• The Never-Ending Bloga

    Awwwwww, JEEEEZ!

    Niall Kennedy’s Weblog: Movable Type 3.16 coming Monday Okay, not as bad as I first thought. I think we continue getting my MT3.15 installation working properly before we worry about MT3.16. That is all. As you were.

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    How To Talk American

    Your Linguistic Profile: 70% General American English 15% Yankee 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 0% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? Kind of reminds me of some of the stuff in How To Talk American except… not as funny as in that book. I’m kind of intrigued by the fact that I speak 10% Upper Midwestern – that’s probably due to the fact that I now say “soda” instead of “pop” as I once did. Via AKMA

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Thank You, Marla

    Chicago Tribune | Iraq bomb takes `angel’ of mercy There was also an NPR story on Marla – she was interviewed a few years ago and you can hear her talk about her work. She was a relative unknown, but I feel her loss – I admire people who can really put their money where their mouth is, and she ran her charity on her own meagre savings until she managed to bully and embarass our government and military to take notice, step up, and “do the right thing.” She basically got Congress to fund aid and medical care for…