March 2009
22 posts
“The great charm of fly-fishing is that we are always learning; no matter how...”
– Theodore Gordon, 1907
“Fly fishing is for those who hold that the fun in the race of life is in the...”
– Jon Margolis and Jeff MacNelly, How to Fool Fish with Feathers
“O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout...”
– Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, 1653
An Easter Turducken... er, Rabeepegg? Delicious. →
Design Police | Bring bad design to justice. →
“Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully...”
– Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, 1653
Serving the jocularly-challenged for (over) one...
Holy brainfart, Batman! I was just flipping through some of my old posts, and I realized that it’s been over a year since I started this here blog. The official date was Feb. 29, 2008. How could I have forgotten such a momentous occasion?
In (belated) celebration, let’s think back to those bygone days of 2008. On February 29th, the Dow Jones closed at a hearty 12266. Our beloved...
Yo mama so fat… you gotta take two buses and a train to get on her good side!
Yo mama so fat… she has to use a boomarang to put her belt on!
Yo mama so ugly… she went into a haunted house and came out with a job application!
Yo mama so fat… she jumped for joy — and got stuck!
Yo mama so fat… she stepped on a dollar bill and got change!
“There is certainly something in fishing that tends to produce a gentleness of...”
– Washington Irving
“Fly-fishers are usually brain-workers in society. Along the banks of purling...”
– James A. Hensall, MD, 1855
Lines at the ER, a television boom, emptying... →
Did you know that John Adams, the second president of the United States, referred to George Washington as “Old Muttonhead” on at least one occasion?
“Fly fishing. I can watch a river in absolute silence for four hours. The water...”
– Liam Neeson
“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness....”
– Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, 1849
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