So the short story is that things went pretty well downtown. (Mostly ignored by media, oh surprise...WaPo article before the fact here.) A fair crowd there, perhaps a bit over 100. Lots of cameras and mics, but nobody recognizable; Gawd knows who's senior project I just became a part of ( Read more... )

Say what you like about Gerald Ford, but he was, in fact, an athlete and a great sportsman. People talked about Bush père and fils during their times in office, saying how outdoorsy and such they were. Carefully orchestrated rubbish. Ford was a standout college football player and had an outside shot at the NFL. The rap on his clumsiness came ( Read more... )

One of the other sites I enjoy reading is the Progressive Review, written by D.C. Green journalist Sam Smith. Sam's a nice guy, in that lovable, crusty way; I've met him on a few occasions and made his notes column once, when I took my "tax relief" check and turned it over to the Green Party; he also gave me a "Free Columbia!" shout at the GP ( Read more... )

• Discovery has reached the ISS. Remember, guys - metric tools for this job, 'kay?
• Third-place finish last night for The Wrong Trousers, the successor to W&G. Back in the money!
• Speaking of which, I semi-seriously suggested over an after-game bheer with Rick that if he took a week off, I could fill in (considering that I try to zing him with ( Read more... )

A follow-up: I mentioned a couple of posts ago about the issues guide that I picked up at my church. I decided I'd jot down the highlights of what values they were talking about, together with stances on each and a few Biblical passages in support thereof. I would gather that this would not be what people think of when they think of Christian ( Read more... )

Whitney gaining on R & D in Illinois...

Rep-ree-zzzent, you Illinois Greens!

Poll numbers around the country are looking very encouraging as well...

Unfortunately, heptadecagram beat me to this one...but it is absolutely great, and it's been making me giggle like a little schoolgirl all day long. You've heard of The Boys From Brazil? Say hello to The Girls From Paraguay, starring Jenna BushI had this feeling in the back of my mind that things would go in this direction, but what never ceases to amaze me ( Read more... )

Received the following from an admittedly unreliable source:

Major SETI Institute Announcement

10:00 - 11:00 am PDT

Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Location: SETI Institute, 515 N. Whisman Road, Mountain View, CA, US

I dibs the first ship out.

I've already done the bit about what happened that day, at least in brief, so for today, I'll just point everyone hereNow before I get the usual OMGs and assorted expressions of ridicule, I will say that while there are a great many unanswered questions about that day (and this article does a fair-to-middling job detailing them), I do not believe ( Read more... )

I don't watch local TV news for the most part. This is because while it has never been a bastion of journalism at any point in its existence, I have seen it during my lifetime go from "at least somewhat informative some of the time" to "I think I may know less now than when I first tuned in" to "a blow-dried Barbie freak show with as much basis in ( Read more... )