This is what I wish I had the opportunity to say to Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, and their ilk, who've come out against the mosque planned for a few blocks from "ground zero ( Read more... )

While I was in Oregon, I got a call from the clinic that I needed to schedule a followup with a certain doctor. Since she was the one who'd handled the abcess on my scalp, I thought it was about wound healing. I called first thing when I got home, only to find the nurse handling my case was also on vacation, due back today. This morning, I found a ( Read more... )

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One of the most interesting, and possibly far-reaching, cases before SCOTUS is "In re Bilski", a "business-method patent" case. All the cases that were heard last fall before Bilski have been ruled upon; and people are eagerly awaiting news. Tomorrow, 21 June 2010, is the next window (SCOTUS releases rulings on Mondays and Thursdays ( Read more... )

Was at the hardware store the other day, and a clerk buttnholed me to tell me about the Eville Global Warming Conspiracy. He told me how that liburul commie Al Gore was telling everyone that the climate was changing; but how he lived in a fancy mansion, while good ol' Dubya lived in a modest ranch house ( Read more... )

Offered for your amusement:

It's furball feeding time!
It's furball feeding time!
You'd think it was a crime,
If they're not fed on time.

They do not pay a dime,
Yet they complain in mime,
And so I end this rhyme,
It's furball feeding time!

Was looking for earache drops in the drugstore the other day. All I could find were homeopathic remedies. One proudly claimed to be a 100+ year old recipe, with 30C homeopathic dilutions of the "active ingredients". So I thought I'd do a little thought experiment, to see how much of their original batch they've used , and how soon they're likely to ( Read more... )

Two facts about me ( Read more... )

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It has been claimed that I am far-left politically, that I swallow whole-hog the claims of the Democratic Party, that I automatically rail against anything the Republicans do, and that in my eyes, "Obama can do no wrong."

I could, of course, accuse those who have labeled me thus as a bunch of redneck right-wing gun nuts for whom Obama can do no ( Read more... )