Lordy, I’m tired. I just finished a week of full days of subbing, including two days with my favorite autistic kids. I’m also dealing with the increasingly … awful effect of the chemotherapy drug the...
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AirBeagleCrab Apples
Apparently (judging from a photo caption in today’s Ann Arbor News) the trees I’ve been confusing with cherry trees are actually crab apple trees. I stand corrected.
V-E Day Video
Here on the 60th anniversary of VE Day, I’m watching two films, Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph des Willens and the Criterion version of the French film Nacht und Nebel. The first is the face that the Germans...
Spring Edging toward Summer
First real humidity of the year today … though it wasn’t blazing wiith sunlight today, it got up into the high 70s, and the weather was definitely balmy. The trees are in full bloom — magnolias...
Airbus A380 Gets Off the Ground
For various reasons I won’t bore you with, I haven’t posted here much. And so I missed marking the occasion as it happened. But the big behemoth got off the ground at last and had, « by all...
A Noteworthy Anniversary
Here on the 60th anniversary of VE Day, I’m watching two films, Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph des Willens and the Criterion version of the French film Nacht und Nebel. The first is the face that the Germans...
Subsections Toasted
I upgraded to the latest version of Textpattern and now subsections (like fly.airbeagle.us) are not working. Oy, what a pain. I hope to get them back soon.
Church Purge Confirmed
And now there’s confirmation in the mainstream press about a « North Carolina church’s purge of Democrats »: ‘Some in Pastor Chan Chandler’s flock wish he had a little less...
Democrats Purged From North Carolina Church
« WLOS », an ABC affiliate in western North Carolina, is reporting interesting news: ‘Religion and Politics Clash: Religion and politics clash over a local church’s declaration that...
Class of 2005
Yes, it’s finally over. I still haven’t seen one of my final grades, but barring some unforeseen disaster, I think I can safely say it’s over – grad school, that is. What a strange feeling not to...
Working On It
Graduation pictures are forthcoming, I promise … we’re still a bit shell-shocked around here. But things are settling down …
Soulforce for Good
Every once in a while, there’s a ray of sunshiney hope that pierces the gathering gloom that is life in the Christo-Fascist Empire. This time, it’s « Soulforce’s Mel White and 500 others...
In Which I Make Up With Mother Nature
Yesterday, Mother Nature was a jerk:
Today, she redeems herself:
April (snow) Showers
You’ve GOT to be $%@*#$@ kidding me …: ‘Today: Occasional snow. Steady temperature around 36. Breezy, with a north northwest wind between 22 and 26 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of...
News Roundup
« Gay Iranian Man Commits Suicide After Britain Denies Immigration Plea » « Texas Fascists Move to Destroy Gay Foster Families » « Santa Fe, NM, prepares for Hatred...
Alaska National Oil Company Refuge
The Imperial House of Corporate Representatives passed a bill permitting drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge yesterday. « Let’s just see what this little bill does », shall we? 1...
Well, There Ya Go
Quote of the Day: ‘I’m a radical. I’m a real extremist. I don’t want to impeach judges. I want to impale them.’ —Michael Schwartz, Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn’s chief of staff, as...
Heil Benedict!
So, a few days after the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Konzentrationslagers Ravensbrueck and Buchenwald, and on the anniversary of Waco and Oklahoma City, 117 men in red dresses have decided to elect as Pope a...
Light Sighted at End of Tunnel
It’s Frank’s final week of Grad School Hell. Four more days, folks, four more days, then it’s ‘free at last, free at last …’ But I should let him speak for himself. Er, maybe next...
Deathbed Dollars
While we’re all a bit tired of poor Terri Schiavo (let her rest in peace), I say we keep screaming about this one and hang it squarely on the Fascist FunDumbMentalists’ heads … like a flaming rubber...
Back From Blue State Hell
Yes, dear friends, I’m still alive and haven’t dropped off the end of the earth. But you could see the end from where I was: Oklahoma. Okiehoma. Oh my. Parent’s 50th anniversary was the occasion and I...
Return of the Birds
Well, the weather’s been fabulous (if a bit chilly) the past few days. I think we’ve seen the last of the snow. I could be proven wrong, but I doubt it. It’s very pleasant here in the spring — in...
Finish Line Approaching Fast
We went through the first instance of the term-end ritual of professor evaluations this morning in my Preserving Information class, filling in circles on Scantron forms with stubby pencils to register our feelings about...
Wishy-Washy Weather
More unpredictable Michigan weather, though I have the impression that this is about the end of it for a few months. Yesterday it got up to 77 degrees and was warm and even muggy. Today it was overcast, chilly, and not...
