Although I agree with the thesis that college is a waste of time and money for many you attend, I’m not sure that replacing college degrees with national certification tests is really an improvement.

As I read the FLS this morning on who is running to fill the vacated Fredericksburg City Council seat, I realized that I need to let people know who I am. These are in no particular order.#1 – I’m open. As many of the regular readers here will know, I …

A paraphrase of something Ray Donovan, a former United States Secretary of Labor, said after he was acquitted of criminal charges. The title of yesterday’s post was a slight misparaphrase.
Some good news on this front at least (The Free Lance–Star):
The child molestation charges against Spotsylvania County sheriff’s Deputy Richard Earnest Lloyd Jr. are not being […]

h/t Josh Chernila

Paul Milde should look long and hard at his fellow Republican Cord Sterling. I don’t agree with Sterling on most issues, and I’ll probably never cast a vote for him. The difference is that Paul Milde thinks you’re an idiot. One of these two men has a future in politics, the other does not.
A few days […]

On Saturday Gail and I took a small side trip to Kilmarnock VA. This is a town that basically is an intersection between two roads. We visited a furniture store, a consignment shop, and had lunch at Lees, which was wonderful. Unfortunately I didn’t ta…

At the beginning of the City Council meeting last night there was some interesting data about the impacts from the spring Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon. It was overshadowed by topics later in the agenda.Somewhere between 13k and almost 18k people…

If anybody is looking for something new to try, here is some stuff that just came in:

Oktoberfest is closer than it seems, and some of these beers are starting to come in. Right now we have Hofbrau Oktoberfest from Germany and Victory Fest from Victory brewing company in Pennsylvania. Victory Fest is probably my favorite. People will tell you that no American brewery can make an Oktoberfest beer as good as the German ones, but these people are wrong. Victory Fest is better than most of them, even in Germany.

Arriving unexpectedly early is the Weyerbacher Imperial pumpkin ale. There was a shortage of pumpkin ales last year, and we hope that doesn’t happen again. Weyerbacher’s is one of the best.

Next is the Brooklyn Local 1 from the Brooklyn Brewery. This beer is a Belgian-style ale that doesn’t neatly fit into any particular category. It tastes like a cross between a saison and a tripel. It’s also 100% bottle fermented – they put the beer in flat with some yeast and let the magic begin.

That would be the North American Free Trade Agreement.
KHOU:
“Jose” came to this country 10 years ago, seeking a better life. Now he is headed home.
Since he does not have a valid Social Security number and recent government crackdowns, employers who in the past would have hired an undocumented worker are too scared.
[…]
Officials at the Mexican […]

This past Saturday, some church members got together for an overnight campout on the land our church owns, but hasn’t built on yet. The outing was led by a bona fide Scoutmaster, and included everything a good Scout campout needs: raising a flagpole …