My friend Steve passed this link along via the group he created on Facebook, Cook County – Know Your Judicial Candidates. We’re in early voting now and the election for these judges is February 2nd, and typically, most people vote at random if they vote at all. Which is pretty terrifying, when you consider that in some way, most of the justices on the Supreme Court started out by either being appointed or elected locally. So let’s not leave this important decision totally to chance, shall we? Because they decided that corporations have First Amendment rights, and so can that…
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@MrRileycatEsq and I are going to the k-i-t-t-y d-o-c-t-o-r in about 10 minutes. Routine checkup, will be asking them about the adolescent acne that he seems to have on his fuzzy little chin. As usual, he will yowl all the way there and barf on the way back, so it’ll be an awfully fun time for all.
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Darn it, we have theater tickets Sunday, so I won’t be able to make this event, but you can check out the details on the #Cafe Wellstone Ning, and listen via streaming radio if you can’t make it inworld. Doubtless you’ve read them, perhaps you’ve quoted them (‘What digby said.’), now you can hear them. digby & mcjoan aka Joan McCarter take to the stage. What will* they talk about?
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Check out all the lovely buttons I now have using a WordPress plugin called TinyMCE Advanced! Unfortunately, the option to “import local styles” via that nice drop-down menu is broken and causes part of the header graphic to replace the editing text box: not great behavior in a text editor, no? So to easily put in my beloved drop shadows, I still have to use the old Quicktag plug in to put my custom CSS code in that adds the shadow effect.
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Yes, I still have a blog, I’m still a blogger, I’m just… hey, yeah, I have a life but never seem to take the time to frickin’ blog it already! #fb I’ve been really getting into learning all the stuff I have to know in order to follow the crazy dream of making virtual “stuff” to “sell” on Second Life. And of course, I’ve been following the national political news, the international news, and the incredible tragedy that is Haiti. I’ll try to be better about keeping up with my doings, boring and dull as they are. 😉 I was…
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GIMP Tutorials – Tips and Tutorials for Learning The GIMP Silver Across Borders Native American Silver Jewelry Four Corners Quilts – Southwest Chameleon File:Jackson’s Chameleon 2.jpg – Wikipedia, public domain license User:Leoboudv – Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons – Source for Tsimshian Box image, and other NWC Indian images Ollie’s Blog | Links to several free image sites Western Style Fonts Cast Iron Font Free Download – Cast Iron.ttf Font Bleeding Cowboys Font Free Download – Bleeding_Cowboys.ttf Font Authentic Vintage Effect – Gimpology: GIMP Tutorials and resources for the GIMP Jungle_Boy’s Flickr see Maya reliefs mental_floss Blog » The Late Movies:…
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Blue Moon By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 31 Dec ’09, 7.12pm CST PST
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We’re all going to be flying in our underwear someday, thanks to one religious nutjob. Won’t it just be easier if we don Tyvek coveralls and gate-check our clothes and personal items, and maybe go commando while we’re at it? And why Detroit? Probably because of the large Muslim community there. (image from original Gizmodo post) Leaked: Homeland Security’s Post Underwear Bomb Airplane Rules – airplane security – Gizmodo U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Transportation Security Administration Aviation Security Directive Subject: Security Directive Number: SD 1544-09-06 Date: December 25, 2009 EXPIRATION: 0200Z on December 30, 2009 This Security Directive (SD)…
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Back at work after a somewhat-fragmented work week last week, I managed to get everything done (or contented myself with what I was able to get done) for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day… I had to work to the bitter end on Christmas Eve, after getting off early a couple of days in a row, but still I managed to fly home, put up the tree, decorate it, and wrap the gadgetty little gifts I’d gotten for the small number of family members that came over on Christmas Day. I didn’t make pancakes, as we already had plenty…
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Got it all done, all sung, all decorated, all served, all entertained, all wiped out. Merry Christmas to all, I’m going to take a LONG nap!