Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Amazing, Again!
I draw your attention to The Cul-de-sac -- the premier linkfest in the blogosphere. With added features this week: Categories, to parse out your reading pleasure, and a beautiful graphic ready to become a button on your very own blog when you get "Sac-ed." Kelley is so thoughtful, doncha think? [as soon as I get my own little beastie out of hospital, I'll have the ability to get the Cul-de-sac button to display here, too] And if you want to hear a little byte from a very cute boy, here's Spiderman's vocal debut on Mommy's blog! Help Kelley figger out a good hostess gift for her upcoming visit with Kate in Hawai'i. See what a little good blogging [actually, a lot of good blogging] can do for a couple of nice girls?Monday, September 29, 2003
Are You a Betting Man ??
Via a circuitous route comes my favorite prediction about The Recall™, posited by Dafydd ab Hugh, usually a rational human being despite being an author.Dear Hindrocket; Another world-famous prediction from Dafydd! This one is REALLY off the wall, and if I were a betting man (which I am), I would bet that I'll fall flat on my face on this one. But the payoff for being right would be so deep, that I can't resist tossing it out there. I predict that McClintock will stay in the race to the finish, just as he promised... but a few days from now, he will give a speech -- timed to fit right into the news cycle -- in which he says something along these lines:
"My friends and supporters... I said I would stay in this race to the finish; I gave my word; and you know -- everyone in Sacramento knows -- that I always keep my word. I am staying in this race. But -- I've also taken a hard look at my support, and I realize I cannot possibly win. Therefore, in order not to be the spoiler and saddle California with Cruz Bustamante for three years, I'll tell you what I will do: I plan to step into that polling place on Tuesday and vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger, not myself. I know my supporters will look deep into their hearts and decide for themselves what they will do; they will have to decide whether they want to send a message, or send a Republican to the state house. Thank you very much, I love you all. And if I should lose this race, then "I'll be back," as one of my opponents might say, in 2004! Thank you very much, I will not answer any questions at this time."
What do you think? As insane as it sounds to me? -- Dafydd ab Hugh
Well? Any takers? [Tom??] Also to be posted on PowerLine
Sunday, September 28, 2003
Word of the Day
hoplophobia - n. - an irrational and morbid fear of guns, a term coined by Jeff Cooper, from Greek "hoplites," weapon. Symptoms may include discomfort, disorientation, rapid pulse, sweating, faintness and more, at the mere sight or even thought of guns. Hoplophobes are common and should never be involved in setting gun policies, though many are hard at work in the rights-denial movement, and are arguably the greatest threat in the debate. Point out hoplophobic behavior when you see it, it is dangerous, and sufferers deserve pity. A hoplophobe (HOP-li-fobe) can often be cured by training, or by a day at the range. "Individually, we do not bear arms because we are afraid. We bear arms as a declaration of capacity. An armed man can cope - either in the city or in the wilderness - and because he is armed, he is not afraid. The hoplophobe fears and, yes, hates us, because we are not afraid. We are overwhelmingly "other" than he, and in a way that emphasizes his afflictions." Jeff Cooper
ThanQ! Wolfesblog
New Stuff
Interesting blog by a woman with a beautiful name and an attitude, Wolfesblog This outta give ya an idea:"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
"Is your refrigerator running???"
