The End Times Are Nigh, Part 99,232...

In a single story, we get several pieces of evidence:

• Today's college students apparently need instruction on ... masturbation.
• Allegheny College (a liberal arts school in Meadville, Pennsylvania) is stepping up to solve the problem.
• The course is being conducted in the college's chapel.

You just can't make this stuff up...

They Kind of Blame Us...

...as well they should:

Cheap Bastards...

Via reader Jim M.:

A couple were celebrating 50 years together. Their three kids, all very successful, agreed to a Sunday dinner in their honor.

"Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad," gushed son number one , now renowned orthopedist, "Sorry I'm running late. I had an emergency at the hospital with a patient, you know how it is, and I didn't have time to get you a gift.""Not to worry," said the father. "The important thing is that we're all together today."

Son number two, trial lawyer, arrived and announced, "You and Mom look great, Dad. I just flew in from Los Angeles between depositions and didn't have time to shop for you.""It's nothing," said the father. "We're glad you were able to come."

Just then the daughter, a Wall Streeter, arrived. "Hello and Happy Anniversary! I'm sorry, but my boss is sending me out of town and I was really busy packing so I didn't have time to get you anything."

After they had finished dessert, the father said, "There's something your mother and I have wanted to tell you for a long time. You see, we were very poor. Despite this, we were able to send each of you to college."
Throughout the years your mother and I knew that we loved each other very much, but we just never found the time to get married."

The three children gasped and all said, "You mean we're bastards?"

"Yep," said the father. "And cheap ones too."

Jon Will Turns 40 Today...

...and his father, famous columnist George Will, wrote a beautiful column about him today...

Say Good Bye to the Family Farm...

The Obama administration is preparing to promulgate and enforce new rules that would prohibit children from doing many of the kinds of work that kids on family farms have been doing from time immemorial.  Depending on the specific kind of work, the age requirement is either 16 or 18. 

Under these new rules, many of the kinds of things that I did as a “child” on our family farm would now be prohibited.  For instance, I couldn't have used a mower, or a sprayer, or a tractor until I was 16.

The country I was born into – the country of hope and promise in the Eisenhower era – is disappearing before my eyes.

I sure hope we change course in November...

Baby Talk...

These twins have their own language!  Cute and funny.  Via Frankie T.:

The Art of Propaganda is Alive and Well...

Reading this site makes me want to vomit as I'm reaching for my shotgun...

People Who Know Me Well...

...will understand that I would not have marked this photo as a “fail”, but rather as entirely practical direction...

Kids...

Via reader Dave H.:

In my case, substitute cabernet for the beer, and you've pretty much summed up my view of the relative importance of children (I don't have any) and the more important things in life...