No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

New Kevlar for fighting K-9s…
“It has to be pretty disheartening to fight a war against forces who can afford armor for their pets.”
Reminds me of the big shootout at the hidey-hole where Ouday and Ousay (sp? - who cares?) got capped. Marines were criticized for overkill when they used anti-tank missiles against the Hussein boys’ [...]

From Worthwhile, Anita Sharpe brings Mel Ziegler, founder off Banana Republic. Ziegler hits the nail on the head that making the world better has to start with us making ourselves better. The world will then follow.
How many days out with your office mates stocking shelves in a soup kitchen does it take to make the [...]

Halley Suitt on Fitness.

Passing by the Disney Store last night, we had to pop in and came out with the mouse’s new release: The Lion King 1 1/2
What a great piece of work!
Watching this movie, basically a retelling of the Lion King, this time from meercat Timon’s and warthog Pumba’s point of view, I was struck by how [...]

Tonight on PBS, their American Masters series profiles Henry Luce, magazine founder (Time and Life) and husband of the woman who coined the phrase at the top of this page.
Clare Booth Luce, herself a politician, playwrite, and editor, first said “no good deed goes unpunished.”

Whether I vote for him or not, I’m not shallow enough to me influenced by this. I’m not a Bushite, but jeesh, is this all they’ve got?
I’m much more interested in how the President prosecutes this war against terrorism. Reports coming in today about Spectre Gunships on the attack in Fallujah. If we’re going to [...]