Tag: "Maryland"
My Favorite Christmas Tunes, All In One Post
I would be remiss if I didn’t share some more of my favorite Christmas music with you. I rooted around YouTube and found some great renditions for your enjoyment. I’ll put the videos after the jump to save real estate on the page. Merry Christmas, everyone. I hope you enjoy these tunes as much as [...]
Maryland Has a Chickens**t Problem, But It’s Not in the Bay
If you’re a taxpayer in the state of Maryland, you’re getting hosed. That’s doubly true if you’re a Maryland state employee. Governor O’Malley announced this past week that all state employees will have to take at least two furlough days, in order to save about $34 million from this year’s sorely out of balance budget. [...]
Mozactly? Mozactly!
Those of you who read The Shack might have run across the word “mozactly” a few times. It’s not a real word, but I use it a lot and, once in a while, someone asks me about it. That happened tonight when I got a comment today from a man who runs a blog called [...]
Between and Rock and an Oppressive, Democratic Place
Nothing makes you feel good about your state like the Wall Street Journal pointing at the collective heads of knuckle we call state legislators and laughing. Politicians in Annapolis are scratching their heads wondering what happened to all those chain smokers who were supposed to help balance Maryland’s budget. Last year the legislature doubled the [...]
Yes, Maryland Drivers Stink. But I Can Help!
This surprises me not at all. A survey commissioned by General Motors Acceptance Corp. ranks Maryland motorists near the bottom when it comes to the knowledge of driving laws. In the Atlanta-based financial giant’s fourth annual National Drivers Test, Kansas placed first at 84 percent for most knowledgeable drivers, Maryland ranks No. 42 — and [...]
Civilization Won One This Week
Chalk up a small victory for civilized society. After his wife of more than two decades filed for divorce in Montgomery County Circuit Court, Irfan Aleem responded in writing in 2003, and not just in court. Aleem went to the Pakistani Embassy in the District, where he executed a written document that asserted he was [...]
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