As the rain pelts and the wind howls outside, I’m on my second cup of coffee, contemplating a blank screen and toying with the idea of writing something really silly.
JordanCornblog has been feeling rather rudderless of late. (Talking about the blog here, not the actual person.) Being “ruddered” was never what I’d call a strong [...]
… still practicing with my HotKeys.
DICK CHENEY IS A DOUCHEBAG. Dick Cheney is a douchebag. Dick Cheney is a douchebag.
You should definitely give this tool a try – I find it very helpful (not to mention uplifting).
Of course, I also realize that, with overuse, it could become limiting and even, perhaps boring.
You’ll let me know [...]
I’ve been meaning to write about this technological tool that I read about some time ago in the NY Times – typing expansion software.
The basic idea is that, for words, phrases, or sentences that you use frequently, you can enter brief prompts (hotkey scripts) that will then add in whatever word, phrase or sentence you [...]
Thanks for your comment on yesterday’s post, Alice. I haven’t checked out the video Bill Moyers aired – Torturing Democracy – yet, but plan to. Meanwhile, for a never ending stream of despicable and delusional Dickishess there is always the Dick Cheney page on the Huffington Post. I glance at it occasionally in the hope [...]
Okay so I do, I really do want to be rooting for Obama — but what’s with this latest appointment? GE’s defender on environmental issues, Ignacia Moreno, has been hired to do the legal stuff for EPA? How did Obama explained this decision, I’m wondering. It kind of gives me a weird feeling in my stomach. [...]
First, the poem — a beauty by Mark Strand from today’s Writer’s Almanac …
My Name
by Mark Strand
Once when the lawn was a golden green
and the marbled moonlit trees rose like fresh memorials
in the scented air, and the whole countryside pulsed
with the chirr and murmur of insects, I lay in the grass,
feeling the great distances open [...]
First — I watched a snippet of Maddow this morning (it was DVR’d — so not sure what night’s show it actually was) in which she interviewed Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson about Cheney, et al. He’s the former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell. One of the most interesting (to me) points he made with Maddow [...]
Continue reading about One More Cheney Bit – and Then WPS Stuff
Happy Saturday morning … as the clouds roll in, bringing some much needed rain to these parts. I went for a run yesterday after work and jogging by the fire house, noticed the sign saying that the fire danger was “extreme.” (Breathed a small sigh of relief that I wasn’t lounging by the chiminea, endangering [...]
I begin with this poem by novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. She read it in All Things Considered yesterday, and you can give it a listen here!
U Being U
U Being U
Mr. President-Elect
Makes me wanna get MY stuff
correct
I feel like starting with something RADICAL
Like,
Love my Neighbor
Like share what I’ve got
Like think for myself
Like ask [...]
Continue reading about The Day that We Long Awaited Has Arrived!
Having been asleep at the switch on the soccer front for awhile, I was pleased to receive a Google Alert about the USWNT’s most recent win. This one coming in Richmond, VA, where South Korea fell to the USWNT. Vic Dorr, Jr. describes the game in the Times Dispatch. Sounds like Angela Hucles continues her [...]
Continue reading about USWNT Wins in Virginia … Obama Will be Next!
Tomorrow at 6AM we’ll start the next leg of the Olympic tournament journey. There’s not a lot in the way of soccer news in the interim. The WNT Blog is a good place to track the USWNT’s travels and preparation for tomorrow’s showdown with Canada. An upbeat and determined Canadian squad is looking for a [...]
Continue reading about USWNT v. Canada … 23 Hours and Counting
First off, this header for a story on MSNBC caught my eye … “Clinton Veers to Dark Side” … it says. “Uh oh,” I thought, “something nefarious here!” Turns out it’s a story about how, in her stump speeches, she uses real-life stories to illustrate her points. Real life, I guess, is “The Dark Side.” I [...]
There’s March Madness, and then there’s the REAL madness of Dick Cheney singing Amazing Grace in Israel while plodding along, building his case for attacking Iran. Meanwhile, on a happier note, it sounds like Obama’s speech this past week may inform some sermons today … and hopefully eventually help raise our racial dialogue and political [...]
