Archive for September, 2010

A Hotel & Bedbugs tale:

Lou Sorkin, an entomologist at New York’s American Museum of Natural History who has been studying bedbug behavior for 15 years, said the nationwide bedbug problem is as bad as he’s ever seen it, not only because of the decline in DDT use but because of increased international travel.

And since many travelers end up in hotels, these critters are giving guests the jitters. Guests are grilling the staff on their bedbug extermination policies, keeping their suitcases away from the upholstery, and pulling off the sheets to inspect the mattresses.

Should we send any bill to the estate of Rachel Carlson?

Great minds think alike.

This November is going to look like the Fireworks scene from Police Squad

That will be the media on Election night “Nothing to see here!”

Rich talked to me just before the start of Bill Gunn’s Townsend town hall last night:

I was pleasantly surprised to find out he is the uncle of my friend Paul Howley owner of That’s Entertainment two of the best comic and hobby shops you will ever find in the Massachusetts

The New Democrat by Loren Spivack

If you have found memories of a certain children book about a cat who knew it all but caused a lot of trouble this parody The New Democrat by Doctor Truth (aka the Free Market Warrior).

In this parody we have a know it all (aided by Dem 1 and Dem 2) trying to show the country the best was to prosperity. With predictable results.

The book is not yet available on Amazon but you can get it directly from the Free Market Warrior site here.

At the end of the Seminar that he gave to the Twin City Tea Party he read us this book, we were laughing very loud. I suspect if you get this book you will too.

If you’ve never heard of Loren Spivack here is the video I shot at the Twin City Tea Party:

He is available to speak anywhere about Capitalism and it’s fruit. Get the book if you want to laugh, arrange the seminar if you want to learn.