• Uncategorical Weirdness

    Good Night, Good Bye Mountains

    August 16, 2012 - By 

    Somewhere west of Harlem, MT — Stopped again on a siding, probably waiting for another freight train with higher priority to go by. These are probably the Bear Paw Mountains, or maybe the Little Rockies, according to my Roadside Geology Montana book. Soon the sleeping car attendants will start making the rooms up for what passes for sleep on the train. We’re currently delayed at least 6 hours. No telling how much of the time I’ll be wakeful or snoreful. Or whether I’ll have cell service (David’s been able to get some stuff done, though). Good night! Via: Flickr Title:…

  • Mini-Posts

    Heh. Kismet or Karma?

    August 16, 2012 - By 

    Floyd Corkins, the 28-year-old Virginia man who allegedly shot a security guard in the Family Research Council headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday because of the group’s opposition to gay marriage, could be prosecuted under a hate crimes statute. The FRC would rather he wasn’t. While the FRC has specifically opposed expanding hate crimes protections to individuals targeted for violent attacks because of their sexual orientation or gender identity because they believe it “sends the false message that deviant sexual behaviors are somehow equivalent to other categories of protection such as race or sex,” the group also opposes any hate…

  • Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Scribefire Next Borked, Scribefire Classic Still Works Sort Of

    August 16, 2012 - By 

    While on a 26+ train journey I needed to be able to blog offline – the newest version of Scribefire will not complete, says it can’t get information on either of my most active blogs. Yet the old version, when reinstalled, remembers how to connect to all my blogs, even the inactive ones. Oh, well! Backward into the future-past! Expect some posts about the journey, and the rest of our vacation since arriving in Whitefish and exploring Glacier National Park. ScribeFire is a full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog. You…