• Mini-Posts

    links for 2009-07-05

    Palin attorney decries 'defamatory' rumors: Gov. Sarah Palin | adn.com (tags: Palin) Maui Condo Rentals, Maui Vacation Rentals Hale Pau Hana Hale Pau Hana – except not the penthouse (tags: Maui Condo) Maui Condo Rental | Royal Mauian 310 | Oceanfront Maui Vacation Rental by Maui Gold Condos (tags: Maui Condo) Maui Condo Rental | Royal Mauian 607 | Oceanfront Maui Vacation Rental by Maui Gold Condos (tags: Maui Condo)

  • Mini-Posts - Tribe: Phaeomelanii

    Trials of a Homely Girl

    Some things never change: from the NYT Archives of Sunday, March 1, 1903. Trials of a Homely Girl – Article Preview – The New York Times THINK how quick-witted you are and how much you can do,” said the comfortable woman to the girl who was complaining bitterly because she had no claims to good looks.

  • Childfreedom - Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Backwash From Bailin’

    @AKMudflats, it’s a beautiful day on the Internets when attorneys threaten bloggers and radio hosts with defamation, for freedom. Let’s all get our boots on, it’s gonna get spooty. AKMuckraker: Huffington Post Blogger in Palin’s Cross Hairs Using the substantial might of the Executive branch of government to bring down unenforceable legal threats on a private citizen in Alaska, and attempting to curtail free speech through intimidation on the Fourth of July? Not a particularly brilliant PR move. By specifically singling out and naming Moore, Palin has done two things; she has shown herself to be a reactionary immature politician,…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Palin Bailin’ Out

    Every blogger worth her or his salt has already had a lot to say about Sarah Palin’s gobsmacking resignation yesterday. I can’t possibly improve on what they had to say (you should visit Mudflats, the companion piece at Huffpost, and Andrew Sullivan’s “Iceberg” post and catch up there). I heard fairly long clips of this speech on NPR on my way home, and I was trying to make sense of it and drive safely. All too soon, I gave up on trying to parse the unparseable and concentrated on getting home without incident. Some of the phrases I heard, however…

  • Mini-Posts

    links for 2009-07-04

    The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry: Just Add Sugar and Sell It Fry delivers the first Spectator Lecture on one of his favorite subjects: America. It's a love-hate relationship. (tags: StephenFry) Sarah Haskins in Target Women: Hair // Current Are you a Raider of the Lost Temple of The Last Crusade for shiny, manageable, hydralicious hair? (tags: Funny) VetVoice:: Join the RedState Army Strike Force See comments for Fightin' Chickenhawks unit patch, parody of RedStates' version. Go, "Chairborne!" (tags: Chickenhawks RedState) Sarah Palin to Resign as Alaska Governor, Citing Probes and Family Needs – washingtonpost.com Pass the ball for…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    OS X-Man

    Tract houses like ours don’t have front porches, and Steve can’t be inside with all the cat stuff. Patio stuff is still packed (rainy spring and summer). Solution: camp chairs on the driveway. With iPhones. Earlier, Steve had his Mac laptop out (the wi-fi juuuust makes it). He leaves for his road trip soon. West Coast, you have been warned. Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: OS X-Man By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 4 Jul ’09, 11.44am CDT PST