Extra Calorie meal
It's a big mack. Get it? One of the things I haven’t talked about on this blog is that I’m trying to lose weight. Technically, I’m on a diet; what I’m really trying to do is change the way I eat. It’s...
View ArticleYou Ought to Have a Church, George, For Times Like This
Jamelle Bouie has some thoughts on atheists in Congress. Specifically: why there are none. The whole thing is worth a read, but I’ll just yank a sample section: For an “unaffiliated” House candidate,...
View ArticleSize matters not
Wisconsin Labor Rally – Madison, WI – Saturday, Feb 26 2011 from ubiquity75 on Vimeo. One of the more important conversations I had in my college career went something like: Professor: So really, a...
View ArticleThe Founders: FTW
The approach of the 4th of July seems like an ideal time to delve into an obscure part of American history. The founding fathers were rabid video game players. Fittingly, they didn’t generally have...
View ArticleA need to reconstitute ourselves
It seems that Mitch McConnell hates the fact that Democrats won’t go along with his ideas. The fact that his ideas are terrible is sort of besides the point. Remember that gridlock comes, not from...
View ArticleThe world will end in 2248
Republicans are screaming that this ad is basically an Obama campaign commercial. If that’s true then Obama basically owns the mindshare for: Clint Eastwood America Halftime Togetherness Being awesome...
View ArticleThe big and the small D
I helped put on this concert. Four years ago I got Fired up and Ready to Go, and shipped myself off to O-H-I-O. I was part of a task force that helped insure every Ohioan who tended to vote Democratic...
View ArticleSignal to Noise Romney
In 2011, I earned about $200 more than the federal poverty level. I know I’ve mentioned this before; there was a moment when I had converted every dollar I had into food- and then I counted the number...
View ArticleSaving the World isn’t That Complex
So instead of writing this week, or looking at links, I’ve been playing some Torchlight 2. Somewhere around finding the epic phat lootz of an old dead guy (which totally gives a nice stat buff over my...
View ArticleWeighed and found wanting
The first time I was ever handed a gun I was taught the only safety rule that matters: Never point a gun at anything you don’t want dead. Every other gun safety rule is mere elaboration on that point....
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