I suppose this means crank phone calls are protected free speech?!? I suppose this means crank phone calls are protected free speech?!? Let's find Judge Nottingham's number, phone and ask him if he has Prince Albert in a can -- at dinner time -- about 50 million times, once for each number on the DNC list. UPDATE: oops! Guess we can't call him. He's on the list!! FURTHER UPDATE: Xrlq illustrates the level to which this discussion has fallen. Sheesh. . .Appeal to Uber-Geeks
I seem to have a problem: That little picture on the left, the one I change every so often to suit my mood? It seems that it totally screws up the display of my blog on screens that are smaller. It does so by putting the sidebar at the bottom, which is simply inconvenient, or by covering the top entry, which is simply intolerable. I so dislike annoying readers. I don't want to lose the foto as it's the only decorative element around the place, so I'm a'gonna try to put it in differently. Feedback, please? If anyone knows any bit o' code which would tell the individual browsers to resize the foto depending on the readers' configurations, I would be ever so grateful.Friday, September 26, 2003
BTW
An opportunistic little freak who styles himself davidradivinsky27@hotmail.com just gave me a ream of penis enlargement/penis reduction/penis removal SPAM in a comment to a post that is months old! Granted, the post did refer to Acidman, but still . . . I think davidradivinsky27@hotmail.com has too little to do and needs some mail: what say we help him out, eh? UPDATE: Fritz has more info on this cretin. And, by the way, his IP is 66.111.50.170, FYI. "Go Away, little fuck."My Responses to the Recall Debate, Which Are Mine *ahem*
aka: Better Late Then Never . . First thing to hit me is that the Broadcasters Assn. did a terrible job of informing the public, not to mention its own members who, I believe, are the media, that the questions were given to the Voters ahead of time in order to increase the level of critical appraisal of the candidates' answers. Either that, or they came up with the idea 10 minutes before air time. . . I liked the format and the debate was going rather well until about 7 minutes in when Reality was sent out of the room for the crime of inconvenience. The squabbling over look-up-able facts was pitiful. [Hey, Peter! People with incomes in the top 5% in this state pay about 45% of the total amount of taxes. C'mon back to our planet.] Let's break this down by candidate: Arianna "I-have-A-Larger-Vision" Her-Huff-arrived-and-she-left-in-it Huffington: On the up side, she did call the Big B. on his "I'm sure you don't know this but . . ." superiority trip [the trip taken most often by those who genuinely fear that they, themselves, don't know shit.] "It's getting tiresome." -- good line. [Green Acres shots are too easy - yet.. ... .. so.... ....... tantalizing. .. ..... ... . *must resist, dahlink*] She wants to kill Prop 13, 'cept for the "little people," the ones who can't afford to own a house. And she is terribly fixated on Bush. [I'd seek therapy for that were I obsessed so, dear. Sounds painful.] She calls herself "independent/progressive" and, with her definition, CA would progress rapidly to an unpopulated, third world nation. She hates corporations, she hates rich folks, and she seems strangely angry about I-couldn't-tell-what. Loves to take pot shots, though. Some would actually have been snarkily funny if they weren't so mean-spirited. I doubt she could lead the CA legislature to a free buffet at a strip club. With booze. Oh, and she reminds us that she has "A Larger Vision," which my translators read as, "Run! Run Screaming!!" Speaking of whom, Cruz "You-are-all-are-sooo-incredibly-much-dimmer-than-me" BustaMEChA™ is a superior little shit, ain't he? Makes it kinda humorous that he couldn't figger out which camera had the little red light during his two minute summation. Something Gary Coleman wouldn't have had trouble with. The Big B's crack about we voters being so sheep-like that those ring-dings prepping for an Oct. 8 recall effort would, of course, be successful was slickly stated. But I think most caught it. And he wants to build More Houses?!? His idea that that'll send the Real Estate market down has some flaws in it, methinks. In our area, we lost two or three large companies with tens of thousands of jobs and have built thousands of houses in the last couple-three years [without any useful supporting traffic infrastructure, so quality-of-life is progressively suckier] and those houses are still selling for $350 - $400,000 for a 3/2 w/ great room on a tiny lot. The real estate market in CA is a whit bit more complex than simple supply-and-demand Econ 101, Cruz. Ah, and his best idea? Sin Taxes. Yep, that hoary old hobby horse. Don't you remember the American Dream; the one where we can all get a little richer and afford to sin a little? Mr Clean-living-born-to-pick-cotton-raised-to-work-hard-now-I'm-wearing-custom-made-suits-cuz-I'm-just-a-little-chubby?? Yeah. Raising the taxes on wine's gonna go over real big in CA... And my particular peeve? All those new text books are The Bustabastard's fault! Have youThe Circular Filing Squad**
