• Mini-Posts

    links for 2007-07-05

    Alvin G. and Lena M. Pack Photograph Collection A picture of my Uncle Charlie is in this collection… folder two, part of the KDYL materials (tags: Stockdale KDYL photographs) CarryaBigSticker Home – Liberal bumper stickers & shirts FREE SHIPPING (tags: Iraq Politics Liberal BushLiedTheyDied illegal Tshirts) Daily Kos: Laura Bush in the bubble, too (tags: BushAmerica Laura FixedGrin)

  • Politics, Schmolitics

    Progressive Political News and Information: Nevada Thunder

    Progressive Political News and Information: Nevada Thunder Frank Rich of the New York Times (paywall) “When The Vice President Does It, That Means It’s Not Illegal” Even now, few have made the connection between this month’s Cheney flap and the larger scandal. That larger scandal is to be found in what the vice president did legally under the executive order early on rather than in his more recent rejection of its oversight rules. Timing really is everything. By March 2003, this White House knew its hype of Saddam’s nonexistent nuclear arsenal was in grave danger of being exposed. The order…

  • Home Improvement

    Boing Boing: Merlin Mann’s decluttering roundup

    Boing Boing: Merlin Mann’s decluttering roundup From FlyLady.net: The 27-Fling Boogie We do this assignment as fast as we can. Take a garbage bag and walk through your home and throw away 27 items. Do not stop until you have collected all 27 items. Then close the garbage bag and pitch it. DO NOT LOOK IN IT!!! Just do it. Next, take an empty box and go through your home collecting 27 items to give away. Suze Orman taught me this in her book, The Courage to be Rich. This will change the energy in your home and bring about…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Dear Mom - Only in Utah...

    Blue: Sunny Red: Stormy

    mullentown » Blog Archive » If You Were the Architect Yay! It’s coming back, and it’s nothing to do with politics: it’s the Walker Bank sign in Salt Lake City. As seen in the comments at mullentown, it sounds like the old Salk Lake weather icon may be making a comeback. In one of those weird Internets Tubes coincidences, my Uncle Charlie is mentioned on that Early Television site, as he was a long time radio enthusiast and tinkerer with new technologies in Salt Lake. In the 40’s and 50’s, he was involved with a lot of this stuff. I…