Recent content by Natty Bumpo

...and the difference betweet a good haircut and bad haircut about 2 weeks.

Was it Faulkner.... that said in the South the past is not forgotten, it is not even past?

Have a few... ...that my Dad started collecting in the 50's. That's him, 1950 <<< . Illinois had pairs, front and back, and I was told that the state's college and university colors were used. Brother and I shared Dad's part of the collection, I took even years to match 1954 birth. We...

Bar Keeper's Friend or Bon Ami are non-abrasive powders with weak oxalic acid. Removes stains and rust. At the store usually next to the Comet and Ajax scouring powders.

http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/484fhquj.asp Cool Chapeau, Man Joseph Epstein, glad hatter. by Joseph Epstein 09/08/2008, Volume 013, Issue 48 Earlier this summer, I was discovered to have a basal carcinoma, which sounds terrifying, but is in fact...

My program... Pushing my luck... Stretching the truth... Running my mouth... Working the angles... Jumping the gun... Skipping the formalities... :D

From the WSJ... The Hydrox Cookie Is Dead, and Fans Won't Get Over It Internet Campaigners Try Without Success to Get Kellogg to Reconsider By CHRISTOPHER RHOADS January 19, 2008 Robert Fliegel was craving a Hydrox. The 52-year-old computer consultant says he always liked the way...

Got the sack ready... and will hang it on the mailbox tomorrow.

Spring forward.... except it ain't Spring. From 2006 Clock Wise? By MICHAEL DOWNING March 31, 2006; Page A16 This year is the 100th anniversary of the original British daylight saving law. It is also the last year Americans will spring forward. Thanks to the 2005 Energy Policy Act...

From the WSJ, TRICKS OF THE TRADE Preserving Vintage Clothing By CHRISTINA PASSARIELLO February 28, 2008; Page D8 While vintage clothing is a hobby for many fashionistas, it's a job for Pamela Golbin, curator in chief of the Mus?©e de la Mode et du Textile. She has selected...

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Just finished ... Confederacy of Dunces, the only fiction I've read in years. My Grandfather's Son by Justice Thomas. Now on America Alone by the brilliant Mark Steyn. Highly recommend all.

From the Wall Street Journal today. The ridiculous Johnny Depp is photographed. Not sure if he and Brad Pitt are "hip". URL for this article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119992922984379699.html Q: I wear a fedora hat in the winter, and I get favorable comments from people on the...

R. I. P. General. Our nation lost a great American today.

How about them Wildcats Kentucky over #9 Louisville, first time in four years. First victory over a top 10 ranked team since #4 Penn State in 1977. It's not just basketball anymore.