The Nutjobs are really coming into their own now...

Just maybe, you recently heard of a certain CNBC reporter going off the rails, and of the 'spontaneous' nationwide grassroots "Tea Party" protests held recently in response, but then again, it's not too likely you did, either. Par for the course, yes, but the interesting part is a look at just ( Read more... )

can have it's downsides...

Slept like hell last night. Dental appt in an hour. Joy.

Blame Diesel:

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On a more serious note, the BSD meltdown on Wall Street continuesBeen slowly upgrading my Facebook site, but I'm not so taken with the site- the interface is stupidly clunky & the data they want is invasive in overt ways that most modern social sites have the skills and grace to avoid. I should just roll my own, I guess, to ( Read more... )

may be a bit more useful than you thinkK, it jobs like this: way back while I was in school in the mid-80s (and living on a very thin budget, to be sure), I used to collect these lovely etheric greeting cards from the local new age bookstore (along with a lot of tarot decks, but thats a different fetish). Some 20 years later, the cards and most of ( Read more... )

Maybe a little reminder of where we started from would help.

Spent the weekend bouncing around Austin doing Austin Bear things- a 'dive in' movie showing/pool party, a nice bear brunch, and a bit of a busted bear beer bust- well, only about 20 folks or so, but it's the thought that counts, je? The local bear club has at last count 145 members, but ( Read more... )

Yesterday was another fair to good day for me; the trick it seems, is just that- keep busy. Somehow. The worst day I've had since I got back was sitting at home after work vegging on TV and hanging in the online chats, waiting for something nifty to happen. There was a time, once, when I could make my own fun on the IMs... bah. All I need, see, is ( Read more... )

Left my wallet at the office; I was too busy rushing out to catch my bus and talking to G on my cell. With my bike, such would be no grief; I can get around and the bike car conductors know me, as I've been on the same route and time for a long time. Without my transit pass, I'm hosed; some of the other conductors recognize me form the last few ( Read more... )