• Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    A Year Of Spending Cuts and Tax Hikes Has Worsened The Recession… In Greece, Anyway

    June 15, 2011 - By 

    For a second there, I thought she was talking about the US economy, which is in the terlet thanks to the Bush tax CUTS and the continuing War on Women and Children, reducing aid to poor families. Taxes. It seems whether you cut them or hike them, they cause problems for everybody. A year of spending cuts and tax hikes has worsened the recession, now in its third year. The unemployment rate among young people is around 40 percent. via Greek Economic Dilemma Evolves Into Political Crisis : NPR.

  • The Life of Riley

    Riley News: LOVE Them Tuna Treats

    June 14, 2011 - By 

    Riley’s been doing really well since we got his prednisolone reformulated as a tuna-flavored liquid treat – he loves lapping it up from a plastic syringe that’s designed for “oral” applications. Thank goodness for Keefer’s Pharmacy: Keefer’s Pharmacy, along with being a regular pharmacy, is also proud to be a Compounding Pharmacy. This means that Keefer’s has the ability to make up medications that aren’t commercially available. The spectrum of compounding is broad, but Keefer’s covers almost everything. And, in addition to compounding for people, Keefer’s Pharmacy makes up almost a significant portion of their medications for pets. via Compounding…

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    It’s Not A Weasel: Fuck You, I’m a Marten Meme Involves My Friend Tammy

    June 14, 2011 - By 

    Sometime next year I’ll get around to blogging about our wonderful recent vacation to the Olympic Peninsula and Seattle – one of the most fun things was dropping in on my friend Seattle Tammy at her store, Books on 7th, in Hoquiam Washington. You can even BUY BOOKS FROM THEIR ONLINE STORE, and I happen to know they just got in a big consignment of old cookery books… Turns out Hoquiam is now famous after a recent incident with a deceased member of the Family Mustelidae put them on the international news wires, and LOLmarten images went viral. “We’re not…

  • Twitter

    Weekly Tweets 2011-06-12

    June 12, 2011 - By 

    Listening to Whad'ya Know? on WCPT, happy to discover Michael Perry and http://sneezingcow.com/ # Listening to Mark Marron on WCPT. Is this one of his first shows? Cool. # Correction: heard Mark Maron's first show on @WBEZ and… enjoyed it quite a lot! # D'oh. Spelling FAIL. Sorry, @marcmaron # Santorum running, whips GOP base into frothy mix of pleasurable anticipation. http://is.gd/ohUCmI # RT @NewsHour "Would you vote for former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum for president? http://ow.ly/5b01D" # Surely "frothy mix" is trending. Let's see if we can get #Santorumnewsleak trending too. # A news leak from Rick Santorum must…

  • Twitter

    Weekly Tweets 2011-06-05

    June 5, 2011 - By 

    Last full day of #NWFolkLife for us. More music and performance-art people watching today, seeing a friend, and collapsing later. #fb # At St Paul's Seattle for a little meditation and reflection (with music and incense). #fb #episcopal # Wow. ::exhale:: Lovely service, very challenging modern piece by Arvo Pärt called Solfreggio. Acapella! #StPauls #Seattle #Episcopal # My new Taiko career begins! RT @fallingrock "Taiko drummer @GinnyRED57 at #NWFolkLife #fb http://twitpic.com/53x8tq" # At Sea-Tac, homeward bound to ORD. Flew @United out, flying @AmericanAir back, will be interested in direct comparison. #FB # I goofed up our TSA info somehow; at…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    This Is Folk Life

    May 29, 2011 - By 

    Ian from local band The Thoughts gets hauled into the inner circle and forced to sing a song so new he had to stop and remember the chords and words. Nice, fragile stuff. Via: Flickr Title: This Is Folk Life By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 29 May ’11, 7.54pm CDT

  • Twitter

    Weekly Tweets 2011-05-29

    May 29, 2011 - By 

    I checked in at Michael's Seafood & Steakhouse (117B E 1st St) on #Yelp http://bit.ly/dudEco # Bookshelf in restaurant has one called Heave Ho: the Little Book of Seasickness Location: http://is.gd/Vyr8Ap # A day without Rapture is a day without # Spent the day driving around Olympic National Park, lunch at Lake Crescent Lodge. http://twitpic.com/51bjfb # A day without Rapture is a day without # Beautiful sunny day. Eagles flying and calling in early morning at b&b. #fb # Rural sign humor: we just passed Uptha Creek in Joyce, WA #fb # Headed back into town. Passed Uptha Creek again,…