Overheard in Ann Arbor
There’s a blog called «Overheard in New York ». If Ann Arbor had a similar blog, it would be somewhat more boring. Or maybe somewhat more pedantic. Intellectual Lecturer Type: “Maurizio’s...
In Which I Get My Gay Card Stamped
I discovered the « Scissor Sisters » last night. Got their album via iTunes today and burned it onto a CD for my road trip next week. Ooooo that Jake Shears!!!! Oooooo lala! I’m feeling tres...
Duly Noted
According to World Health Organization figures, on the same day that Terri Schiavo died and so-called Christians mourned her so-called ‘murder,’ 6,000 other human beings died from vaccine-preventable...
Compare/Contrast Time Yet Again
Then: ‘Corporate Legal Times, September, 2004; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Pg. 10 ‘Boy Scout Pride ‘Dear Editor: ‘Bruce Collins is mistaken when he calls Boy Scouts a “fundamentally...
New Tea Place to Explore
I ventured over to Fourth this morning and tried the fare at Eastern Accents. Not bad. They have really good buns. But their tea is expensive. You get a teensy little espresso-type glass and a French press pot, which is...
Snow? Yeah, Right …
Yes, it’s spring, all right. The temperature hit 69 degrees this morning — I felt overdressed all day in a coat that I’d stupidly brought along — and the predicted thundershowers that were...
“Spoiled Children”
I was thinking of writing a diatribe to the Daily about yesterday’s article on commencement speakers (a bunch of whiny, childish undergrads boo-hooed about the lack of big name speakers for their ceremony) but...
Spring Has Sprung, Finally
Well, it looks like there may be rain and even some snow (!) later in the week, but today was undeniably spring. After a chilly, drab Easter Sunday, today dawned sunny and the sun stayed out all day long — the...
All the Higgledy-Piggledy
AirBeagle is the ‘net pseudonym of Steve Pollock, who lives in Ann Arbor, MI. He is 40 years old (gasp) and was born in Roswell, NM, (yes, THAT Roswell, NM – and no, he’s not an alien). He’s also...
Spring Springing?
This week saw (along with the unionized graduate student instructors going on a one-day walkout) undergrads tossing Frisbees out on the grass, warblers chirping in the trees, Canadian geese making their whooping noises...
Send in the Troops
Now, let’s see. The murderer of 100,000+ Iraqis and 1,600+ American troops and 140+ Texas inmates wants to save this brain-damaged vegetable lady … no, that can’t be right. Ummmm, how ‘bout: the...
The Majority Speaks
Funny how deafening the silence is from Fascist Party politicians about « the majority ruling and politicians being out of touch with mainstream ‘Murricans » where Terry Schiavo is concerned:...
Vernal Shmernal
My calendar says that today is the Vernal Equinox. Or, put another way, frickin’ Spring is finally here. Of course, there’s still dirty white stuff on the ground and it’s so gray outside that I must...
Six Years Old
I’m two days late in noting it, but Happy Birthday, AirBeagle! AirBeagle the website was born on 17-Mar-99 in San Francisco. Six years later, I still don’t know what I’m doing or why. But we’re...
Screw You, Michigan!
A big, hearty « Screw You, Michigan! », and especially Mike Cox … Love, Steve, future ex-Michigan resident: ‘Michigan’s attorney general issued an opinion Wednesday saying cities...
Asquared Moves
There’s been a change in URL around here, so prepare to update your bookmarks and RSS feed. Asquared will now (for reasons I won’t totally bore you with) be located at just Gridlove Home If you continue to...
The Orgasmotron
My dream early this morning was about a device called an Orgasmotron. It was a real dream; I am not making this up. I was still in San Francisco and, inexplicably, went to someone’s house to get a demonstration of...
A Long Walk
We just took the long processional around the complex. It’s sunny and beautiful, but still quite chilly. NOAA says it’s 42. The high was supposed to be ‘near 39,’ so I guess I’ll take it...
RIP Teresa Wright
Truly terrible and depressing news: one of my all-time favorite actresses, « Teresa Wright, passed away Sunday »: ’« Teresa Wright », the willowy actress who starred...
“WHY IS THE WEATHER LIKE THIS???”
From yesterday’s Ann Arbor News: Ann Arbor has received 70.3 inches of snow so far this winter, compared with 36.8 by this time last year and 40 inches in an average season. The record is 75 inches in the 1981-82...
The Boy Slaps the Madonna
2005-03-07 14:39:00 « Boy George doesn’t have kind words for Kabbalah faddist Madonna Louise Ciccone »: ‘Gay pop star Boy George has slammed Madonna for embracing the Kabbalah, the...
Sex Affair Grounds High-Flying Boeing CEO
Scandalous times at Boeing continue; this time, the company « fired its CEO over a sex affair with an executive »: ‘Boeing Co. on Monday said its board forced out president and chief...
