Fat in Indiana

KitKat bars suck. Clark bars are worse. Zero bars are the product of the Devil's arsehole.

Laughter Kills Lonesome by Charles Russell When I was in college the local public library let you check out pictures to h...

I cancelled the post I had canned for this morning. The one that replaced the boring history lesson I had ready a week ago. Confused? I ha...

Lots of pontificating going on around here.  Long boring posts no one wants to read. I fully expect a "TL/DR in the comments. Too bad ...

I am reposting a series of essays I wrote prior to the 2008 elections. You may find them interesting. 10/23/2008 There has been a lot of...

Who is the idiot of an urban planner who thought it a good idea to put bike lanes along Allisonville Road on Indianapolis' north east si...

We come at last to the end of our tale. The historically acute might have captured a few clues  I sprinkled in the last installment. This ta...

The nation had emerged from a bloody civil war. Hundreds of thousands of dead on both sides had finally brought agreement on the reforms the...

The liberal national anthem!

When we left off our tale The Republic was involved in a civil war. reform-minded people were in an armed struggle with the Federal governme...

It is a strange thing, but almost every culture and religion has a prophecy about a leader who will arise in the east and lead the oppressed...

In the pantheon of nations this one came to power rather quickly. The Republic was based on representative democracy and strong economics. O...

My son is a struggling musician. He makes ends meet by waiting tables, a well-trodden alternate career path of many artists. He works hard a...

I suspect you are wondering why I have not put forth brilliant and insightful political commentary and debate analysis yet. Certainly you ar...

Hello ? Hello? Did someone shut down the blogging world and forget to tell me? Is there anyone out there?

The babysitter lived just a few doors down the street. I worked at a management trainee job for little pay, the wife toiled at a bank. We di...

I watched Billy Jack the other night. I first saw the film back in 1971 when it hit the theaters. Billy Jack caused me broken bones and no ...

Imagine solar panels covering the broad expanse of grassland that was the site of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. Maybe you can envision...