From commentor Wesley: I live in downtown Washington DC (Dupont Circle) and have come across this plant attached in a planter across from my apartment. I’ve seen it growing for the last several...
I had dinner tonight with a very good friend of mine, who’s celebrating his 70th birthday. It was a big to do, for various reasons, we went to a very nice restaurant. There was a guy there who ...
So, DC Comics has accomplished its Big Gay Superhero Reveal: Green Lantern, one of DC Comics’ oldest and most enduring heroes, is serving as a beacon for the publisher again, this time as a pro...
Two somewhat related topics. Just watched another episode of Yard Crashers, and once again it featured a gay couple. I continue to be unimpressed with the yards they make (they always seem gawdy and ...
I just watched Tunch launch a failed sneak attack on a robin in the back yard. He “stealthed” up to about five yards away, then went to spring and something happened with his left foot (t...
In Thursday’s New York Times Andrew Pollack wrote a mostly unobjectionable, informative piece on an innovation in treatment for a variety of cancers. The trick he described involves attac...
All 67 election supervisors tell Rick Scott to pound salt: Florida elections supervisors said Friday they will discontinue a state-directed effort to remove names from county voter rolls because they...
From Breitfail: In recent years, Democrats have argued that requiring voters to show photo IDs prior to voting is an egregious act of voter suppression. Ben Jealous, of the NAACP, has gone so far as ...
From the gmail inbox: That is NOT what I asked—I asked whether TWO schools from one city had won the championship in the same sport Maryland is NOT in Baltimore! It is in College Park, an hour ...
Power washed the house, put down fertilizer, planted flowers in the front beds, and this afternoon I’m installing a solar powered attic fan to try to lower the temps in my attic to under 140* F...
Today’s my 31st birthday, so I am taking a little “me time” to blog about education. My plan is to write a three-post series: one asking whether we are in an education crisis; one e...
David Cay Johnston looks into the government handouts around a $250 million project to revitalize a mall that should have never been built: When the Monroe County industrial development agency gave [...
Those are front page stories on the mobile editions of the Post and the Times. I suppose this kind of shit gets clicks or sells papers, but from what I’ve seen over the years, those papers̵...
Here’s the boss hen, ready for her close-up. I’m off the the feed store shortly for more pine shavings and chicken chow. What are y’all up to?
So I was about to go crank Little Feat, and I changed my mind and started playing the Who, who I just love. I’m a bit tuned up on scotch and mojitos, so just bear with me. I started playing Emi...
That was a fun party. Now for an hour of Little Feat before bed. Gotta get the daily dose in to keep the spirit solid. Also, we have now been linked by Epicurious, so media domination must be close. ...
Conspiracy theorists take note: Bilderberg 2012 is here, and this year it’s back in CIA Country. Charlie Skelton’s posting regular dispatches at the Guardian: It’s all change at Bil...
Had to leave the BBQ in a rush because my brother is at Steeler’s Fantasy Camp and was chatting with Tunch Ilkin, and my brother mentioned that Tunch was named after him and wanted to see a pic...
Off to a bbq, despite it being overcast. Loyola beat Maryland the other day in the National Championship Lacrosse game, which means that three schools from Baltimore have won the championship (Maryla...
Nice going: A Florida judge revoked bond Friday for George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. Seminole County Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. ordered...
The most interesting thing about the Stuxnet story Mistermix discussed this morning is how long after a country openly admitted they had launched a cyberattack on a nuclear plant here in the United S...
In case anyone had any doubts, a Florida newspaper did an analysis of Governor Rick Scott’s voter purge and this is what they found: Hispanic, Democratic and independent-minded voters are the m...
This is from a good James Fallows round-up of research on the tone of campaign coverage. Obama always has more negative than positive coverage, while Romney generally has more positive than negative....
Jobs numbers pretty much fooled everyone on the econ side, but not anyone on the political side. The American jobs engine hit stall speed in May, with the economy adding just 69,000 new jobs while th...
Y’all may have seen some version this image…it’s been flowing through the ‘tubes pretty freely: I have to say, the whole tableau cracks me up: just look at Bobby Z.̵...
Here’s JCPenney’s response to the boycotting, caterwauling and whining about their use of Ellen DeGeneres as a spokesperson. According to the company, the two men who appear in the ad are...
The Times has a great piece on Stuxnet, the computer worm designed to destroy Iranian centrifuges. Stuxnet was a joint US/Israeli operation which was accidentally released across the Internet due to ...
Got an email from commentor Vida Loca: Since you often seem to post pet pictures I thought you might be interested in the attached picture of Charlie, a shepherd mix who’s the best buddy of a c...
Looks like I will be heading to the People’s Republic of Madison again in August (not telling you when, and no I do not want to meet you for drinks/dinner/a round of hookers. No offense. I̵...
From our Food Goddess, TaMara: I had a request to do some grilling and picnic recipes for the next few weeks (thanks Yutsano). We’ll traverse the table: meats, vegetables, side dishes and desse...
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