February 27, 2008

Rest in Peace, William F. Buckley

William F. Buckley was 82 years old and has been suffering from Emphysema for a few years, although right now the cause of death isn’t known. He was found dead in his house today, Wednesday February 27th.


William F. Buckley founded the National Review in 1955 and is widely credited for the modern conservative movement. He was a very prominent voice in politics and wrote over 50 books in his life.
Katie Couric with CBS News also had some comments on Buckley.


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Bobby Cutts Gets Life in Prison

After a tearful speech to the jury, they handed down a recommendation of life in prison for the murder of Jesse Marie Davis and her unborn child.

The jury recommended life and the judge added to that, sentencing him to the maximum of 57 years to life in prison. He’ll be 87 before he is even eligible for parole.


What a waste of taxpayer’s money. Put the bastard out of our misery and expense and fry the asshole now.

 

Warren Jeffs in Arizona

Warren Jeffs has been handed over to the Arizona police to face charges that came out of arranging marriages of two teenage girls to older relatives. The so-called prophet of polygamy has already been convicted in Utah in connection with one of those cases involving a fourteen year old girl.

The Arizona Attorney General is rightfully looking at this as a case of child abuse and there should not be exceptions under the law against this, even for religious reasons.

If Jeffs is convicted in Arizona he will have to finish his two sentences of five years to life in Utah prior to doing his time in Arizona.

 

Off Time

It’s been a pretty uneventful day here at the Miles Casa. I have a ton of things on my to-do list and haven’t managed to get very many of them done today. I need to pay some bills and start working on my 2007 taxes but somehow just don’t want to.

I did manage to get about ten hours of sleep. Maybe a bit too much but damn I am behind. I need to find a way to balance my sleep/job/stuff at home so that I can get enough rest and spend some time with the family as well. It’s pretty difficult at times.

I am doing so-so quitting smoking. I managed to get down to a pack every couple of days and then quit Monday night when I went to bed. I didn’t smoke at all at work yesterday. Ended up going about 16 hours, which is quite a long time. What I didn’t realize is that I apparently had a pack in my car that I found on the way home from work yesterday afternoon. So much for that. I had thought the wife was going to take them with her this morning but apparently she forgot. It’s almost gone and once it is I will quit once again. I feel like such a darned lightweight.

I have a nice dinner planned. The wife thawed a couple of pork loins so I marinated them in olive oil and rubbed them with a some different spices. They are sitting in the refrigerator now just waiting to go in the oven. I figure around four I will pop them in and decided what else to have with them.

I have mentioned a few times that I really hate the Samsung i760 that I picked up. In theory I like the idea of a pocket PC phone, but in practice I don’t like the implementation. I guess it’s all about what you like. Apparently it’s still pretty popular as far as PDA/phones go. I got a blackberry last week instead and will put the Samsung up on eBay later this afternoon. I have a few reviews I need to get written first.

We are still talking about redoing our bedroom later this spring. I think the wife and I both have different ideas about what we want so I am just going to stay out of it now. Doesn’t really matter anyway as long as the bed is comfortable. I am going to end up putting a TV on the wall and make it into a small home theater. The wife seems to prefer the idea of having it in the room. That’s fine, I can put on in the bedroom and another in the living room. Eventually it would be kind of cool to put some home theater seating down in the basement and set up an HTPC down there, but that may be a while. It’s more of a wish list thing that is down near the bottom.

Wordless Wednesday

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