because it might be important or something
07 Jul
Archive for July, 2010
no one cares about my weekend
06 Jul
We started Saturday with a nice family bike ride to the local farmer’s market to pick up some fresh vegetables – eggplant, sweet corn, basil, and a couple of other bits. Led to some good meals for the weekend, though next time, with the eggplant, i’m going to season italian, but cook asian. A little […]
For Independence Day
04 Jul
A few thoughts on what America means from The Star-Spangled Avenger himself (as transcribed by J. Micheal Straczynski in Amazing Spider-Man #537): –click to enlarge– Given that the lettering in that panel above is a little tight, I’m just going to type that whole speech out below so it’s a bit easier to read: …Doesn’t […]
friday random ten: – “hack, cough” edition
02 Jul
This week, the title’s been the soundtrack of my life…thanks to some bug the eldest brought back from a girl scout activity. Seriously, it’s not much fun feeling like you’ve got a gorilla using your chest as a combination sofa and trampoline. Oh well…here’s hoping the weekend is less pleghm-filled. “Love Can Destroy” – The […]
bad reporting and conventional wisdom getting a pass
01 Jul
Long-time readers of this space are probably aware of my general cynicism toward broadcast media, mostly to do with the fact that the “news” isn’t really much about disseminating useful information than about selling advertising slots, and with vast swaths of the american public, the most effective ways of raising ratings (to get eyeballs on […]
