updated his very excellent online comic, Goblins. Today, in addition to an updated comic, I found a blog post that just made my day. Click the link, it's worth the read. It's about ... http://jasnmis.com/jas/?p=84 Right before we left for Spring Break, my boss had informed us that we would all know if there were any positions cut in our department "before break." I jokingly told him that he had better let me know at least by that Thursday, as I would have seventy two ... http://jasnmis.com/jas/?p=82