The Pink Flamingo

Godspeed Challenger

January 28, 2019December 21, 2018 NASA, NASA History, Ronald Reagan, STS

January 28, 1986 Michael J. Smith Dick Scobee Ronald McNair Ellison Onizuka Christa McAuliffe Gregory Jarvis Judith Resnick

Ronald Reagan’s Challenger Speech

January 28, 2019December 21, 2018 NASA, NASA History, Ronald Reagan

Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today

Godspeed Apollo I

January 27, 2019December 21, 2018 Apollo Program, NASA, NASA History, SPACE 2

January 27, 1967 Virgil I. Grissom, Jr. Edward H. White, II Roger B. Chaffee High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of

Sunday Morning Opera: A Maltese Birthday

January 27, 2019January 26, 2019 CULTURE, Joseph Calleja, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo

The past week included dueling tenor birthdays. Let’s face it, as beautiful as the Maltese Tenor is, Placi is venerable.

Stoned

January 26, 2019January 25, 2019 CRIME, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE

Roger Stone was arrested in what may be the greatest misuse of power in this nation’s history. His arrest was intended to set an

Modernizing Infanticide

January 25, 2019January 24, 2019 CULTURE

Our Judeo-Christian-Germanic ancestors did not believe in infanticide, which is what abortion basically is. As our modern world became more and more civilized, the

Spite

January 24, 2019January 23, 2019 Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi

There are times when people do stupid things out of spite. “…I guess you can call it The Adventures of Axe Man. In Madison,

Immortality

January 23, 2019January 22, 2019 BASEBALL, History of the Game, MLB Hall of Fame

Roy Halladay, Edgar Martínez, Mike Mussina, Mariano Rivera became immortal on Tuesday. Enough said.

Feeling Lousy

January 22, 2019January 21, 2019 CULTURE

I feel lousy, totally miserable. I suspect we could blame things on the aging process, but I refuse to do that. Instead, I’ll blame

Destroying Lives to Prove a Liberal Point

January 21, 2019January 20, 2019 Bigotry, CRIME, CULTURE, Hate Crimes, Snowflakes

The other day, a venerable Omaha elder and alleged Vietnam vet was accosted by a group of rude, nasty Catholic school kids wearing MAGA

Sunday Morning Opera: Happy Birthday Placido Domingo

January 20, 2019January 19, 2019 Baritones, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes

In the world of opera, it is rather interesting that the most dynamic tenor-baritone duo in history celebrates birthdays about a week apart. Last

The Arrogance of Speaker Pelosi

January 19, 2019January 18, 2019 CULTURE, Nancy Pelosi

Why would Nancy Pelosi think she had the right to take a ‘tour’ group of members of Congress on a week long luxury tour

Girls Will Be Girls, So Will Some Boys

January 18, 2019January 17, 2019 CULTURE

In Idaho, they are investigating the possibility of creating a law that would prevent individuals from competing as a gender other than something which

Endometriosis

January 17, 2019January 16, 2019 CULTURE, SCIENCE

Unfortunately, I suspect endometriosis is something select, and unfortunate females are born with, probably thanks to our DNA. I am one of those lucky

The Great Car Tag Caper

January 16, 2019January 15, 2019 CULTURE

To begin with, New Mexico is nuts. It is corrupt. It takes a person nearly a decade to learn how to work around the

“Suppose…Suppose”

January 14, 2019January 12, 2019 Books by SJ Reidhead, MAIN PAGE, OK Corral, PERSONAL, Senior Citizen, WYATT EARP

Wyatt S. Earp was born on March 19, 1848. He died on January 13, 1929. His last words were “Suppose… suppose.” His funeral is

Sunday Morning Opera: Tosca

January 13, 2019January 12, 2019 Baritones, CULTURE, Opera, OPERA, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the

Misc

January 12, 2019January 11, 2019 PERSONAL

If my posts have been a little pathetic, well, I have the flu. I could care less. I’m tired and the brain doesn’t work.

Hate

January 11, 2019January 10, 2019 CRIME, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Hate Crimes, Liberal Hate, MAIN PAGE, New McCarthyism, Racism

Do you know what a hate crime is? (FYI: I appropriated this from Jonathan Turley) “…18 U.S. Code § 249 – Hate crime acts

Happy Birthday Sherrill Milnes

January 10, 2019January 5, 2019 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Met, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

A birthday recital from the greatest voice this nation has ever produced, and the greatest baritone in the history of opera.

What’s the Use?

January 9, 2019January 8, 2019 CRIME, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Nancy Pelosi

I’m either finally growing up or am tired. What’s the use ranting and raving over Pelosi and Schumer? Look at this reasonably. The woman

What the Heck?

January 8, 2019January 7, 2019 CULTURE

I usually don’t indulge, but there are times when one must do what one must do. I suspect it is now a holiday in

Why Gift Giving Is So Important

January 7, 2019January 6, 2019 CULTURE, FAITH, Historial Ignorance

I am almost a compulsive gift giver. I love giving gifts. I love searching for just the right thing, and, when I’m in the

Sunday Morning Opera: Happy Birthday to the Greatest of Them All!

January 6, 2019January 5, 2019 Baritones, CULTURE, Music, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

Sherrill Milnes has a birthday on Wednesday. I will be honoring him, all day, on Twitter, every hour on the hour for the entire

Does Anyone Care?

January 5, 2019January 4, 2019 Abuse, Bigotry, CRIME, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Hate Crimes, Historial Ignorance, Liberal Hate, Racism

Does anyone care? “…Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) was joined by political activist Linda Sarsour during her swearing-in ceremony on as a congresswoman on Thursday

The Lasting Power of Hollywood

January 4, 2019January 3, 2019 20th Century US, American, Classic Hollywood, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, ISLAM & WAR ON TERROR, MAIN PAGE, Music, Terror, World War II

First published on May 23, 2018. Let’s get one thing perfectly clear. It doesn’t matter what one’s nationality or patriotic leanings are, the most

Once Again I Told You So About Mittens

January 3, 2019January 2, 2019 Donald Trump, Mitt Romney

Anyone who is actually shocked or surprised about Mitt Romney’s nasty little editorial in the Washington Post is, well, shocked that there was gambling

Civility, Manners, and Social Potty Training

January 2, 2019January 1, 2019 CULTURE, MAIN PAGE

No, it’s not much. Maybe it should be. When I ordered groceries, online, to pick up at a local store, I wanted 5 bakers.

A Wild West UFO Story

January 1, 2019December 31, 2018 Doc John Henry Holiday, UFO’s, Wild West, WYATT EARP

I love a good UFO story. After all, I live about an hour away from Roswell. What can I say, it’s a New Mexico

Online Censorship

December 31, 2018December 30, 2018 Abuse, Antifa, Bigotry, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Fighting Pedophiles, Hate Crimes, Historial Ignorance, Liberal Hate, MAIN PAGE, Pedophiles, Racism

New Year’s Eve is one of those times when we like to look back and see what is going on in our world, and