• Twitter

    Weekly Tweets 2010-12-05

    What is that… STUFF floating on the wind? Not rain? Not mist? Too floaty… Like snn… Like snnnnn…. Like ssNNNOOOOOOOOW FFFFUUUUUU… # RT @rpeete "RT @wendilynnmakeup: ON THIS DAY:1955 Rosa Parks refused 2 give up her seat 2 a white man & was arrested…" #rememberRosa # Well done you! # Be Like Nick: @StNickEpiscopal 's toy drive this Sunday for the Feast of St Nicholas on TribLocal http://is.gd/i3UKr # .@petersagal Mike Rowe?!? ZOMG awesome w00tness. Must see if tickets available. Caution: there will be poop, edit accordingly. # I just used #Shazam to discover Head Full Of Doubt Road Full…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Linkdump: November 28th – December 2nd

    Qantas begins legal action regarding Rolls-Royce A380 engines – USATODAY.com Nixon with Lipstick | Crooks and Liars Chaplain to be ordained priest in hospital she serves Creepy Christian Patriarchy Movement Shackles Daughters to Their Fathers and Homes | Reproductive Justice | AlterNet Two words: Cree, and pee. Events — Schaumburg news, photos and events — TribLocal.com

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Save the Date: Rapture May 21 2011, Next Day Will Be BAU

    As in “business as usual.” The world ends 21OCT, but at least the annoying Xtianists will be gone WELL before then. Prediction of my own: the billboards will quietly disappear, or be humorously “updated.” The fans of Family Radio Inc., a Christian radio network, have sponsored dozens of different billboards in select cities around the country proclaiming the exact date when Jesus is coming back. May 21st, 2011. You know, just like the Bible “predicted.” Via Friendly Atheist

  • Health And Fitness - Mini-Posts

    My Supplies Cycle

    Oh, THERE you are, unwelcome visitor. What’s it been, since August? Then February? At this rate I’ll only have to buy “supplies” twice a year. Guess my teammates joke about “manopause” due to the excessive heat n the office was better than he knew.

  • Twitter

    Weekly Tweets 2010-11-28

    Back in Chicago. Next time must have data plan for tweets on the go! Farewell #London # I checked in at Christ Hospital and Medical Center (4440 W 95th St) on #Yelp http://bit.ly/ate6f0 # I just used #Shazam to discover Dead American Writers by Tired Pony. http://shz.am/t52500173 # At work. Wait, wasn't I just in #London Vaca officially over. #Chicago # RT @smith_blarney "Underwear Invention Protects Privacy At Airport http://bit.ly/bsYz44" Would someone please field-test this? #TSApornscan # O'Hare was easy Saturday; short lines at Immigration as we arrived at 725pm. Curbside by 745pm, Mike at www.oharetaxico.com there in 5mins #…

  • London

    Ugly Americanisms: Two Countries Divided By A Language

    In my ongoing love affair with all things British, I sometimes come up against things that are less loveable, such as the crankypants insularity that is a hallmark of the English national personality. I do understand, really I do; references to our popular culture, fast-food cuisine and security-theater politics are everywhere in the UK where there’s a TV, a McDonalds, or an international airport. I chuckled at this story, which quotes several peevish readers complaining about the use of American idiom and slang in the Guardian, a left-leaning newspaper. For the record, “clatch” is the German word “klatsch,” we currently…