And in a shameless ripoff from Laurie Kendrick . . .

whose toy post induced a flashback to the days of the Sears Wishbook, I give you my favorite childhood toy . . . .

                            

The Johnny Seven!

Yes, a seven-function pistol/battle rifle/grenade launcher/anti-tank rocket/heavy machine gun/rocket grenade/heavy rocket launcher! And with extra-dense plastic bullets that could leave your neighborhood rival for influence looking like he’d had 20 TB tests before dinner.

 Apparently my folks were able to get an export certificate for mine, because I brought it back from England and still was able to terrorize a moderate-size ville with relative ease.

Now go to Laurie’s place for some less warlike toys, while I go pacify some local sectarian violence . . . .

And here’s why Larry Craig’s a public relations nightmare . . .

He should have just embraced his inner Paul Lynde and not his inner Midnight Cowboy . . . .

The perfect solution for constituent service offices . . . .

Larry Craig should stand up and take credit for coming up with the perfect solution for cheap office space for constituent service offcies across congressional districts – public restrooms!

From the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune . . .

“U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, an Idaho Republican, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in Minnesota this month after being arrested by a plainclothes police officer investigating complaints of lewd conduct in a men’s restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport . . . .Craig was arrested at the airport on June 11, according to Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper. According to police reports, Craig kept watching the undercover police officer through a crack in the bathroom stall, Roll Call reported. Craig then entered the next-door stall and placed his luggage against the opening under the stall door.

“My experience has shown that individuals engaging in lewd conduct use their bags to block the view from the front of their stall,” said the officer, Sgt. Dave Karsnia.

Take my friend’s blog, please . . .

Hey, I’ll admit that my last week of entries have been of esoteric or limited interest (or of no interest at all), but try this on for size . . .

 Teeny Manolo