INTERBLOGATORY MUSINGS

I took this picture years ago in one of the vineyards in Naples, NY. This year's crop has been picked by now. If you ever get the chance, visit the Finger Lakes region, "God's handprint," in autumn. It's not only the best part of NY State, it's its lovliest in the fall. Click here for more autumn pictures.

I'll be posting today's October picture later, when the fog lifts.

In the meantime...

8 Y’gotta check out Josephine Gillis’s new blog 10086 Sunset Boulevard: You never dream that one day your big knickers will be your worst nightmare. Not until you go on a trip and your husband invites another woman into your home, where your big knickers still reside. Trust me, it’s much worse than you might think.
She's posted more since then. Bookmark this one as it should be fun!

8 Harry Potter is a naughty boy. Child-on-Child Crime: But vindictiveness is far from Harry's only character defect; he is, to put it bluntly, a liar. As previously, in the latest book he tells so many lies that if he were Pinocchio, his nose would be longer than his Firebolt broomstick (Half-Blood Prince, e.g., pp. 231, 241, 286, 293, 318, 321, 357, 489, 524, 527, 547, 572). And Rowling dutifully labels most of his lies so that even her youngest readers can't miss it that their hero is a habitual liar. Thus, Hogwarts resembles nothing so much as the Clinton White House. Truth telling is simply not a virtue to be expected of the hero. Instead of a "Book of Virtues," then, the Potter books are a veritable Manual of Prevarication.

8 Michael Fumento pulls no punches in Award Inflation: The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has just announced it's giving its highest honor to Los Angeles paralegal Erin Brockovich, best known for her virtual beatification in the allegedly "based on a true story" film of the same name. Julia Roberts portrayed her as having the mouth of a hooker but a heart of gold. Yet the Hollywood Brockovich is bunk, and this is not Harvard's finest hour.

8 I'm not a fan, but check this out anyway. Madonna, Madonna, Madonna: [S]ome very exciting news about our favorite 47 year old.
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