Speaking of what the eff happened...

Who said this:
"Once you got to Iraq and took it over, took down Saddam Hussein's government, then what are you going to put in its place? That's a very volatile part of the world, and if you take down the central government of Iraq, you could very easily end up seeing pieces of Iraq fly off: part of it, the Syrians would like to have to the west, part of it -- eastern Iraq -- the Iranians would like to claim, they fought over it for eight years. In the north you've got the Kurds, and if the Kurds spin loose and join with the Kurds in Turkey, then you threaten the territorial integrity of Turkey. It's a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq."

Feingold? Gore? Dean? Kerry? Powell? Clark? All wrong.

Find out here.

38 years ago today

Ok, so what the eff happened to you guys?

OMFG! I didn't know there was a video! OMFG!

This is one of the songs that was in heavy, heavy rotation on my stereo as a kid.

36%!

If Gore is included in polls he wipes the floor. Everyone knows that if he runs, he wins and he wins in a landslide. If he doesn't run whichever Democrat wins better make him head of the EPA.

The Look

BTW, check out the last song in my playlist, a live version of "The Look" by Roxette. The sing-along at the end gives me goosebumps. It's not the song per se, I always have that reaction when I hear thousands of people singing together.

Could this be why Turd Blossom is running for the hills?

Judge demands reporters reveal their government sources in the accusation of Steven Hatfill in the anthrax letter case. Remember that? It's a good thing to remember when the wingnuts bring up the false "no terrorist attacks on our soil since 9/11" meme.

I, for one, welcome our new squirrel overlords.

They have heat producing tails people! They know how to use camouflaging makeup! We are doomed! Oh wait, they're fucking squirrels.

You can run but you can't hide Turd Blossom

Official press release from John Edwards. Classic.

AT&T - bad.

This is why I don't want an iPhone (they are only available through AT&T and for some reason Apple signed an exclusive 5 year deal).

AT&T's Secret NSA Room

For those too lazy to read the article, basically it talks about a class action lawsuit against AT&T which alleges the company has set up a way to physically monitor all IP based communications that travel through their hubs. That means all internet and telephone traffic. For anyone aware of the Total Information Awareness (TIA) program this is a crucial (and illegal) part of creating a system capable of monitoring and parsing every bit of information sent through telecoms for whatever purposes the government deems appropriate. This is Big Brother stuff and before I am dismissed as a paranoid conspiracy theorist, remember that the system is already in place, we just don't know how it is being used.

If you use AT&T switch and write a letter to them explaining why. (Yeesh, trying to find an address or email address is next to impossible. I'll keep searching but if anyone has this info put it in the comments.)

If you aren't using AT&T send them a letter saying you won't be using them and explain why; send one to Apple as well.

Uncomfortably energetic

ZOMG!!! Zombies! MWAHAHAHA

New Comic

Found my new favorite comic, xkcd via Cute Overload. Here's why it's a favorite:



That's comedy gold, people!

Hi

We r in ur cuntry taking over ur politics

John Edwards

YearlyKos Presidential forum starting NOW!

Here.

Bill richardson

Political fanboy

I am a political fanboy. In a future post I will explain what that actually means (think The Beatles coming to America, Japanese schoolgirl at an N'Sync concert, comic book fans at the opening of Spiderman). OMFG! Ana-Marie Cox!!!! Darcy Burner!!! Scott Kleeb!!! Charlie Brown!!! Markos Moulitsas!!! Markos!!! Kos!!! And is that Jodie Foster? Pictures coming (but not of Ana-Marie Cox!!! or Markos!!! or Jodie Foster) Sorry.

Seriously, Jen Capps and Patty Mallan, wtf?

No, really, seriously, WTF?

My mind is blown. Will write more about this development later.

[Later] So I'm in Chicago for the YearlyKos convention, randomly wandering downtown looking for a restaurant or bar to get something to eat. This group of people walk past me. As the last person in the group is walking by I glance over at her. Have you ever noticed those times when your brain just kind of shuts down because it just can't compute. I realized it was Jen Capps about the same time she recognized me and we both just kind of stopped and stood there. It was even more strange because just a week or two earlier I had run into her twice in one day, after not seeing her for more than a year (we currently work in adjacent buildings).

You're probably saying, "so what, people run into someone they know all the time." Well, yeah, I guess so, but it is rare made even more rare by the distances involved. I want to talk about this some more but right now I need to get ready for work.

Oh, and Patty was in the group too. Not sure how but we walked right past each other. Wonder what she's up to these days.

Yearlykos

So, I'm here and the show has begun. I will try to update as frequently as possible but it might be a late at night recap. To figure out what I'm talking about go here. And go here to see the blog that originated this convention.

A couple pictures of morning over Lake Michigan.

Gay marriage legalized

After a small, brief ceremony the happy couple went on their honeymoon in The Hague, Netherlands.

Speaking of soccer

How about the Iraqi national team getting to the final of the Asian Cup? Now if there was anyone competent in the government we would be using this kind of goodwill for some soccer diplomacy. The message is easy, "See, Shia and Sunni can come together and accomplish a shared goal." Duh. Also, paging MLS, why aren't you guys saying, "Hey, why don't we help you guys set up a league." Granted, MLS is barely surviving on their own but I'm sure any help they could give would be appreciated. I know, I know all of that is more complicated than I make it seem, but fuck, is anyone even trying?

