Medium turned ten and wanted an MP3 player for her birthday. So my choices are the Zen Nano 1G and the I-Pod Shuffle 1G. Both comparably priced, both come in pink. As you probably have discerned from the title, I’m not an I-Pod guy. I’m also not a Mac Guy. [...]
Filed under: Music, Reviews on August 30th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I’ve never had a better job for viewing human nature at its most vapid as being a barback in a shameless meat market bar. It had the most crowded Ladies nights and Friday Happy Hour. People would line up outside the door to see and be seen by all the sleazy meat market [...]
Filed under: Yesterdaze on August 28th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was eating breakfast one morning and all I had to read was a paper from August 16 that I hadn’t recycled yet. Since I read most of my news online, I just scan the printed paper. I only bought this because there was an article about some of my students who’d been [...]
Filed under: Politics on August 27th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On Wednesday, August 22 Finger Lakes For Peace held a vigil of support for Danny Burns, Mark Carver, Chris Tate, Ellen Grady, and Todd Saddler, members who were arrested on August 6th at the office of Congressman Randy Kuhl (R-NY) who continues to support the war in Iraq. The 22nd was the arraignment date [...]
Filed under: Politics on August 25th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
This is from a moveon.org email I got today.
Our president appears to have declared war on uninsured children.
Late last Friday evening—when it was guaranteed to get almost no news coverage—the Bush administration made it virtually impossible for states to improve health care coverage for uninsured kids.
Among other things, states that want to cover more [...]
Filed under: Politics on August 25th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
Since my wife is the Queen of the Internet Universe I get to see where a lot of my blog traffic comes from, along with a bunch of other information that looks impressive even though I have no idea what it means. One tidbit of information really gave me the creeps.
After I [...]
Filed under: General Observations on August 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Jo Moseley-Wall plays two important roles in our little town. She’s our little town’s alternative press, and she keeps tabs on our town government on important issues that the rest of us tend to overlook in the more mundane world of small-town politics.
Jo is the chief writer, editor and publisher of The [...]
Filed under: Citizen of the Week, Lappe Parish, Politics on August 20th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
Today my wife learned that a small contingent of my past life calls me Bubba.
She already found out about Bob. I was Bob from grades 5-12. I came to be Bob because there were four or five Roberts in Mr. Fletcher’s Fifth grade class at Petrova Elementary School in Saranac Lake, [...]
Filed under: General Observations on August 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On a recent impromptu trip to Niagara Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, it reminded me of how freaking cool Canada is.
10. It’s easy to find their head shops.
9. They believe in carrying out justice swiftly
8. You can buy bandaids, contact lens solution, a power strip, a Cuban cigar and a lovely bong [...]
Filed under: General Observations on August 16th, 2007 | Add Comment! »
Yes, loyal readers you read the title correctly. You have to see this 1994 Dick Cheney video to believe it.
Please, PLEASE pass this video along to as many people as we can.
and, if you like, here’s another version with an apt soundtrack
COMMENT!
Could he be any bigger a DICK?
Filed under: History, Politics on August 15th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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