So, yes, it was 16 degrees when I left at 11 a.m., but I rode my bike to work today anyway. It’s only a mile-and-a-half, one-way, and I’m a big fat cow who needs to get in shape. I made it just fine, there...
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AirBeagleOne Last Time
Okay, so this layout is the last one I’ll do. I’m really happier with it. Like it? [By the way, just a pissy note from a crotchety ol’ toot: I’m fed up with Internet Explorer and it’s...
Pre-Spring Cleaning
Yes, I changed the template again. And the header photo. Love it? Hate it? Hit the ‘Sound Off’ link below and let me know what you think. And yes, things might look weird or something in IE for Windoze. But...
Spongedob Stickypants Strikes North
Not content to run roughshod within the Empire, « jack-booted Fascist FunDumbMentalists are mounting a hard-core press to export hatred and discrimination to Canada »: ‘American evangelists...
Prince Hal and the Crooked Cross
I missed my opportunity (thanks to my annual January bronchitis) to comment on the fool prince’s costume party thing. Even though it’s sorta blown over, I’ll contribute with this: my version of Prince...
Gore Vidal, American Cassandra and National Treasure
« Gore Vidal » is back in the Empire and telling it like it is, thank god: ‘He said that he can foresee the war going so badly that [the Emperor George II] will be forced to resign or be...
The Real Pledge
Here’s the REAL Pledge of Allegiance, as written by Non-Sequitor: ‘I pledge allegiance to the flag of the corporate states of America. ‘And to the Republicans for which it stands, ‘One nation...
Miscellaneous Wintry Ann Arbor Pics
Here are some pics taken by Frank and by me that I’ve been meaning to post:
« Our Life in Michigan – 11- and 22-Jan-05 Miscellaneous Wintry Pics »
Miscellaneous Wintry Ann Arbor Pics
« Our Life in Michigan – 11&22-Jan-05 Miscellaneous Wintry Pics »
Michigan Moment
I was in Kroger last night picking up some groceries. The place was packed, and one of the checkout lines extended past the newspaper rack. I reached over one woman’s basket to grab a copy of the Ann Arbor News...
Reality-Based Nation
I added « Reality-Based Nation » to the blogroll because of wonderful, kick-the-fascists-in-the-face entries like this: ‘Earlier this week, we noted a pending appeals court case in Indiana...
Snow? Pshaw …..
As we slog around in the weeks of snow that have been dumped on southeast Michigan, it’s mordantly amusing to see what happens in parts of the country that aren’t as used (inured?) to snow as Michigan is: A...
A-380 Rollout is Tuesday; First Flight Nears
« Airbus A-380 photos at Airliners.net » Looks like, at long last, « the official rollout of the Airbus A-380 », the world’’s largest commercial aircraft, is...
Union Wants Top-Level Industry Meeting
Although it’’s not likely that the Emperor’’s anti-union and anti-worker administration is likely to heed it, «
Getting It At Delta
It seems more details have emerged about « Delta’s new pricing strategy » this weekend. ‘Under Delta’s new structure, prices for last-minute walk-up fares have been cut by as much...
Life With Jeepy at One Month Plus
Another 3-4 inches of snow fell overnight; it was soft and fluffy, with no ice. So this afternoon, we took a ride downtown. The Grand continues to perform admirably; you have to do something really stupid to make it...
Behind the Plan
The weather has been abyssmal. Haven’t been able to get outside on the book since New Year’s, since the sidewalks and streets are just treacherous. Since I want to average 5 miles per day all year, I’m...
Blog News Flash
I love how taken aback the “old school” newsgathering operations are that blogs scooped them, and in many cases surpassed them, in covering the South Asian earthquake and tsunami catastrophe. The best quote...
UA Pilots Protest Taxpayer Takeover of Pension
Details are still slightly hazy, but « United’s pilots are fighting the weird backroom maneuvering » which resulted in us taxpayers getting soaked with the responsibility of the pilots’...
RIP Shirley Chisholm and Robert Matsui
The bad news continues to pour in as the Republic lay dying: « Shirley Chisholm passes at age 80 »: ‘Chisholm, who took her seat in the U.S. House in 1969, was a riveting speaker who often...
Year-End Lists
I enjoy all the year-end lists that pop up on the WWW around this time, mostly because they demonstrate that if there’s one thing the Web’s good at, it’s making lists. I also enjoy realizing that...
