UPDATE: Just want to make it clear, the show will go on. Mr Cahill continues to update his blog with new developments, like the offer of a set of costumes from a community college in Utah that staged the play. He recently appeared on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud, which covered it as part of a longer broadcast to do with censorship in Oregon schools. The pastor of the local Nazarene church, Tim Gerdes, also appeared to discuss the issues with Mr Cahill, and there was a long recorded segment with the parent who originally brought her objections to…
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Sunday Lapcat By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 15 Mar ’09, 11.03am CDT PST
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Daily Kos: State of the Nation diarist Hunter spent the day posting updates about yesterday’s wingnut festivities. [Throughout the day we have been bringing you breaking coverage of today’s ‘We Surround Them’ event, newsperson Glenn Beck’s effort to demonstrate the power of the ultraconservative movement via… um… well, we’re not quite sure. It seems to be based on surrounding the rest of us by meeting at Chili’s?] CRITICAL EMERGENCY UPDATE — DAILY KOS EXCLUSIVE: Home again now. Home not surrounded. Neighbors seem placid, no surrounding seems imminent. Possible conservative flanking maneuver on 2nd street turned out to be loose dog.…
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This program would really have benefited Mom back when she was forced to give up driving; she also had macular degeneration. Seniors trade cars for rides :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Transportation Edgewater resident Betty Steinke, 77, was recently forced to give up her driver’s license because of the severe visual impairment known as macular degeneration. That left her 84-year-old husband as her only chauffeur. But it won’t be long before Leroy Steinke is off the hook. After two years of planning, City Hall is ready to roll out a pioneering program that will allow seniors to donate their cars to…
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Jon Stewart puts spotlight on CNBC and meltdown :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Television NEW YORK — The feud between Jon Stewart and CNBC’s Jim Cramer has been good for laughs — and ratings — but has also raised the serious question of whether the experts at TV’s No. 1 financial news network should have seen the meltdown coming and warned the public.
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Stop To Smell The Roses By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 12 Mar ’09, 6.36pm CDT PST
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Has your cat been flirting with Firefox while tweeting on #meowmonday? This is the result!! see more Lolcats and funny pictures
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Why in the world did the Trib (and also the Sun-Times) bury the lede on the story about the Chinese naval and merchant vessels harassing a US Navy ship? U.S. ship sprays Chinese with fire hose :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World The USNS Impeccable sprayed one ship with water from fire hoses to force it away. Despite the force of the water, Chinese crew members stripped to their underwear and continued closing within 25 feet, the Defense Department said. A somewhat Pythonesque scenario suggested itself to me.
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March 7, 2009 (#87)- The Girls vs. Boys Show Originally aired March 22, 2008 Pink Meghan Vigeant – Independent producer, USA There’s no color more polarizing than pink. Some girls love it, some girls hate it. Some boys outwardly despise it, while secretly wishing they could wear it. There’s nothing lukewarm about pink. – Ibid I’m of the opinion that pink stinks. I’ve always hated the color, but many women (and Second Life female avatars) are really into pink. I’ve collected a fairly large wardrobe on Second Life, mostly by picking up free items in online treasure hunts, and recently…
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March 7 March is the homeowner’s month. It is time to put away the snow shovel, but not yet time to get out the lawnmower. For the first time in… probably a year or more, the dining room table is cleared off as a friend is coming over so David can take a look at his laptop. The stuff that was on there was a mish-mosh of things that Timmy sent me from Mom’s house; I’ve successfully ignored them all this time because I’d unpacked them with the vague idea of organizing, sorting, and tossing junk and only got 3/4…