Big Confused Turkey Mobbed by Little Blue Twitter Birds

Each time I go there, it’s déjà vu all over again.  Yes, the Turkish Embassy in Washington looks just like the spooky embassy of an ancient imperial nation should look – something straight out of a spy thriller movie, a hulking bunker, faced with stone in a rococo 18th century style.  Topped with one of… Continue reading Big Confused Turkey Mobbed by Little Blue Twitter Birds

Obama Tweets a Humongous Brain Twart

Maybe there’s something about this Friday the 13th business after all.  I’m saying that because here it is, Friday the 13th, and for some reason, the President of the United States has been struck by a truly remarkable misfortune.  That’s because today, President Barack Hussein Obama II decided it would be a really good idea… Continue reading Obama Tweets a Humongous Brain Twart

Ach du Liebe Zeit! NSA Private Cell Phone Tap Penetrates Angela Merkel

Fortunately, despite the desperate state of the world, it did not prove necessary for Gretchen to book any consultations on this particular weekend.  So she had both days off – although I am, technically speaking, on call year-round, 24/7.  And so it was that shortly after breakfast in bed, while Cerise and I relaxed with… Continue reading Ach du Liebe Zeit! NSA Private Cell Phone Tap Penetrates Angela Merkel

Boris Does HealthCare.gov Like Debbie Did Dallas

Yesterday, my sister-in-law Katje called and dropped some serious hints that I should invite her little family over for dinner at my place in Great Falls, Virginia.  It made sense – she and my brother Rob Roy both work for Whizzonator-YoYoDyne Information Systems, one of the huge gaggle of federal contractors and subcontractors that created… Continue reading Boris Does HealthCare.gov Like Debbie Did Dallas

Gawker Goes After the Creepshot on Reddit

Hard at work in my home office today, around two o’clock, I kept the HDTV on the wall tuned to coverage of Felix Baumgartner’s 24 mile high sky dive attempt.  He was just going through the pre-jump check list when my land line telephone rang.  Caller ID revealed that it was my dear sister Rose’s… Continue reading Gawker Goes After the Creepshot on Reddit