Bush Plans Permanent Imperial Gulags
Today comes news that « the Emperor is planning permanent gulags in a number of countries to hold persons merely suspected of … well, doing something of which the Emperor does not approve »:...
What Kinda Winter Is This???
It’s 55 degrees outside ….. the snow has almost melted ….. the radio announcer just said that if this isn’t a record warm temperature for New Year’s Eve it must be close.
Sigh.
Northwest 33, Service From Amsterdam to … Hell!
The airline industry’s … further descent into anarchy, let’s say … continued this week. This time, a « 28-hour ordeal on Northwest flight 33 » shows that things are all...
In America: Private Generosity, Public AgitProp
While the Emperor stubbornly sits on his ass in Crawford and turns a Norwegian official’s comments about rich countries being stingy into a fascist agit-prop campaign against the UN, « donations via...
Thankful and Hopeful
It’s hard for me to write anything about Christmas without coming across as cynical and bitter and old and jaded and all that stuff. So I won’t. I’m thankful for Frank and for Bayley and for David and...
USAirways Unions Screw Themselves Again
Looks like « USAirways’ CWA unit is the latest union to cave to bankruptcy/liquidation threats » ‘Reservations and gate agents at US Airways approved a new contract Thursday that cuts...
Independence Air Not So Independent After All
Looks like United wins another one; « Independence Air is about to scuttle its independence »: ‘Independence Air, which has struggled since its launch six months ago as an independent low...
Christmas Drive
2004-12-26 01:04:59 We spent quite a bit of time driving around in the Jeep today. The seven inches of snow and hard-packed ice on side streets were quite fun. The Grand was rock-solid and never slipped or slid unless I...
Woe to You, Pharisees and Scribes, Hypocrites!
Well, I see that, on a day which is supposed to be the holiest to ‘Jesus is my hero’ types like himself, the « Emperor delivers his most hypocritical Christmas message ever »...
Social InSecurity (How Many Times Are We Gonna Hear That Line This Year?)
On Christmas Day, the one day of the year when ‘Goodwill Toward Men’ is supposed to prevail, comes news that « our post-retirement future is in the hands of a buncha nuts and partisan political...
Tire Switch
I switched the tires on the Bobcat today from the smooth good-weather ones to the knobby snow/mountain tires for winter. It’s time to go try the thing out on the snow and ice. I’m eager to get back in shape...
Finally. Big Snow At Last.
« Our Life in Michigan – First Big Snowfall of Winter » It’s really grand out there, but this stuff is so dry and fluffy, one cannot make a decent snowman [sniff]. Still, it’s about time we...
Flight Attendant Wins Second-Hand Smoke Battle
It took a while … a very long while … but finally a « Florida appeals court has upheld an award to a flight attendant who blamed secondhand smoke on airliners for bronchitis and sinus...
First Day of Winter
The weather today was sunny and it got up to 40 degrees, which is actually the warmest it’s been in at least 5 or 6 days. We’ve had a run of blustery, chilly weather here in southeast Michigan. On Monday...
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
‘From The Observer comes a great article about the « one man who remembers the 1914 Christmas Truce »: ‘The words drifted across the frozen battlefield: ‘Stille Nacht. Heilige...
The 500-Mile Mark
I had to run over to Auburn Hills this evening and the Jeep passed the 500-mile mark with no problems. The biggest shock has been the abominable gas mileage: 13.4 on the first tank, which was just driving around Ann...
Gaybraham Lincoln
« Was the founder of the Republican Party and our Greatest President gay? »: ‘The subject of the 16th president’s sexuality has been debated among scholars for years. They cite his...
Tidal Wave
Wow … it’s been a hellacious eight weeks. Ever since my poster presentation on October 20, it’s been one wave of insanely intense schoolwork after another (although, as always, procrastination stuck...
So Delightful …
Let’s sing some C(onsumerism)hristmas Carols, shall we? All together now: « To the tune of Let It Snow »: ‘Oh, the war in Iraq is frightful, But for Lockheed and pals it’s...
Telling Their Stories
There is excellent reading/viewing/listening « at the Oral History Project of the Urban School of San Francisco »: ‘We went through a number of Dr. Mengele’s dreaded selections where we...
