Notes from Ferdy
287 entries
- Rosemary's News and Ideas
Rosemary of Rosemary's Thoughts has long been a friend to this blog. Recently, she opened up a new blog called Rosemary's News and Ideas. Rosemary was the first person to report that Laura Ingraham would be back on the air...
# At July 2, 2008 1:16 AM | Tags: blogging conservative Laura Ingraham Rosemary's Thoughts - The Uncontrolled Genetic Engineering that Nobody's Talking About
We all know the very real dangers of genetic engineering. Forward-thinking environmental groups such as Greenpeace have long warned against it, yet some of the most dangerous and uncontrolled genetic experimentation in the history of the planet is taking place...
# At June 16, 2008 2:18 PM | Tags: antibiotics bacteria Barack Obama conservative environmentalism evolution genetic engineering Greenpeace humor John McCain medicine metagenomes microbiology mozzarella cheese NMPDR Organic Consumers Association paranoia philosophy prophage satire science staphylococcus aureus - A Frustrating Message in my Inbox
I received an email today with the subject We caught you on hidden cam ferdy. Naturally, I was intrigued, because I can't imagine anything that would be more interesting than a video with me in it. Tragically, the idiots who...
# At May 29, 2008 7:13 PM | Tags: Boots cats humor satire Scott McClellan spam video - Why We're Not About to Buy a Macintosh Computer Any Time Soon
In the spring of 1984, while on the rebound from his third major career disaster, Bruce hooked up with a small software house in Chicago that was trying to create a new type of spreadsheet. They shopped the idea to...
# At May 12, 2008 3:50 AM | Tags: Bill Gates capitalism computers conservative economics Macintosh paranoia philosophy Windows - A Disaster Involving Pizza Cheese and Boots
Bruce has managed to lose over 40 pounds on a diet whose centerpiece is a custom home-made pizza. All home-made pizzas around here involve Sargento's shredded mozzarella cheese, and any time you have Bruce working with shredded cheese there's a...
# At April 22, 2008 12:40 PM | Tags: Boots cats humor mozzarella cheese Sargento's The Girl - In Which I Set the Record Straight
- This Could Explain How We Ended Up With McCain
Poll: Most Americans don't read political blogs Respectfully submitted,Ferdinand T. Cat...
# At March 10, 2008 4:20 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 democracy John McCain polling - Boulder City Official Loses Mind, Proposes Anti-Cat Legislation
From the Associated Press via Boulder, Colorado's NBC affiliate and linked on the Drudge Report. A Boulder official wants to push an ordinance that would require cat owners to keep their pets inside so they don't kill birds and other...
# At March 10, 2008 12:17 PM | Tags: animal rights Bruce Bland cats conservative humor local politics predators stupidity The Fox and the Hound The Interloper - Blogging Like a Pro
Trackbacks we send to Pink Flamingo are routinely bounced, and the trackbacks she sends to the Ping Festival sidebar have to be filtered out because they destroy the page layout. This means that I periodically have to link to her...
# At March 9, 2008 3:22 PM | Tags: Blog Harbor blogging Pink Flamingo trackbacks - Obama Will Make Change
From the gang at Rifftrax... Respectfully submitted,Ferdinand T. Cat...
# At March 4, 2008 5:42 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 humor RiffTrax satire - A Small Note from Me to the McCain People
Given that Barack Obama is the likely nominee, the McCain Beats Hillary ads that keep showing up in our Google ad bar are starting to look kind of stupid. Respectfully submitted,Ferdinand T. Cat...
# At February 25, 2008 6:44 AM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 conservative Hillary Clinton humor John McCain - Another School Shooting
It is always upsetting to hear of a school shooting, but it is especially frightening if you have a personal connection to the school. Bruce got his MS degree at Northern Illinois University. It's also where he met his wife....
# At February 15, 2008 2:27 AM | Tags: conservative DeKalb emotions gun control NIU philosophy school shootings - Our Path to November 4
Okay, so Romney's out, and McCain wants us to "join together for the good of the party". Just so you know: I have no intention of doing any such thing. That's not what conservatives are about. I will work for...
# At February 7, 2008 4:35 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative John McCain Mitt Romney philosophy Republicans - The McCain Solution
It occurs to me that we are looking at this McCain thing from the wrong angle. John McCain gets his heroic reputation from two basic tendencies: cooperating with his enemies and screwing his friends. The problem is, the inside-the-beltway world...
