The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Brief Technical Note

by Smitty I ratcheted down my resolution to 800X600 and confirmed the email reports that, yes, this blog is slammed to the left side of the screen. To work on this, I save the blog locally, open that copy in the browser, get out the BFH, and tweak the .css. Except that there is enough […]

Just Printed My Boarding Pass; Ready
for Fear and Loathing in Pasadena?

Less than 12 hours from now, I’ll be flying the friendly skies of United — economy class with a two–hour layover in San Francisco — to sunny California to cover the BCS Championship game. The “friendly skies” are billing me $15 for checked baggage. Maybe one of our tip-jar hitters can fork over for that. I thought […]

Interviewed at JIP

by Smitty Jumping in Pools requested an interview. Who am I to refuse such blatant ego massage? At any rate, back to work on the TO DO list.

Band at JSU Banned at LGF:
Time for a Neo-Confederate Music Fest!

Fight on, fight on for ole Jax State We’re proud that we’re from Alabama . . . The lyrics of the fight song at my alma mater, Jacksonville (Ala.) State University, would almost certainly result in immediate banishment from Little Green Footballs. “Proud that we’re from Alabama“? It would be worse than down-dinging a comment […]

Your Printer Is a Narc

Well, maybe not your printer, but my printer is clearly spying on me. Over dinner today, my 20-year-old daughter had a suggestion that inspired me to design a thank-you note to send to our tip-jar hitters. When I went to do a test printing, however, the machine printed only half the card. Hmmm. Try again, same […]

Welcome to the New WordPress
Version of The Other McCain

After 22 months — and more than 3 million hits — on a Blogspot platform, we are now about seven hours from going live at our new WordPress home. It will take a while to get everything (e.g., the blogroll) moved over from the old site, and we’ll be tinkering with the design over the […]

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