After my last post, I promptly got distracted by Outside, and spent the next few hours grubbing about in the dirt and listening to the radio. Yay, sunshine and plants and niceness! Followed by sneezing as I work through the dust. I'm really glad I don't have actual allergies, that would be annoying.

( Cut for rambling garden details )

This guy has class. The woman he's replying to - not so much.

If you're going to be a flaming racist idiot, don't film yourself and post in on youtube. Even better, save us all the trouble and don't be a flaming racist idiot in the first place.

Is it weird I find out about the latest internet furor by reading NPR's facebook feed?

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An email from the Dropkick Murphys showed up in my inbox this morning, in which they said, "The Dropkick Murphys would like to take a moment to acknowledge the struggles of the working people of Wisconsin and to pledge our support and solidarity..." and then went on to announce the early release of one of the songs from their new album (a union ( Read more... )

Spent all day so far sewing (must.finish.jacket.almost...there....argh.....handstitching...) and listening to the radio, which in my case means KQED, and thus NPR and the BBC. There was some reporter with the BBC with the most lovely accent - sounded like a suppressed Scottish brogue, I think? All those lovely rolled Rs and well-pronounced vowels. ( Read more... )