# At February 6, 2008 2:48 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative humor John McCain satire - Bill Clinton Admits to the Existence of Shame
In a stunning reversal of a lifetime spent testing the boundaries of propriety, former President Bill Clinton admitted yesterday that there are some things he finds shameful. The Associated Press attempted to bury this shocking turnabout in a long, rambling...
# At January 24, 2008 12:40 PM | Tags: Barack Obama Bill Clinton campaign 2008 conservative Hillary Clinton humor Matt Drudge satire - Nonexistent Poll Shows Romney, Thompson Leading GOP Race
If opinion polls are going to be off the mark anyway, then we might as well report the results that we want. Respectfully submitted,Ferdinand T. Cat...
# At January 16, 2008 10:38 PM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative Fred Thompson humor Mitt Romney polling satire - 2007 and 2008
Once again, it's time for our annual wish that all our readers have a At the start of each new year, most pundits make their predictions for 2008. Long-time readers will know that I never predict the future, only the...
# At January 2, 2008 11:40 AM | Tags: 2007 2008 campaign 2008 Congress conservative Democrats Global Warming happy new year Harry Reid humor immigration reform Iraq liberals Oliver Stone predictions satire - Exploding Hair Tongs
Bruce has always been concerned about the presence of a live bomb in the steering wheels of modern cars, but it never occurred to him that hair care products had the same potential. The explosive item in this case was...
# At December 18, 2007 11:55 PM | Tags: butane chaos theory curling irons explosives fire gas hair care - A Greeting With Absolutely No Hidden Agenda
Barb Gigamaster has informed us that her school counselor Larry Disch reads this blog. We would like to welcome Mr. Disch to our family of readers, and ask him that he remind Barb at the earliest possible opportunity of how...
# At December 11, 2007 10:09 AM | Tags: Barb family humor Larry Disch web comics - A Really Good Idea About Mortgage Relief
Hillary Clinton is talking about mortgage relief, and so is George W. Bush. Hillary's plan involves a combination of mortgage relief for borrowers in trouble, plus a mandated freeze on the rates of certain sub-prime loans. This is very different...
# At December 5, 2007 6:10 PM | Tags: anti-spam campaign 2008 conservative George W. Bush Hillary Clinton humor mortgage relief satire spam stupidity - In Which I Bravely Submit Myself as a Subject for Medical Testing
This story has been popping up all over the place in the past few days. In essence, there is a recent surge in cases of rickets, a bone disease caused by a lack of vitamin D, phosphates, or calcium. Vitamin...
# At November 27, 2007 11:59 PM | Tags: cholecalciferol health risks humor mozzarella cheese parody rickets Sargento's vitamin D - It's All My Fault, and I'm Sorry
On the front page of today's Drudge Report you can find the following little item about the upcoming Democrat debate. CNN's Wolf Blitzer has been warned not to focus Thursday's Dem debate on Hillary. 'This campaign is about issues, not...
# At November 13, 2007 11:52 AM | Tags: campaign 2008 conservative debate health care Hillary Clinton humor Iraq issues politics satire SCHIP - Chemotherapy in Cats
We get a lot of people looking for information about chemotherapy in cats who land on this page. I hate for people to leave the site without finding the answers they seek, so I thought I should do an article...
# At October 24, 2007 4:10 PM | Tags: cancer cats chemotherapy health care - Rest in Peace, Catherine Forsythe
Chris Muir's Day by Day web comic is familiar to anyone who cruises the right side of the blogosphere. A few days ago, Day by Day went on temporary hiatus due to a family emergency. It appears the family emergency...
# At October 14, 2007 11:53 AM | Tags: cancer Catherine Forsythe Chris Muir Day by Day web comics - The Phony Soldiers Story
I can't believe we're still seeing news stories about the goofball Rush Limbaugh quote. I swear, if we could muster this much enthusiasm for putting an end to terrorism we'd be out of Iraq by now. Respectfully submitted,Ferdinand T. Cat...
# At October 10, 2007 11:39 PM | Tags: conservative Democrats Iraq liberals Rush Limbaugh satire - This is Simply Unbelievable
Big Dog reports that 40 employees of Palisades Medical Center face possible civil and criminal fines for leaking information about George Clooney's motorcycle accident to the press. This is insane, folks! What I'm hearing is that it took 40 people...
# At October 10, 2007 2:22 AM | Tags: George Clooney health care humor Palisades Medical Center Park Wise Animal Hospital satire socialized medicine - Okay, It's Time to Talk Politics
This is supposed to be a political site, and I've mostly been talking about TV and movies lately. This is probably because when Bruce is really depressed he likes to watch DVDs. The Cubs did not do well in the...
