November 2011
1 post
Why isn't the McRib available all the time? →
It’s about the price of pork.
October 2011
1 post
September 2011
2 posts
Growing up: Leaving behind naive glibertarianism →
Ayn Rand’s flawed philosophy appeals to the selfish and immature mind.
Remembering
(I published this on my first blog, on September 16, 2001. No one knew what was really going on that day, or what was going to happen.)
I hope everyone’s friends and loved ones are all safe and accounted for. This has been a crazy week, and it will be a long time before we can make sense of it all. One of the most frustrating things is the feeling of helplessness. I wanted to give blood but they...
August 2011
5 posts
The Beach Boys Crowdsource Videos for "Good... →
How to Tame Those Auto-Renewal Subscriptions... →
Great idea.
Dismantled by storms, united by social media.... →
The Dewey Beach Beachcam →
July 2011
7 posts
Link: Honest Cities: A Tasty Social Experiment... →
“This thing called a blog will either save the world in this century as the newspapers did in he last — or this is where we will chronicle its demise.”
Friday Night at My House
Steven: (reading) So Michele Bachmann tried to ban the movie Aladdin because of witchcraft?
Sally: I know, right?
Steven: It wasn't a Muslim thing?
Sally: It wasn't okay to say things like that back then.
Michelle Bachmann Dials Me for Dollars
Michelle Bachmann’s campaign just called me for money. (My Alabama cell number is on all of the tea party contact lists from the Bentley campaign.) I would have happily given her $10 but Steven was sitting right here.
Anyway, the caller made a big deal of how important money is to an undeclared candidate like Bachmann. I’m pretty sure I remember a big announcement at the birthplace...
Friday Night at My House
Guest: So if the (new Republican) President and VP get in a freak accident, what happens?
Steven: Boehner becomes President.
Sally: Aw, it's so cute you think Boehner will still be Speaker.
1001 Rules for My Unborn Son →
Really, good advice for sons AND daughters at any age.
My one-minute YouTube clip of Al Gore was a... →
A good read. Scary stuff.
June 2011
3 posts
My Two Cents on NotMissing Person Matt Hill
(This is “not intended as a factual statement.” I have no firsthand knowledge of the case. My observations and conclusions are based on internet research, and frankly I’m too annoyed to link right now. Google yield a flood of results but it’s mostly the same text.)
When I clicked this article I suspected it would discuss internet sensation Matt Hill who was reported...
“Leslie: It’s gonna be a long night so I got you some energy drinks, and some...”
– I didn’t have anyone to talk to about Patty either. I loved Freedom! Interesting theory about DFW. gold guns girls: the new episodes of parks and rec are mind-blowingly good.
May 2011
5 posts
How to fold a fitted sheet →
WatchDriving by the Moon Winx - The sign is still there!
WatchDriving through Holt after the April 27 tornado
Link: Why tea partiers are relegated to lowercase... →
On more than one occasion, I’ve been asked — at times, rather pointedly — whether the Journal & Courier isn’t guilty of demonstrating a political bias by not using a capital “T” and “P” when we write about the activities of the tea party. After all, the Democrats and Republicans get the full proper noun treatment. Why do they get caps and not the...
The Many Birthdays of Washington, D.C. →
The National Museum of American History reminds us that, on this day in 1802, Washington D.C. was officially incorporated as a city, meaning today is the city’s 209th birthday. But Washington’s incorporation is far from the only benchmark which could, conceivably be used to celebrate the birthday of D.C. as we know it today.
March 2011
5 posts
The Scuppie Handbook™ →
First there were Hippies, then there were Yuppies. Now, we have Scuppies - Socially Concious Upwardly-mobile People. Click the link for more information.
February 2011
3 posts
Do half of Republicans really think Obama is... →
When Republican voters are asked where Obama was born, many don’t approach it as a question of objective fact. They hear it as a test of tribal loyalty — do you side with Obama, or do you side with your fellow Republicans — and they answer it accordingly. Tribal loyalty trumps all, even if it means pledging loyalty to something that on its face is ridiculous.
I think that happens on a lot of...
Link: Do Videogames train you for lucid dreaming? →
Can playing videogames train you as a lucid dreamer? Psychologist Jayne Gackenbach thinks so, according to work she presented at this week’s Games for Health Conference in Boston. For several years, Gackenbach, a researcher at Grant MacEwan University, studied similarities in skills between gamers and individuals who have learned to control their dreams. She also looked at how videogame-play...
January 2011
5 posts
“The reason social media is so difficult for most organizations: It’s a...”
Don't Go Away Mad, Sarah. Just Go Away. →
Link: Giuliani Hits Christie Over Snow →
Said Giuliani: “Chris should’ve come back. I mean, if he asked me my advice, I would’ve said ‘They elected you governor, they’ve got an emergency, they expect you to be there.’ You know, you’ve got to be there if you’re a governor, a mayor, or even a president, if it’s important enough.”
Link: Power Line - Going rogue, where rogue equals... →
“I would like to believe that Palin values her right to be shallow in public sufficiently to cast aside any presidential ambitions. But it’s more likely that she regards what I consider evidence of her shallow thinking as evidence of the ‘common sense’ that makes her fit to be president.”
December 2010
10 posts
Link: What Your Facebook Status Says About You →
Last week, Facebook’s data analysis team published some interesting facts about its users based on an analysis of 1 million status updates in the United States. Here’s some of what they found out… (h/t Jody Prettyman)
Jesus would be a liberal, right? - The Hill's... →
President Obama is a man of quiet but deep Christian faith. Isn’t it odd that every time the president quotes Scripture, he is met by angry rightists who seem to hate (hate is not too strong a word for some of them) that the president quotes the Sermon on the Mount and other teachings of Jesus?
100 Most Beautiful Words in English
http://j.mp/100BeautifulWords
I especially like to use “conflate,” “dulcet,” “erstwhile,” “evocative,” “Gossamer” (the name of my erstwhile pet snake), “nemesis,” “panoply,” “plethora,” “serendipity,” “surreptitious,” “untoward,” and “vestigial.”
Not...
Bristol Palin Running for Congress?
The World’s Most Famous Pregnant Teen has bought a house smack in the middle of Arizona’s proposed new Congressional District. Bristol has five years to make her chops- you have to be 25 to serve in the House. Will she be able to harness the power of the Tea Party in another contest she isn’t qualified for?
Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to endorse and campaign with Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel (Playbook)
Nonviolence And Politics →
Nonviolent civil disobedience works by exposing the aggressor…
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repealed After 17 Years of...
“The Senate voted 65-31 to pass the bill, with eight Republicans siding with 55 Democrats and two independents in favor of repeal. The House had passed an identical version of the bill, 250-175, earlier this week.” — AP
About time.
Sally Albright 2011 Resume →
Gabe Watson free on bail in Alabama →
May he find peace at home.
November 2010
1 post
PeopleBrowsr Unveils Social Network Command Center
Powerhouse data mining and analytics provider PeopleBrowsr today unveiled Dash.ly, the re-release of its flagship Command Center product. A clever breakthrough among the crowded field of social networking apps and aggregators, Dash.ly is packed with features designed to meet the needs of brand managers and power marketers as well as the casual user. This integrated, centralized social media...
October 2010
6 posts
Dr. Larry Powell Sets the Record Straight →
Halloween Doesn't Fully Explain the Spike in... →
“Founding-Father Nostalgia and Tea Party Have Many Americans Playing Dress Up”
Unreal.