Inspired by satirist Adam Felber’s Living Will, my husband David posted the following: Adam has the right idea here, although he puts a distinctly humorous slant on it. I’m going to be a bit more serious about it. Let’s make it perfectly clear here … I David Michael Gibbs, being of sound mind and body (more or less), do hear-by state the following for the official record: Should I ever be incapacitated, through injury or illness, to such an extent that I am unable to communicate at any level and the quality of my life is such that I am…
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AKMA wonders: If there ever was a story destined to ornament the weekend NPR news quiz, this must be it. Margaret has been sending me snippets (“ ‘Our insides were just bubbling,’ said Darlene Turner”) and updates all morning. She wonders, does Accordion Guy have a line on this one? More to the point, is humorist, WWDTM panelist and blogger Adam Felber even now working on making this story just ridiculous enough to fool a contestant into thinking it’s a ringer during the “fake news” segment? I’m just bubbling inside thinking about it.
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My recent trip gave me a chance to see some actual scrimshaw up close and personal, rather than the sort often seen at Gus’s or Nelson’s blogs. Hey! I’m about to get my copy of that book wot Gus wrote (with the kind assistance of some ghostwriter guy since Gus is a wanted man in Venezuela and several small, independently fiesty Caribbean island nations). Gus thinks they moved up the publication date. Smart of them, since the book has been selling fairly briskly in pre-sales. Pirates of Pensacolaby Keith Thomson Thomas Dunne Books Sales Rank: 30211 Pub Date: 01 April,…
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I’ve found a new music website – Accuradio.com. Ineresting – very configurable webradio. Got there via the rather stupid Windows Media radio tuner. Will probably connect directly since their tuner is way cooler. It’s got gobs of Celtic channels and sub-channels, and it acts like a gigantic CD changer, with nice fast connections to Amazon pages for each CD. I’ll probably use it a lot at work. So far, I’ve heard some great music: The Bold Privateer, by Eliza Carthy Old Blind Dogs A self-released album called “Myxolydian” by Mark Saul The Palace Theater, by Seven Nations Boot Scootin’ Woman,…
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After last week’s kick-ass TAR7 episode, we get this week’s suck-ass TAR7 episode. Although there was much, much, much that was great, well done, well edited, well raced about this week’s entry, a new kind of play has been introduced: “Bend Ze Rules.” Rob and Amber continue in their quest to be the most polarizing team in Race history: once again, half the fans at TWOP and half the people in my office (the show has finally become a workplace hit) thought Rob’s use of an obscure rule to get out of doing an unpleaseant eating Roadblock task was smart…
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Due to popular demand (okay, one person but I aim to please) here’s how I made the “hanging pouches” for flyers for Holy Moly. Well, they’re ridiculously simple. If you’re not into the church thing, here’s a rilly cool marbles game! Anyway, if you’re interested, read on.
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This post is going to be a little like a Steve Martin monologue from the 70’s – a lot of pickin, grinning, and ra-a-a-a-a-m…blinnnn. And bad fashion. Just so you know. I haven’t been terribly productive around the house for, oh, a little over a year now. Which is just about exactly when I started the blog, coincidentally, but never mind about that now. Really, it started before that. No, wait, I’ve never been terribly productive around the house. I was more productive when Stuey (who now inhabits the Memorial Tea Caddy on the mantelpiece) was around, because I kind…
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Today, so many have popped up – pledging support of everything from people with diabetes to victims of the Asian tsunami – that some find the trend laughable. “Putting a ribbon magnet on your car is an empty gesture,” said Jay Barnes, the author of AntiMagnet, a Web site devoted to ridiculing the trend. “It’s prepackaged sentiment for a profit.'” Jeff Poirier joined with friends to launch Support Our Ribbons, which offers magnets displaying messages such as “Support Our Ribbons,” “I Support More Troops Than You,” and “One Nation Under Ribbons.” “Ribbons support many causes,” said Poirier, 25. “Isn’t it…
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The bishops have repeatedly called us to listen and dialogue. When we debate, we are listening only for those parts that we can use to make our case. When we dialogue, we are seeking to understand the other person’s experience. We don’t have to agree with it. We don’t pass any judgement on it. We quiet our own internal chatter and attempt to be fully present to the other person. Are we willing to do this? Let’s try. We’re listening over at Holy Moly. At least, we though we were, and then a few weeks back our eyes were opened…