Archive for December, 2007

Punday Night, and Some Reading

Monday, December 10th, 2007

     ‘m going to have to make this quick — I’m running out of time before I have to get ready for work. So, for your perusing pleasure:

The Limits of Intelligence — On one of our several trips together to Iraq, a senior intelligence official told us how she wrote her assessments — on one page, [...]

A Toast! (25)

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

     irst, a quick site announcement: If I may, I direct your attention to the new and improved CHP Gift Shop. Mostly, it’s new and improved because I paid for it. Coming soon to a CHP Gift Shop near you — new designs! Well, soonish, anyways.
     And now, a toast to The Golden Compass, now playing [...]

Wednesday Riddles

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

have two arms, but fingers none. I have two feet, but cannot run. I carry well, but I have found I carry best with my feet OFF the ground. What am I?
I have a big mouth and I am also quite loud! I am NOT a gossip but I do get involved with everyone’s [...]

Tall Tale Tuesday: Carnival of Souls

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

     t’s been a slow week at the Carnival. You’ve missed Dramatickle, by the good Doctor Celestine himself, and The Squatch’s Story, by our very own guest poster, Squatch.
DreamTime, Pt 1
     Nine-year-old Alice sat in the sandbox, scooping up piles of sand and letting the grains sift out between her fingers. Around her, the school yard was [...]

Punday: Lost in America

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

      mother bought her daughter a Ken doll that had real hair. One day the mother noticed that the hair had lice in it. She was disgusted and decided to boil the doll in a pan. As the lice died she carefully skimmed them out of the water with a ladle. Unfortunately, the stench of [...]