So I had a dream last night, in which I was having dinner at a table with a few people, and there was a big stinging insect that was bugging us. (It was the shape of a wasp, but about twice as big, and it had the yellow-and-black colouring of a bumblebee.) Anyway, it landed on a couple of our plates, and then it landed on my cheek, and I could ( Read more... )

So, last night as I was getting ready to go to bed, I puzzled a bit over how cold it was in the house. I’ve been keeping the heat fairly low to save oil while I’m the only one in the house, but it seemed colder than it’s been. But I wasn’t too worried about it, since I sleep with an electric blanket ( Read more... )

Amusing headline of the morning, from the Boston Metro: Dems hold breath, nation turns blue.

dietrich posted this parody of libertarianism, based on “I am the very model of a modern major general”. Allow me to quote the first verse:I am the very model of a modern Libertarian ( Read more... )

One of the side benefits of dating plumtreeblossom is that she lives so close to Somerville’s Powderhouse Park, site of the only known surviving Civil-War era ballistic missile, a remnant of President Lincoln’s Strategick Defence Initiative, or SDI.

( A photo, and an historical essay. )

You know that feeling you had sometimes as a kid, if you were lucky and had a good childhood, that everything was OK and you were safe and warm at home and your parents loved you and would take care of you? I just spooned some of that feeling out of a crockpot into a bowl. (Only I burned my tongue on it a little bit.) Crockpot chicken and ( Read more... )

Mainly for docorion, but he’s not going to be the only one who finds these amusing. ( Star Trek motivational posters )

I hate the web browsers on my phone. I tried three times unsuccessfully to post the following from the road:

You know, I don’t generally think of mosquitos as a major hazard of the New York City subway system. Admittedly, it was an unusually swamp-like subway station.

beowabbit: It got a little burnt.
docorion: Dude, that’s not a little burnt.
beowabbit: I like my food crispy.
docorion: You like your chili crispy?
beowabbit: Yes!
docorion: [pause] There is no help for you.
beowabbit: Chili, bacon...
docorion: I know a fair bit about psychopharmacology, and there are no medications that will work for this problem ( Read more... )

I noticed this headline on Reuters: ”Bush visits former President Ford in California”.

I guess he’s hoping some of Gerry Ford’s stature, popularity, and aura of legitimacy will rub off on him.