Holy shit
Looks like Webb is going to hang on in Virgina (by his fingernails!) and take the Senate for the Democrats! The AP is calling it (although CNN is not, yet): (CNN) — A Democratic takeover of the Senate...
View ArticleThis is what progress looks like
W00t! (Although the Speaker Pelosi stuff is getting a little out of hand. Shouldn’t we wait until she actually assumes the office?) First woman to serve as speaker of the house: Nancy Pelosi First...
View ArticleEven Kissinger knows we can’t “win” in Iraq
[President Nixon's Secretary of State Henry] Kissinger presented a bleak vision of Iraq, saying the U.S. government must enter into dialogue with Iraq’s regional neighbors — including Iran — if...
View ArticleWhy they hate us
I’ve got a backlog of things I need to blog, so look for a bunch of new stuff in the next day or two. Meanwhile you may wish to cleanse your mental palate (after watching the above sickening video)...
View ArticleWhen do we eat?
IMdB won’t accept this review (not enough words!), so here is my brief recommendation of the film “When Do We Eat?” Just watched this with my Jewish family (and goy husband) and we *all* had a great...
View ArticleBlazing Saddles versus blazing heels
Wow. This might be enough to tear me away from the televised UNC women’s basketball game against FSU. Hollywood screenwriter and producer Norman Steinberg, who co-wrote the screenplay for Mel Brooks’...
View ArticleHappy valentines day
First of all let me say that I have always loathed Valentine’s Day. This goes back to junior high school when I felt like a loser if I didn’t have someone to kiss on that day and continued through...
View ArticleIs Mt. Gravel a symbol?
Cross-posted at techPresident. For this installment of my series of visits to each candidate’s Second Life efforts, I was joined by PDF Associate Editor Josh Levy, also known as Spencer Mukerji. We had...
View ArticleThe latest addiction
Are we movie compatible? My Flixster profile Flixster.com combines the data on IMdB.com with all network-y goodness of FilmTrust and the user-submitted content of MySpace. The interface isn’t quite as...
View ArticleHelp a busy, geeky mom choose a tablet
As you probably know, dear reader, I was an enthusiastic Mac user for about 20 years. Recently, open source software such as Ubuntu Linux and Mozilla Firefox have reached a much more accessible level...
View ArticleKickstart a comic collection about awesome women
I was excited to see the proposal for Femme Magnifique, a comic anthology with “inspirational” stories about “powerful” mostly-American women. The name was frankly a turn-off for me. I guess it’s...
View ArticleThis is what progress looks like
W00t! (Although the Speaker Pelosi stuff is getting a little out of hand. Shouldn’t we wait until she actually assumes the office?) First woman to serve as speaker of the house: Nancy Pelosi First...
View ArticleEven Kissinger knows we can’t “win” in Iraq
[President Nixon’s Secretary of State Henry] Kissinger presented a bleak vision of Iraq, saying the U.S. government must enter into dialogue with Iraq’s regional neighbors — including Iran — if...
View ArticleWhy they hate us
I’ve got a backlog of things I need to blog, so look for a bunch of new stuff in the next day or two. Meanwhile you may wish to cleanse your mental palate (after watching the above sickening video)...
View ArticleWhen do we eat?
IMdB won’t accept this review (not enough words!), so here is my brief recommendation of the film “When Do We Eat?” Just watched this with my Jewish family (and goy husband) and we *all* had a great...
View ArticleBlazing Saddles versus blazing heels
Wow. This might be enough to tear me away from the televised UNC women’s basketball game against FSU. Hollywood screenwriter and producer Norman Steinberg, who co-wrote the screenplay for Mel Brooks’...
View ArticleHappy valentines day
First of all let me say that I have always loathed Valentine’s Day. This goes back to junior high school when I felt like a loser if I didn’t have someone to kiss on that day and continued through...
View ArticleIs Mt. Gravel a symbol?
Cross-posted at techPresident. For this installment of my series of visits to each candidate’s Second Life efforts, I was joined by PDF Associate Editor Josh Levy, also known as Spencer Mukerji. We had...
View ArticleThe latest addiction
Are we movie compatible? My Flixster profile Flixster.com combines the data on IMdB.com with all network-y goodness of FilmTrust and the user-submitted content of MySpace. The interface isn’t quite as...
View ArticleHelp a busy, geeky mom choose a tablet
As you probably know, dear reader, I was an enthusiastic Mac user for about 20 years. Recently, open source software such as Ubuntu Linux and Mozilla Firefox have reached a much more accessible level...
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