Category Archives: ESL Links

It’s getting hard to remember a time before blogging, but at the time of the US invasion of Iraq the Dowbrigade did not exist. However, some recent readers may be surprised to find that in the run-up to and immediate … Continue reading →

After last October’s soul-Wrenching debacle in the American League Championship Series, we swore on our daughter’s firstborn child that we would never, absolutely, unequivocally, NEVER, if we lived to be 100, give our heart away to a baseball team, ESPECIALLY … Continue reading →

Vice President Dick Cheney’s outrageous statement that if we elect Kerry, we will be “hit again”. is garnering considerable attention in the Liberal Media, but given considering the mood of the electorate and the public’s habituation to hyperbole, will probabaly … Continue reading →

Ever since we participated in our first Flash Mob 18 months ago, we have been speculating on the potential of the phenomena as a method of political protest, The mob we participated in was an inane exercise in theater of … Continue reading →

It kills us the way the pundits prognosticate the political future by rehashing the past. "Never before…" "Every election since 1865…" "At this point in previous campaigns…" Give it up! The sample is simply too skimpy to make categorical predictions. … Continue reading →

One of the unique opportunities of the four year election cycle is the rare chance it offers to see the Vice President in action. As we know, the current Vice President is normally hard at work defending America for her … Continue reading →

Anyone looking for a chuckle on Labor Day follow these simple steps 1) Go to Google.com 2) Enter “weapons of mass destruction” in the search box 3) Click on “I’m feeling lucky” and NOT “Google Search” 4) Read the resultant … Continue reading →

Perhaps presaging our first career as a cultural anthropologist, the adolescent Dowbrigade had a consuming interest in, among other aspects of what is collectively know as "culture", the wild variety of religions found around the world. In fact, had we … Continue reading →

One of the fundamental paradoxes of the American character is that while we will always root for the underdog, we can’t stand a loser.  In fact, we will root for the underdog right up until he loses, and then drop … Continue reading →

The trusty T token is going the way of the elevated Central Artery and the Boston Garden. But to get Bostonians to embrace a new automated fare system — featuring a debit-like card that passengers will swipe through a slot, … Continue reading →

Categories are one of the features of blogging which hold the most promise for expanding the utility and range of application of blogs, especially in the area of information management. Ambitious bloggers like Dave Winer and Shimon Rura have created … Continue reading →

They have activated the transponder in our head again. They are messing with our brain. We know this because during the past two nights, we have been watching the Republican National Convention on television, and their twisted version of reality … Continue reading →