I finally had a chance to get the newest photo gallery started – with a lot of help from David. It covers the epic trip to Colorado and Utah, with the inevitable (and intervening) Nebraska thrown in at the end. There are a LOT of photos in there. Some of them I tinkered with – resized, cropped and so on. Most I didn’t mess with. I haven’t decided which ones I’d like to print out and frame. This photo got Photoshopped a little – it looked good except for one of those &*#!@ roadside reflector wands right in the middle.…
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Despite ongoing financial woes, Air America Radio appears to have garnered a significant audience during its first month on the air, particularly among the younger listeners sought by advertisers. An analysis of recently released figures from Arbitron, the radio ratings service, showed that in New York Air America beat Rush Limbaugh’s station among 25-to-54-year-olds during the period that Limbaugh and Al Franken, the host of the flagship show “The O’Franken Factor,” go head-to-head. AAR did a lot better in the ratings than expected. That’s one in the eye for all the conservablather I’ve seen in recent news articles and columns…
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It can only be a matter of time before the game is over. Rats. Could he really be, as some believe, Owen Wilson, Ben Affleck, Jim Carrey or even George Clooney? Well, I think I know who Rance is. But I’m not saying for now, because 1. he’s supposed to be anonymous, dammit. B. he’s entitled to some privacy, which apparently doesn’t get much of, bruddah and tha-rrrreee. that would be telling. Besides, Xeni thinks it’s so three weeks ago (although it was originally a Boingboing link of hers that got me hooked). Um. Shutting up now. Proxy Error The…
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It seems they like blowin’ stuff up in theGreat White North, too! Culturally, we’re not as far apart as I thought.
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When the job change was first broached to me, I was assured that if I took on the international agent task (in addition to the others) I wouldn’t also be asked to take domestic calls. I chuckled then and said “Oh, I think in the real world I’ll be taking some domestic calls.” My team leader was quick to reassure me I wouldn’t. I chuckled again and said “Come on, when it gets tough you know you’re going to ask.” Monday was her first day back from vacation, and it was a tough day with long hold times. Before my…
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It’s not my Canada, but I like visiting it; its culture, humor, scenery and food have long been favorites. Did you know that much that is funny in North America is actually of Canadian origin? This is because we Merkins have become a nation of humorless stiff-necked religious wackjobs, and we are unable to laugh at ourselves and our so-called sacred traditions of patriotism and love of country. This is not the case in Canada, where this sort of thing is done much more tastefully, without the boo-ra chest-thumping (not to mention the tattered 4X6 truck flags stapled to a…
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Seen at Alton Brown: Rants & Raves! – Alton’s going on a sensible diet – and he’ll post a picture of himself wearing nothing on but a bathing suit on July 30th, whether his diet helps him make his weight goal or not. He’s been working out with a trainer all year, lifting weights, but to lose fat he’s going to eat right and cut high-fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated fats out completely. Check back and see how he’s doing at the end of July.
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Okay, this is funny enough that we sat and plugged in all kinds of names: David, Steve, Joe, Jim, Studebaker, and Red. Then we plugged in David’s dad’s name, and just now I plugged in my MIL and my mom, with predictably funny results. The other image choices are a kind of elegant C-3PO knockoff, and a cheezy femmebot. So naturally, I went with the big red maimbot. As seen at Pale Blue Dot: Get your cyborg name
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An old friend who’s an Episcopal priest in Washington state sent me a link to the “Christian Denomination Selector.” My top 5 results were: Episcopal/Anglican Church Evangelical Lutheran Church Methodist/Wesleyan Unitarian Universalism Liberal Quakerism
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Five days into the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, with the superpowers on the brink of confrontation, President Nixon was too drunk to discuss the crisis with the British prime minister, according to newly released transcripts of tape recordings. …must not give in to desire to play with “find and replace”… 1973 Arab-Israeli war=Second Gulf War confrontation=open defiance in the U.N. President Nixon=President Chimpy