# At October 8, 2007 7:48 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 Chicago Cubs Christianity conservative Hillary Clinton humor John Edwards poverty satire television War on Terror welfare - The Temeraire Books
Lately Nate and Bruce have been reading the Temeraire Series by Naomi Novik. The books tell the story of the dragon Temeraire and his captain, Will Laurence, who are fighting on the side of the British during the Napoleonic Wars....
# At September 26, 2007 6:24 AM | Tags: Anne McCaffrey books cats culture dragons Eragon fantasy historical fantasy humor Naomi Novik Napoleonic Wars Temeraire The Girl - Well Now, of Course, I Feel Completely Foolish
I have heard that all cats go to heaven. If that is true, then it is a good chance God doesn't want to have to compete with The Other Cat for control of the place once she gets there. My...
# At September 22, 2007 7:06 PM | Tags: humor philosophy religion The Other Cat - Bad News for America's Oldest Political Party
Even Osama bin Laden has lost faith in the Democrats. Respectfully submitted,Ferdinand T. Cat...
# At September 9, 2007 6:11 AM | Tags: conservative Democrats humor Iraq Osama bin Laden - Sonic and the Secret Rings
The principle behind Sonic and the Secret Rings for the Ninteno Wii is pretty simple. To the left, you see a typical player trying to make a difficult jump in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Players know intellectually that swaying to...
# At September 1, 2007 1:08 AM | Tags: Barb humor Nintendo parody Sega Sonic and the Secret Rings Sonic the Hedgehog video games Wii - A Very Serious Case of Bad Taste
I think of myself as a fairly tolerant cat, but there are some things that simply cannot be allowed in a civilized society. I am, of course, talking about fat-free mozzarella cheese. If you are going to make a hideously...
# At August 15, 2007 4:49 PM | Tags: cats fat-free foods health humor mozzarella cheese Sargento's - More Evidence of Global Warming
# At August 9, 2007 5:45 PM | Tags: Al Gore conservative environmentalism Global Warming humor parody - The Dems Finally Get Something Accomplished
President Bush just signed a law expanding the government's authority to engage in warrantless wire-tapping. I take back everything I said about the Democrats being unable to get anything done. Respectfully submitted,Ferdinand T. Cat Trackposted to Perri Nelson's Website, The...
# At August 6, 2007 3:54 AM | Tags: Congress conservative Democrats humor intelligence wiretapping - Justice Roberts Hospitalized
Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has been hospitalized after a fall at his summer home in Maine. Apparently, the fall took place on a dock outside the house, and it was caused by an unknown type of seizure. Justice...
# At July 30, 2007 6:14 PM | Tags: cats John Edwards John Roberts Maine Supreme Court The Gremlin The Interloper - You Have Two Years to Fix Your TV
Congress is concerned about the lack of broadcast bandwidth, so on February 18, 2009, broadcast television will switch from analog to digital. Digital TV takes less bandwidth than analog TV. Some of the bandwidth freed by the switch will be...
# At July 27, 2007 1:05 PM | Tags: Congress digital television Heroes humor television The Girl - An Essay on the Dangers of Turning Off the Brain
Living as I do with a movie buff, I see a lot of films. Bruce recently went on a Ridley Scott marathon, and as a result I ended up watching a film called Black Rain, which was pretty awful, and...
# At July 18, 2007 12:16 AM | Tags: Black Rain conservative humor movies philosophy primates Ridley Scott - Long Overdue Snideness Festival
Bruce and I have been on fairly cool terms for the past few days, but we've agreed that if I let him spend today working, he'll let me have the computer again tomorrow. In the meantime, he agreed I can...
# At July 7, 2007 5:10 PM | Tags: Barack Obama campaign 2008 cats conservative Hillary Clinton humor Iraq protein shampoo - This Just In
Lewis "Scooter" Libby has had his sentence commuted, and will not have to serve jail time for the offense of lying to cover up something that never happened. Respectfully submitted,Ferdinand T. Cat...
# At July 3, 2007 7:08 PM | Tags: conservative humor parody perjury Scooter Libby - The Name You're Looking for is "Socks"
A whole bunch of people from California are coming to this site to find out the name of Bill Clinton's cat. The Clinton cat was named Socks. Socks is still alive, but he is no longer with the Clintons. In...
