WordCamp 2010 Boulder
Great conference this year! Glad I attended.
Category Archives: Guest Bloggers
Carbon
Lovely ode to element 6! Continue reading
Oren
Wonderful moment near the very end when the woman opens her eyes. Stunning since they were closed the entire video. Gorgeous, clever and engrossing stop motion. Hat tip to Bifurcated Rivets
Posted in Art, Clips, Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Music
Leave a comment
Death Star Watermelon
Death Star Watermelon Continue reading
Posted in Art, Discuss!, Fun, Guest Bloggers, Photos
Leave a comment
37Signals Rework
Hilarious and spot-on attack ad parody. Rover will be banging his head on the desk, wishing these guys worked for him. The ad’s production quality is superb. Continue reading
Posted in Clips, Guest Bloggers, Humor, Politics
Leave a comment
Documerica
DOCUMERICA Project by the Environmental Protection Agency From the National Archives. Outstanding collection. GO SEE.
Posted in Guest Bloggers, Life, etc., Musings, People, Photos, Scenic
Leave a comment
The Real American Emergency
While our president is involved in dealing with the many emergencies in which our nation is now foundering, he fails to see the most urgent one. Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
Leave a comment
Harmony
Harmony Captivating little HTML5 drawing app by Ricardo Cabello. Works swell on the iPhone too. (Via Federico Viticci.) ★ [Daring Fireball]
Posted in Art, Guest Bloggers, Tech, Useful Links
Leave a comment
Fart Facts
Special south-to-north-of-the-border America to Canada hat tip to Doug’s Dynamic Drivel for Fart Facts Read about the dreaded ‘mud butt’
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Humor, Life, etc., Musings
Leave a comment
Cake
One lesson I learned growing up while watching Pop Mannion at work as our town supervisor is that a lot of people cannot make the connection between the taxes they hate to pay and the services they expect their town, state, and federal governments to provide. Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
Leave a comment
The Budget
From Say It Ain’t So Already: Here’s a nifty interactive graph showing how the money’s allocated.
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
1 Comment
A bad idea
James Winkler thinks the idea ‘money = free speech’ is a bad idea. I very much agree. Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Musings, Religion
Leave a comment
Oh ba-bee
Killer funny animation. Long, too. Hat tip to Bifurcated Rivets.
Posted in Art, Clips, Guest Bloggers, Humor, Musings
Leave a comment
Top Left Pixel
Sam Javanrouh still has it. Incredible photography and LOTS of it.
Posted in Guest Bloggers, Photos
Leave a comment
Free disrespect
Glen Greenwald on Alito. I was going to write, this will do nicely.
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, News, Politics
Leave a comment
Withholding
The Word from Winkler – News and Views from the United Methodist Board of Church and Society. – Word from Winkler Withholding food By Jim Winkler, General Secretary, General Board of Church & Society My grandmother was not a highly … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Life, etc., Musings, Religion
Leave a comment
Daren Gray
Screamingly funny twist on Casey at the Bat. From the comments at Wired.com’s live coverage of the Apple event “Jobs at the Bat” by Daren Gray (as largely thefted from Ernest Lawrence Thayer) . The Outlook wasn’t brilliant for the … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Bloggers, Humor, Musings, Poetry
Leave a comment
Dropped Food
From Andy Wright via Laughing Squid. TOO FUNNY
Posted in Guest Bloggers, Humor, Musings
Leave a comment
Beneath Las Vegas
People living in flood-runoff tunnels… how much worse does it have to get… Hat tip to Say it ain’t so already
Posted in Clips, Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Life, etc., People
Leave a comment
Hair Ice
Astoundingly beautiful! Hat tip to Say it ain’t so already!
Posted in Guest Bloggers, Photos
Leave a comment
Religion and women
Great post at the Agonist – go read.
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Life, etc., Politics, Religion
Leave a comment
Dr. Peter Watts beaten by US border guards
Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border. He was pepper-sprayed and beaten and is now being held for assaulting a federal officer. Donate to his defense fund. Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
Leave a comment
You may live in Canada…
Stolen wholeheartedly directly from Malcha’s Sound Visions: If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, You may live in Canada . If someone in a Home Depot store Offers you assistance and they don’t work there, You … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Fun, Guest Bloggers, Humor, Life, etc.
2 Comments
Ground Crew
My dear friend DJ Cline was at the airport to greet me. Laughter ensued. My heart soars to be in this man’s presence. A quick trip to Target for toiletries became a comedy of social observations. His joie de vie … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Life, etc., Marilyn
Leave a comment
Yet a While
My dear friend Mary Pitt sent me this poem she wrote for her beloved husband. He too, has departed and this poem now has special meaning for me as well. Thank you Mumzee. Yet a While Walk with me yet … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Marilyn, Poetry
Leave a comment
The Political Future
by Mary Pitt One may hear much speculation as to the future of the Republican Party as that once-august group find their following at a historic low and they have to turn for leadership to radio commentators and historic losers … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Life, etc., Politics, Tech
Leave a comment
Seeds of Truth
From Sheila Stuff: I have learned over the past decade if I want to know what’s really going on in the United States, I have to cruise through the foreign media to see what’s creating a furor or causing a … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
Leave a comment
Karen’s Great Adventure
Some women stay at home and have kids. Some start businesses. My pal Karen Smith goes and has adventures. She’s my hero. Go read about her adventures at http://karensgreatadventure.blogspot.com/
A Spread of Bloggers
Welcome to the blogsphere Mr. Lincicome, keep those sweatpants hitched up. (please) Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Humor, Life, etc.
