• Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    If By A Liberal

    August 30, 2009 - By 

    David Horsey’s political cartoon on the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy is excellent. His blog post goes on to say: Ted Kennedy’s very personal funeral pageant So many of the personal reflections about Sen. Kennedy were similar tales about his dedication to family and friends. It made me resolve to be a more attentive friend — to make the phone calls and send the notes and be present in tough times the way Kennedy apparently was. All these testimonials were verification that the senator’s abundant personal empathy is what inspired his liberalism and infused his public life. One interview after…

  • Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Our Maui Condo Connection

    August 30, 2009 - By 

    About an hour ago I booked a tentative reservation at HawaiiConnection.com. Within 5 minutes of submitting, res manager Ed called me to say the email was on its way. WOW. Service! Hawaii Connection Thank you for visiting the Hawaii Connection web site. Our company was founded in 1978 and 2009 celebrates our 31st year in business. We represent more than 125 condominiums and hotels on the four major Islands in Hawaii of Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii. Our website utilizes advanced pricing technology so that you will always receive the best rate, promotions and offers available.…

  • Music - Twitter

    The Station For Music Geeks

    August 28, 2009 - By 

    @93XRT just played two excellent songs bookending a great Lin’s Bin podcast celebrating their station manager’s 30th anniversary. I just wish Shazam’s iPhone app could send custom tweets. WXRT – 8/28/09: Norm’s Anniversary There doesn’t seem to be a way to customize the tweets when using the Shazam iPhone app – I wish I could vary the text from “I used Shazam to discover…” And so, I won’t be using Shazam to send tweets very often, because frequent, robotic auto-posts get really annoying really fast.

  • Mini-Posts

    links for 2009-08-26

    August 26, 2009 - By 

    The Guardian | Katrina People mostly behaved well or heroically. But those in power panicked and believed the worst of them. More shocking revelations about Katrina. (tags: Katrina)

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Politics, Schmolitics

    Those Meddlesome Liberals!

    August 24, 2009 - By 

    They made sure so many things we take for granted came to be. Think how much better off we would be if corporations and lobbying groups had their way… and shudder. Suburban Guerrilla » Blog Archive » What Socialist Liberals and Bad Evil Government Have Foisted on America 1. 40-hour work week. 2. Paid vacation. 3. Overtime. 4. Unions. 5. Highways. 6. The internet. 7. Clean Air Act. 8. Superfund. 9. School loans and grants. 10. Food and drug inspection. (Okay, it’ll take a while to get back to normal.) 11. Medical and drug research. 12. Public education. 13. Moon…

  • Health And Fitness

    Workout Diary

    August 24, 2009 - By 

    20 minutes on the recumbent bike, a couple of sets each on 4 weight machines (2 upper body, 2 abdominal). Gave up soda for ice water at the same time, feeling better already. BBC NEWS | Health | Apple-shaped women’s asthma risk Body mass index (BMI) has been widely used as a standard measure of obesity. But some researchers argue that waist circumference may be a more useful measure because it more closely reflects levels of visceral fat deposits found around the body’s organs. Visceral fat is metabolically different from other types of fat found in the body, and may…