• Uncategorical Weirdness

    One More Time

    January 8, 2011 - By 

    Again with the waiting room. I’m not sick, feel fine, new doctor wants to figure out the mystery of me and suspects a sneaky low-grade infection. Via: Flickr Title: One More Time By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 8 Jan ’11, 9.19am CST PST

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    As The Stupid Burns: 2 House GOPers Skip Oath, May Invalidate Today’s Dumb Votes

    January 6, 2011 - By 

    Apparently the Constitution, which the 112th House of Congressional Pancakes read aloud today like any other incoming class of fourth-graders at the beginning of their Civics module, requires that the oath of office be taken by lawmakers in Congress. Two little Congressmen were so busy taking a “victory lap” with supporters that they sluffed homeroom and skipped the oath-taking ceremony, a quaint tradition that a mere frosh Congressman attended and who was duly sworn in, with an NPR reporter shadowing him for the day. The more senior members thought they knew better. Even sweeter, one of the oathskippers was anti-gay…

  • All Things Interesting - Health And Fitness

    Salt Lake Air Quality Even Crappier Than Usual

    January 6, 2011 - By 

    I used to get bronchitis every winter in Salt Lake until I left for college in clean, green, environmentally conscious Oregon. Then I moved to the Chicago suburbs, where it’s every OTHER year or so, but I can usually stave it off with my cold-weather asthma regimen. Just Don’t Breathe If you have to be outside Thursday along the Wasatch Front, try to not breathe, deeply, at least. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality has issued a “red” air quality alert for Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Cache counties. That means that residents of those regions are banned from burning…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Episcopal - Good and Joyful Things - Politics, Schmolitics - Religion - Theocracy Watch

    In which I run off at the mouth ranting, then has a Pifanee!

    January 6, 2011 - By 

    Wow, I actually got a comment that isn’t spam, a request for a washing machine part, or looking for Fry Sauce. It’s from a recent post called “My God is the God of the Poor,” which was just a link to a awesome recent post by Pastor Dan that ***Dave passed along. In it, I said as I quoted pastordan Something else I believe as a liberal Episcopalian, put a little more aggressively: My God is the God of the poor. You can be for the poor or you can go to hell. A month later, I get this rather…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Linkdump: January 3rd

    January 3, 2011 - By 

    Cayuse Western Americana – Vintage Indian Jewelry Northwest Coast Indian Art, Handcarved Sterling Jewelry, Northwest Jewelry, Wolf Jewelry, Haida, Tlinget, Alaskan Indian Art, Alaskan Jewelry, Handmade Wolf jewelry, Wolf Totem, Wolf Ring, Wolf Bracelet, Wolf Earrings, Wolf Stories Northwest Coast Indian Painting: House Fronts and Interior Screens:Amazon:Books northwest coast Indian – Google Search northwest coast Indian – Google Search Ovoid motif northwest coast Indian – Google Search northwest coast Indian – Google Search northwest coast Indian – Google Search Full on Bentwood box-carved northwest coast Indian – Google Search Bracelet northwest coast Indian – Google Search Cedar carving nwindians.jpg 267×400…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Linkdump: January 1st – January 2nd

    January 3, 2011 - By 

    Curator & Collector » The Charles Edenshaw and Isabella Edenshaw Exhibition at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia Kwakiutl-pole.jpg (JPEG Image, 790×2366 pixels) – Scaled (31%) tlingit longhouse – Google Search File:Haisla canoe (UBC-2009).jpg – Wikimedia Commons File:Tsimshian box (UBC-2009).jpg – Wikimedia Commons haida art | Flickr – Photo Sharing! Totem Pole | Flickr – Photo Sharing! British Museum – Highlight image 07-haida-totem.pdf (application/pdf Object) Detailed drawing, excellent reference image