Tuesday, December 20th, 2005 Posted in serious | No Comments »
Here's Chris Matthews discussing whether last Friday's papers buried the story of the latest Iraqi election in favor of the NSA domestic spying story. As an asside, this Media Matters ... Read more..Monday, December 19th, 2005 Posted in serious | No Comments »
I was just gonna post this as an update to the previous post, but I thought it deserved its own title. No sooner did I ask for it than I got ... Read more..Monday, December 19th, 2005 Posted in serious | 1 Comment »
Rather than chime in on the latest Washington scandal … plus the truth that I can't think of anything to say that Russ Feingold, Jonathan Alter, or DailyKos haven't already ... Read more..Sunday, December 18th, 2005 Posted in serious | No Comments »
Good for Time magazine. They've named Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono as their persons of the year for 2005. I read “What Money Can Buy,” by Michael Specter, in the October ... Read more..Friday, December 16th, 2005 Posted in ridiculous | No Comments »
I often like to think of complex adult issues in terms that could be told to a child of, say, eight. E. J. Dionne's column in the Washington Post today ... Read more..Thursday, December 15th, 2005 Posted in ridiculous | No Comments »
I remember when they closed off streets in San Francisco to film a commercial with bouncy balls. A lot of people freaked out, bitching like they do about everything in ... Read more..Thursday, December 15th, 2005 Posted in serious | No Comments »
I don't care if you've never heard of it, this endangered species is worth saving Gocco presses help keep budding designers afloat. They're basically minimally technological plastic kits used to make ... Read more..Wednesday, December 14th, 2005 Posted in currency, ridiculous | 1 Comment »
I'm an amateur coin collector. I've never been to any convention or meeting, I don't use those silly cardboard sheets with the round slots for coins, and my collection definitely ... Read more..Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 Posted in serious | No Comments »
I read Nicholas Kristof's column today about "rewilding" North America. The idea was completely new to me, and I had an immediate and visceral reaction to it: hell no. Then I ... Read more..Monday, December 12th, 2005 Posted in serious | No Comments »
The other day when I wrote this about the U.S. Congress, I left out a pretty important event. Granted, I gave myself only a three-month timeframe in which to catalog ... Read more..Sunday, December 11th, 2005 Posted in ridiculous | 1 Comment »
Here's the tattoo: Read more..Sunday, December 11th, 2005 Posted in ridiculous | 4 Comments »
I'm a big believer in the power of the Internet to find answers to just about any question a user can think of. I don't rely on the Net exclusive ... Read more..Saturday, December 10th, 2005 Posted in serious | 1 Comment »
Which one?, you may be asking. It may seem untimely, but I'm thinking specifically of the electoral mess the U.S. still finds itself in five years after the possibly most fraudulent, ... Read more..Wednesday, December 7th, 2005 Posted in travel | No Comments »
This is a bit of an experiment. We're going to Puerto Vallarta in January. If anyone has tips specific to PV, let me know. We'll be there five days, five ... Read more..Wednesday, December 7th, 2005 Posted in ridiculous | 2 Comments »
...found this randomly tonight. no comment. if anyone feels uppity enough, they should contact the guy. tell him, despite the lawlessness of the web, respect is respect, and he needs to ... Read more..