• Blogs Wot I Read - Geek Out! - SciFi/Fantasy - Twitter

    Oooh, Penguicon looks like fun…

    My husband @fallingrock is into Linux, we’re geeks, and @wilw will be there too… very tempting! Penguicon: the free software and science fiction con in southeast Michigan, May 1-3 – Boing Boing “The weekend of May 1 through 3, Penguicon brings together science fiction, open source software, and other geek interests in southeast Michigan. In its seventh year, the attendance target for the convention is one thousand, three hundred and thirty seven. Guests of Honor are ubergeek Wil Wheaton, alternate reality game creator Jane McGonigal, Rasmus Lerdorf of PHP, steampunk author Sarah Hoyt, and John ‘maddog’ Hall of Linux International.…

  • Episcopal - Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA)

    My Church Can Has A YouTube Channel!

    St Nicholas Episcopal Church has a new video camera, and we’ve been uploading to our own YouTube channel. Soon everybody in the world can hear me mess up singing that one solo… YouTube – 1bread1body’s Channel Welcome to St. Nicholas Episcopal Church! We are a church in the northwest suburbs of Chicago that celebrates all people and focuses on mission to children, LGBTQ individuals and families, the hungry, those in need of healing, and those seeking a deeper spiritual life. The church is located at 1072 Ridge Avenue, Elk Grove Village IL They haven’t uploaded anything that they taped during…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Wordplay

    What is the opposite of people person? Because that would be me… a loner who is, luckily,married and has a few friends. Would it be singular person? or not? This new category debuts today, for those words and phrases that seem to be missing in action, yet beg to be coined.

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Twinkiemobile

    O hai dis mai Twinkiemobile, the Eater Bunneh wuz at wurk 2day. My co-worker had a way with decorative food. Hello, breakfast! Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Twinkiemobile By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 9 Apr ’09, 7.55am CDT PST

  • Hot Off The Presses

    F-16s following stolen plane… where, exactly?

    F-16s following stolen plane — chicagotribune.com It was unknown how much fuel was in the plane or how much training the student pilot has acquired, Kucharek said. The Web site cessna.com indicated the Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seater with a range of about 790 miles and top speed of 141 mph. They evacuated the Capitol building in Madison, WI when the guy went over about an hour and a half ago, and he’s headed our way or beyond us by now. But what the heck?  What’s his story? Obviously, he doesn’t have the radio on, he ignored “non-verbal” signals…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Politics, Schmolitics

    Why Melissa Bean Trashed TARP

    As I suspected when I Twittered about it at the time , she’s a creature of the insurance and banking lobbyists. I am SO DISAPPOINTED in her. She replaced the worse do-nothing doddering Republican Congressman then in the House, and for this? Ugh. I hope some good people gear up to give her a primary challenge. And she still doesn’t have a Twitter account or a decent email system.  Her canned responses via email take forever. Jane Hamsher: Melissa Bean Helps Banks Gut Bill to Limit TARP Bonuses It looked like it was going to be smooth sailing for Grayson’s…

  • Clan: McTiVo

    Mourning Lorne

    We were both saddened yesterday to read of the death of Andy Hallett, who played lounge-lizard and demon host Lorne. Id always assumed his last name was Green; his character had the gift of sensing the destiny of anyone, so long as they sang something. He was so young, only 33… can that be right? I always thought his character was a metephor for living your life on your own terms, and even as an icon for inclusivity and acceptance. He was hip, he was retro-cool, he was green; Lorne was an unforgettable character. Godspeed, Andy. You’re singin’ with the…