Leave a comment
Don’t Sell Kathleen Short
by Mary Pitt I have been watching the news reports about the appointment of Kathleen Sebelius to the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services. There was a time when she was considered a possible candidate for the job … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
Leave a comment
It’s Time for the Madness to Stop
It’s Time for the Madness to Stop By Sheila Samples Sometimes it’s hard to come to grips with the truth — especially if that truth is about our own country, and is in direct opposition to everything we’ve been taught … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
Leave a comment
Never Forget The Lessons Of Yesterday For The Sake Of Tomorrow
By Vincent Guarisco February 23, 2009 “You can walk away from these stories today, but if you choose to follow them they will become a profound part of you and will deeply affect your life.” ~~Anthony Guarisco, Founder and director, … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
1 Comment
They Still Don’t Get It
by Mary Pitt Just three weeks after Barack Obama was sworn in, we are barraged with complaints because he has not yet wiped out all the vestiges of the Bush administration from the environs of Washington, D.C. We are daily … Continue reading
The Constitution – As You See It
In your own words, describe what the Constitution of the United States means to you personally. Please limit your entries to no more than one thousand words, although well-written submissions will be considered. Humor and satire are also acceptable. You … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Life, etc., News, People, Politics
Leave a comment
Party Crashers
Party Store Crashed By Actual Party Laughing Squid 2/9/09 5:31 PM Scott Beale Pranks Video Comments FIESTA (REMI GAILLARD)by nqtv via Neatorama This is a blog post from Laughing Squid.
Posted in Clips, Guest Bloggers, Humor, Musings
Leave a comment
The Truth About Your Income Tax
by Mary Pitt As the spouse of a working man, often in remote areas and long before you woould find an H&R Block firm within easy driving distance, the job of filing the annual income tax forms fell to me. … Continue reading
Basement Zombie Spews More Hate And Politics of Fear…
By Vincent L. Guarisco February 5, 2009 “Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes”~~Abigail Van Buren Goodness gracious, please pass me an oxygen mask –quickly — so I can escape the dreaded plume! Whoa, I need some fresh air … Continue reading
RIAA still slimy
(From a friend with inside experience in the music publishing business and extensive computer networking background, I trust his opinion implicitly.) RIAA and BSAS favorite lawyers taking top DOJ posts (from Gizmodo) I am not sure why the DOJ is … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, News, Tech
Leave a comment
Tons of Bricks Lighter
By Vincent Guarisco January 23, 2009 “When authoritarian forces seize control of a government, they typically move first against the public’s access to information, under the theory that a confused populace can be more easily manipulated. They take aim at … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
Leave a comment
Oral History
From Doug’s Dyanmic Drivel A Must Read 23 January, 2009 (20:44) | Political If you only read one article this weekend (ya right like that’s going to happen eh ) this oral history of the Bush years, in Vanity Fair, … Continue reading
Waddaya Gonna Do
by Mary Pitt Waddya gonna do when you’ve gone about as far as you can go? You want to open a window and yell, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it any more!” But, where you … Continue reading
The View from the Bottom
by Mary Pitt The greatest problem as the new President and the Congress attempt ro enact remedies to the very real problems of the poor, the disabled, and the laboring class, (not the much-broader “working class”), is that they do … Continue reading
Andrew Wyeth RIP
From George In Denver: Andrew Wyeth Has Died at 91
1549 Top Ten
From DJCline.com 1. “It’s a bird strike? I didn’t even know they had a union!” go read the rest at DJCline.com
Bush Factoids
The Dynamic Driviller has this little snip from Harpers. Nice compilation of factoids with commentary:
The Necessary Remedy
by Mary Pitt With an economy that is sadly in the tank, a stock market that cannot get its feet back under it, with record and growing unemployment, and with working class and poor people suffering with too little income … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
Tagged economy, mary pitt, remedy, stock market
Leave a comment
Pandelirium
The Dynamic Driveler is at it again. Go watch it at his house, I’ve seen it. yeesh.
Posted in Clips, Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Humor
1 Comment
National Service
The Agonist – “What Your Government Can Do, But Won’t“ Excellent.
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers
Leave a comment
A New Wind Blowing
by Mary Pitt The whole country is agog with the news of the Madoff Ponzi scheme and the billions he scammed from big investors, but nobody appears to realize that it is only the tip of a huge iceberg. There … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
Leave a comment
Fearing the Frightful Filibuster
by Mary Pitt The Republicans are already indicating their intent to use the same tactics that they used in the past two years in the minority to block many of the programs that are vital to the plans of President-elect … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
Leave a comment
So, so wrong (as usual)
Lifted directly from firedoglake: (FDL ROCKS) Hugh Hewitt, Townhall: So, despite the rapture of college students and the registration of the homeless in Ohio, the common sense of Americans will override curiosity about Barack Obama and infatuation with his celebrity, … Continue reading
Posted in Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics
Leave a comment
