I'm not a big fan of Illinois' Congressional wunderkind Rahm Emanuel, because he operates too much like a "political machine" guy – he kind of held on to the purse-strings during the last election and a lot of deserving grassroots candidates had to scramble for campaign funds because they weren't "insiders" or sexy enough to pique Emanuel's interest. Be that as it may, he recently did a rundown of all the highlights in the scandals, schenanigans, and criminal acts that have come to light that have plagued the Bush Administration. The full text is at www.TomPaine.com. It's a quite a…
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According to Joey The Accordion Guy the official fight song of the Internet should be that instantly recognizable classic, the "Amok Time" fight scene music where Kirk and Spoke duke it out with various bizarre weapons so Spock can marry his betrothed… and all that that implies. Like the Vulcan ritual that the music underscored, most internet arguments are triggered by a response in the most primitive parts of our brains, look silly to outsiders and seem to be taken up by people who are slated to have sex once every seven years. My favorite weapon was always when T'Pol…
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The Incredibles – Wikiquote Yes, I was thinking of The Incredibles when my husband David had a "Where's my super-suit?!?" moment earlier today. Fortunately, he found it, and he'll always be my super hero.
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First of all, I had no idea that there was any such thing as the "Ecumenical Roundtable on Science, Technology and the Church", but I'm delighted to find that it exists, and seems to be going strong. Not only that, but several of the mainline churches that are all part of it have permanent committees that study the impact of science on religion: the Presbyterian Association for Science Technology and the Church, the ELCA Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology, and our own Episcopal Committee on Science, Technology and Faith. The Methodists and the United Church of Christ also reported on holding…
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Salt Lake Tribune – New T-shirts percolating at coffee store Want one of them coffee shop T-shirts from Salt Lake… needs me a funny shirt.
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Crime | Futility Closet Amazing, quirky tales of true crime from all over (tags: StumbleUpon) Rotate² – Games for the Brain (tags: StumbleUpon Game Rotate) CSS Hover Text (tags: CSS webdesign website Firefox IE Hover Box)
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Rotate² – Games for the Brain The object is to rotate the pipes so that there are no open ends. There may be more than one system, but they all must be closed. It's totally addictive.
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I'll try something from time to time here – when one of the random thumbnails catches my eye, I'll tell the story behind it. This was taken on a May trip to Washington State a few years back. David and I flew out for Folk Life and then took off on a big loop around the Olympic Peninsula, the National Park, and down and around the long way, ending up at Mt. Rainier National Park. It was a lot of fun, but the next time we do that, we'll retrace steps rather than circumnavigating the peninsula, it was a very…
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Okay, now that I'm finally fed up with tinkering with CSS and getting Firefox and IE6 to play more or less nicely… This morning started oddly; David had to take off reeely early in the morning on a sekrit mission (no gurlz aloud) so the morning routine was a little different. He was all "Love you, bye!" and I was all "Whaaa… huh… ::smack smack scratch scratch:: love you too mmm bye." I don't do mornings very well at all, see. And then all too soon it was time to jump in the car and get to church for rehearsal,…
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Well, that's 3 units of my life-juice gone, screwing around with stylesheets just to make something look consistent using Firefox AND stupid broken IE6. I hear IE7 is differently broken.