. . . aka the Republican Party of CA, seems at last to be pulling it together. For years they have put "being right above winning elections. It is, IMO, this approach that underlies the necessity of this Recall. Californians, and Republicans found Mr Simon's virulent right wingishness a league too far right [remember, we are California Republicans. Not RINOs, but certainly on the more moderate end of the scale -- the more libertarian end. [Small "l" libertarian: "Libertarian Party" is an oxymoron. Not quite as moronic as "Anarchist Party," but close.] So, when given the choice in the regular election between a nice, fresh road apple and someone who would make us eat road apples, we chose Davis. When the opportunity came, thanks to Mr Issa's overwhelming ambition, we grabbed it. Then, along with the multitudes of people selling stuff and those seeking their 15 minutes -- who really knew; one of the 132 might have been a useful being -- we were given another impossible choice. Ahnold and Tom. Tom is smart and knowledgeable [not the same thing] and very dedicated and committed to his positions. And a little to the right for most of us. Rabid, in fact, on the issue of choice. Not so rabid on the second amendment. [Too bad.] Ahnold? He could actually win. And here we go again. No one has yet been able to convince/bribe/scare Tom into throwing his weight behind Ahnold and uniting the opposition vote. [Seeing him in the debate, I can understand why; the guy is firm] But, between them, AS and TM could very well elect BustaMEChA. [shudder] Now, Simon, Issa, and others to follow are throwing their weight behind Ahnold. "Sorry, Tom. It's gotta be done." But it does feel kinda like kickin' a puppy. My other worry? Ol' Tom is just so damn sincere that he might be that most terrifying of all political animals: the True Believer. Go Ahnold . . . ** I'd attribute that phrase but I was working when I heard it on the radio and I didn't catch whose it is -- not mine, though I wish it were.Something I want to see . . .
Road Trip Nation; a documentary and book about a pair of 20-somethings discovering the concept of the handmade life. "Self Construction rather than mass production . . ."Technical Difficulties or Oh My God I Blew It!!
What I'm using here is an iBook which is very kewl but massively uncomfortable to use in my usual spot. The spot that has the DSL cable? Therefore I'm doing all the writing while lounging on the sofa and then will do a core-dump to MT. Downside? I can't read blogs from the sofa. I feel so out of the loop! Therefore I haven't read this week's entries to the Watchers Council. I'm gonna get in trouble baaaad.... I apologize to The Watcher and to my fellow Watchers Council members for my lack of stamina and general lameness in being unable to participate again this week. I hope you see fit only to rip off my epaulettes and demote me to KP but not drum me out of the corps. But I will understand . . . *sniffle*Monday, September 22, 2003
Just so's ya know . . .
It is 108° on my front porch right now and I am not amused. @-_-@"Stay Your Course"
The efforts of Saddam Supporters to make America abandon the Iraqi people to the kind ministrations of the Arab World are not succeeding. In a most bizarre story from The Mirror comes a report that Sad/mad-man's representatives have contacted American forces in Iraq to play "Let's Make a Deal." Despite the outlandish outfits, Monty Hall ain't playin'.[Saddam] ... is desperate, trapped and finding fewer and fewer people willing to give him shelter. He resorts to arriving with a posse of armed men, and forcing them to give him hospitality. When he leaves the frightened 'hosts' are told they'll be killed if they say a word.
Hot Dang ! !
The Amazing Miss Kelley puts us all in the Know as she offers the [yes, again] biggest linkfest yet: The Cul-de-sac! Many good *new* finds. She also has a Caption Contest [wear your ugly-shades] and has determined that she is way too sexy for her blog! A Good Time shall be Had By All -- Go See . . .Hot Damn !
The Amazing Miss Kelley puts us all in the Know as she offers the [yes, again] biggest linkfest yet: The Cul-de-sac! More kewl *new* stuff. She also has a Caption Contest [wear your ugly-shades] and has determined that she is way too sexy for her blog! A Good Time shall be Had By All -- Go See . . .Statistics
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