# At June 14, 2007 2:49 AM | Tags: Betty Currie Bill Clinton cats conservative Hillary Clinton humor Socks - The Trials of a Suburban Predator: A True Story
The Invader tries to run. Eons of evolution give me the advantage: There is no escape from my magic eyes. One leap, and he is Mine! But hold! Human footsteps approach! Away I must go so I can eat in...
# At June 11, 2007 7:19 PM | Tags: carelessness cats humor hunting - I Can't Help Feeling Sorry for Paris Hilton
A lot of people are happy that Paris Hilton is back in jail. There is, of course, the fact that people thought her early release was unfair, and this is a valid point, but to a certain extent, I can...
# At June 8, 2007 11:57 PM | Tags: cats culture humor Paris Hilton - Dog Bites Man, Sun Rises in East, Chinese Toothpaste Contains Poison Additive
The FDA has no evidence that any of the tainted toothpaste has been imported into the United States, but they are not taking any chances. Toothpaste exported from China to Panama and the Dominican Republic have been found to contain...
# At May 28, 2007 7:35 AM | Tags: airline deregulation China conservative DEG Democrats economics glycerin liberals poison politics regulations Republicans toothpaste - It's Time to Kill the Human Brain Myth
- Just When You Thought it Was Safe to Eat Cat Food
A new group of pet foods have been recalled because of possible melamine contamination. These are preemptive recalls pending FDA product tests and are generally because the foods contain imported rice protein. Doctors Foster & Smith Chicken & Brown Rice...
# At May 2, 2007 10:59 AM | Tags: Blue Spa Select cat urine cats Chicken Soup corn gluten cyanuric acid Doctors Foster & Smith Harmony Farms health risks Lick Your Chops melamine Natural Balance pet food recall rice protein - Sheryl Crow is Not as Dumb as You Think
# At April 23, 2007 9:49 PM | Tags: conservative environmentalism Global Warming humor satire Sheryl Crow - The Executive Game
We now have a new Flash game on our Fun and Games page. In The Executive Game, you play the role of a manager who is presented with a series of transactions. For each one, you must decide whether to...
# At April 22, 2007 5:05 AM | Tags: conservative decision theory Flash games predictions probability The Executive Game - A Scientific Explanation of Snow in April
- It's Time to Do Something About Global Warming
We are living in the Global Warming Moment. This is mostly because of the concept of carbon offsets. You can buy carbon offsets from companies such as TerraPass and MyClimate. There are some people who think the whole carbon offset...
# At April 3, 2007 9:38 PM | Tags: carbon offsets conservative environmentalism Global Warming heat-seeking missiles humor hunting MyClimate satire shotguns spatulas squirrels TerraPass trees water vapor - Pet Food Problem Starts to Spread
Purina has recalled its Alpo Cuts-in-Gravy products. Previously, it had recalled some of its Mighty Dog food because it had been manufactured by Menu Foods. This new recall is because the wheat gluten used in the Alpo Cuts-in-Gravy is of...
# At March 31, 2007 10:38 PM | Tags: Alpo fertilizer Friskies gravy health risks melamine Menu Foods Mighty Dog pet food pet health Purina sauce - A Music Video Situation
I am not a fan of country music in general, but I think the song in this music video is really cool, which means that it is clearly a cut above the norm. Honestly, I don't understand why a teenage...
# At March 13, 2007 5:54 PM | Tags: Before He Cheats Carrie Underwood family humor music music video parody - A Huge Miscalculation by a New Web Site
A few days ago, I received an EMAIL from the people at OURCountry.com asking that I review their web site. Their description of the site is as follows: Now in beta, OURcountry.com delivers nine irreverent channels of politically incorrect videos,...
# At March 11, 2007 7:32 PM | Tags: cats conservative humor MySpace OURCountry.com satire YouTube - Do Consequences Matter?
I was over at A Few Shiny Pebbles, and I read this article about the War on Terror. In it, Bruce's friend Minta quotes Teddy Roosevelt about the need for courage and sacrifice in the face of evil. The implication...
# At February 22, 2007 10:28 PM | Tags: conservative Iraq philosophy War and Peace War on Terror - A Modest Proposal for JetBlue
One of the casualties of this record cold February has been the reputation of JetBlue airlines. JetBlue stranded hundreds of passengers on the ground during last week's winter storms. While all airlines were affected by the storms, JetBlue proved that...
# At February 19, 2007 1:12 PM | Tags: Al Gore Climate Change
