2009 archive
MMR 0
Law and Order SVU takes on the anti-vaccination kooks.
Philadelphia Shrinquirer FAIL 0
Couldn’t find the morning paper after going to several places (the Wilmington paper just isn’t worth the effort of carrying it to the car).
The owner of Claymont News told me that “everyone is sold out,” because the Shrinky reduced the size of the delivery for the holiday. Did have a nice chat with another customer about how Brian Tierney has, to quote him, “. . . done the Inquirer no favors.”
I ended up getting a Washington Post instead of a New York Times because, well, what’s Sunday without Sunday comics and an agony column?
Carrion Eaters 0
Who could make this stuff up?
Greater Wingnuttery XXXVIII 0
The President’s magical mystical powers, as imagined by wingnuts.
Can This Marriage Be Saved? 1
From the Henny Youngman news wire:
They initially thought he was suffering from an ear injury and went to help him but found he was unhurt.
“While we were still puzzling over the this, his wife ran up and continued nagging him,” said a crewmate.
“The husband covered his ears again and said: ‘I need a break’ before jumping over the side into the rushing river.
Via Wait! Wait!
Southern California Does Have Four Seasons 0
Mudslide, earthquake, drought, fire:
Californians Gather To Celebrate Annual Wildfire Tradition
Via the Daily Dish.
Opera Developer Tools 0
I’ve been working on a website for a friend of mine and, as I have tried to clean up the last couple of things so I can invoice so it can go live, I haven’t had a lot of luck.
Then I found Opera Developer Tools. They come with Opera. I just never stumbled over them before.
It shows the css, the rendered page code, and the scripts, as well as lists page errors and all sorts of other neat stuff.
Click the image for a larger picture.
Afterthought: I’m hardly a web developer. But I’m a pretty good editor.
Pay for Performance 0
Bryan Gould, writing in the Guardian, skewers the banksters’ bonus culture.
The absurdity of the whole “pay for performance” nonsense is the masters of the universe continued to be get their “bonuses for performance” even as the recipients companies have gone down in flames.
It was never about company performance. It was about accumulation of personal wealth.
To review the evidence, read the whole thing.
Dustbiters 0
A continuing series of mastery of the universe.
And they haven’t even made it to the Mountain Time Zone yet.
(The next morning)
Now they have:
First State Bank, Flagstaff, Arizona
Maxim 0
No, not the magazine.
This little tidbit at Glomarization.
(Come to think of it, has anyone ever seen a big tidbit?)
The Next Steps 0
Bill Shein investigates the upcoming phase of the health care legislation or lack thereof.
There’s Always Room for Jello 0
Well, maybe not so much:
There’s no room for Jell-O downtown (Norfolk, Va.), at least not for female Jell-O wrestling.
(snip)
(Club owner) Reid said the show was canceled Monday, a day before city officials called. The event was to be produced by an outside promoter and was booked six weeks ago, he said, long before the city stripped licenses to serve alcohol from Have a Nice Day Cafe and Bar Norfolk.
Burning question: Cherry or strawberry?
Foamers (Updated) 2
Where were the protests when George W. Bush actually went to a school to read a book?
Oh. I forgot.
There weren’t any.
Addendum:
John Cole at Balloon Juice.
Addendum-dee-dum-dum:
Steve Benen via Noz. (See the comments at Noz’s place.)
“Nobody Could Have Predicted . . .” 0
. . . except for all those folks who did.
The bitee threw the first punch and, according to the story, claims he did so because he felt threatened.
The bitee has health coverage.
Medicare.
Field has commentary.