• Hot Off The Presses

    Del.icio.us Links: November 17th – November 18th

    November 18, 2012 - By 

    WordPress now accepts bitcoins | PCWorld Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Blender Glossary – Wikibooks, open books for an open world Compatible Viewers – OpenSim m.guardian.co.uk Chicago Tribune – Hostess shuttering doors, ending era of iconic brands The union accused Hostess in a statement of making unreasonable demands, including wage and benefit cuts of roughly 30 percent for workers, while top executives of the company received large pay raises. BBC News – Salt Lake City police join rush to adopt headcams BBC News – Verizon to choke pirates’ browsing speeds Mental Disorders And Evolution: What Would Darwin Say About Schizophrenia? :…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Toward A More Perfect Union: I Peacefully Petition For A Trial Separation from Dumbasses.

    November 13, 2012 - By 

    You’ve heard about the current national craze for secession coming from unhappy conservatives dismayed at finding themselves on the light end of the great scales of justice and democracy. It’s a fad. A friend of mine somewhere in either Utah or Washington State (he has friends and family in both places) filed a petition asking that all the, ah, offensively stereotyped conservatives be allowed to secede as soon as possible. Texas and Louisiana’s petitions are subscribed enough to qualify for an official response from the Obama administration (Texas will probably hit 100,000 petitioners). Out of curiousity, I checked the site…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Toward A More Perfect Union: I Peacefully Petition For A Trial Separation from Dumbasses.

    November 13, 2012 - By 

    You’ve heard about the current national craze for secession coming from unhappy conservatives dismayed at finding themselves on the light end of the great scales of justice and democracy. It’s a fad. A friend of mine somewhere in either Utah or Washington State (he has friends and family in both places) filed a petition asking that all the, ah, offensively stereotyped conservatives be allowed to secede as soon as possible. Texas and Louisiana’s petitions are subscribed enough to qualify for an official response from the Obama administration (Texas will probably hit 100,000 petitioners). Out of curiousity, I checked the site…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Bye Bye, Boys: Bashir Takes a Parting Whack at @RepJoeWalsh And The Rest Of Bunch

    November 12, 2012 - By 

    Martin Bashir and Luke (Not Your Father) Russert take a satisfying whack at Rep. Joe Walsh, Todd Aiken, and Allen West. Then Bashir bats around Michele Bachmann, who technically is not a boy, although she resembles the famous “Bat Boy” of “News of the World” fame. As predicted, many of the more obtuse Republicans (okay, Tea Partiers) believe their Election Day losses are due to having a candidate who just wasn’t conservative enough. Some of them blame Karl Rove; others blame Republican leadership. They blame candidates who said stupid things about rape, but not the mentality that made them think…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Bye Bye, Boys: Bashir Takes a Parting Whack at @RepJoeWalsh And The Rest Of Bunch

    November 12, 2012 - By 

    Martin Bashir and Luke (Not Your Father) Russert take a satisfying whack at Rep. Joe Walsh, Todd Aiken, and Allen West. Then Bashir bats around Michele Bachmann, who technically is not a boy, although she resembles the famous “Bat Boy” of “News of the World” fame. As predicted, many of the more obtuse Republicans (okay, Tea Partiers) believe their Election Day losses are due to having a candidate who just wasn’t conservative enough. Some of them blame Karl Rove; others blame Republican leadership. They blame candidates who said stupid things about rape, but not the mentality that made them think…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Del.icio.us Links: September 15th – November 11th

    November 11, 2012 - By 

    Ashley Judd Floated As Kentucky Senate Candidate, Would Challenge ‘Vulnerable’ Sen. Mitch McConnell – The Huffington Post If the worst obstructionist of them all could be picked off by a native daughter famous actress. Alternatively, watch for McConnell being primaried from the Tea Potty frothy mixture wing of the GOP The Romney "Landslide" That Wasn’t | Blog | Media Matters for America Ros Hommerson Women’s Brooke Super Plus Wide Calf™ Boot (Black) – Riding Boots Introduction & Getting Started – Second Life Clothing « Chimera’s Fire CLOTHING DESIGN RESOURCES Make Your Own Fabric • GIMP Chat Second Life Forums Archive…

  • Dear Mom - Today

    It’s Donut Day Somewhere, And I’m Having A Moms’ Day Here

    November 10, 2012 - By 

    According to the Facebooks, my sister Timmy is enjoying the first major snowfall of the season up in her pretty Idaho Panhandle valley, and my sister Tudy reports a bunch of heavy, wet snow in Salt Lake. Today must be Donut Day, as we say in the fambly: the day Mom would make homemade donuts to celebrate the first snow of the season. Going to Krispy Kreme would not cut it; Mom used to make a fairly dense deep-fried donut that was a solid dunker, not one of those greasy loops of yeasty puff that Krispy Kreme makes. I remember…