Anyway, congrats to the Iraqis and good luck, I hope you kick some Saudi ass (that's an interesting matchup).

Also, check out Drew Carey saying all the things I want to say to the unenlightened on Letterman:

Well, well

Looks like Freddy is on his way to Portuguese club, Benfica. As recently as Wednesday it looked like the deal had fallen through mostly because it seemed that MLS was asking WAY too much for a transfer fee, $7.5 million (at least that was the number Steven Goff threw out, sorry can't find the post where he said that). Now it looks like the transfer fee is a much more realistic $2 million. Freddy flies to Portugal tomorrow, seems like a done deal. Good for Freddy. He needs to be on a team where he is not the star. Let's just hope he doesn't get Donovan Syndrome. Surprisingly, becasue of the complicated deal that sent Freddy to RSL from DCU means that DC gets $150k and RSL's third round pick next year (which really is nothing). That $150k would be very useful towards the Juan Sebastian Veron to DCU rumors.

Batshit crazy

Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour from huffpost and Vimeo.

These guys...

These Are My Wednesday One-Liners, in Whom I Am Well-Pleased
Seated proselytizer: Jesus walked through walls without using the door, and when Jesus touches you, he is inside you and you become like Jesus. So, if you do something to me, I don't need the police. I can just come to your house, because I can get in without keys.

--1 train

Overheard by: thaler

Mexican preacher: Statistics show one in one person will die.

--Times Square

Overheard by: soccerking3t

Religious nut: You have to accept God! His holy grace! His saving grace! He's got all kinds of grace!

--Grand Central

Bible-thumper: There's no way if you wrap citric acid, cola, and carbonation in aluminum foil and stick in in the fridge for a million years it's ever going to evolve into a Coke!

--Tompkins Square Park

Preacher: The best thing you can have on your resume when you die is not that you went to Harvard, not that you have a Ph.D., but that you have eternal life.

--Staten Island Ferry

Overheard by: God requires a resume?


via Overheard in New York, Jul 25, 2007

...need to see this picture.

(picture yoinked from here)

Hey illegal immigrants, screw picking grapes...

you'll make a lot more money proofing ads. Obviously, this is one of those jobs Americans don't want to do.

So True.

Wednesday One-Liners for the Naked Cowboy

Hoochie: Let me tell you, there is a huge difference between a generally good party and a generally good party with naked girls.

--St. Mark's & 2nd Ave

Overheard by: Steve

via Overheard in New York, Jul 25, 2007

Best ads ever

Found this site, some good stuff, especially this. I give it 5 ha-rumphs...well, 4.5 'cause it didn't have this one:

Ray Hudson is, in fact, insanely awesome

Found this post recently and I agree, Ray Hudson can be an incredibly annoying announcer but he does bring a lot of passion and some of the most sublime, nearly unintelligible metaphors you will ever hear. Most of the time you're thinking, "Ray, what the f* are you talking about?" But then he'll bust out with the crazy and your brain does a "Wait, what? What did he just say? OMG, that is the bestest, most convoluted metaphor I've ever heard." Seriously, I've made Peter rewind the game just to hear some crazy thing Ray has said. Even when he was DC United's coach, the team may have played like shite but the quotes were awesome. Don't believe me, check out Ray Hudson Must Die (obviously someone who can't enjoy the absurd).

My favorite on that list:
Here you see him, trickier than a monkey up a monkey tree.
Hudson, 19:09 1st

Seriously, WTF? But I can't help laughing.

Darfur and water troubles

I'm in the process of writing a fairly long post about the commodification of water and the effects of the continuing scarcity of it. Water is poised to become the most precious commodity, so much so that oil would be relegated to the same level as bananas when compared to it (meaning wars for oil will look like border skirmishes in comparison).

I am aware that the situation in Darfur is terrible. However, I am completely ignorant of the reasons behind the conflict. According to this BBC report it's water. Are there other conflicts that foreshadow the looming problem? Kashmir? Nepal? Congo? Las Vegas (there should be a second link here but I can't find it, where was I reading that)?

Those stories about women's colleges are true, aren't they?

That Thing Almost Took Off My Hand Last Time
Student #1: Jess, come here. I need your help.
Student #2: I am not touching your cooter again.

Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts

via Overheard Everywhere, Jul 16, 2007

Mr. Lee the Cat Photographer

This is so cool. Some dude hooked up a digital camera to his cat and sent him outside with the camera set to take a picture every so many minutes. I want to do this...although it would be pretty boring on Mittens since he rarely goes outside and when he does stays within 50 feet of the door.

Kind of cool

I was able to ask neo-con asshat Bill Kristol a question on a WaPo online discussion. Mine is the very last question he answered.

Just found this

through DCist.

VegDC. Who's up for checking out Java Green. Speaking of vegetarians I've been on the mailing list for this Meetup group for a long time but have never gone, anyone interested in going to one of their events with me?

Sound like LNSers to me...

except that they're riding the bus, I'd imagine that is against the bylaws

For Those Who Think It Tragic That White Birthrates Are Dropping
Old frat boy #1: Yeah, dude, I really need to get my stuff together. I've already graduated college and I still live like I'm in college.
Old frat boy #2: Yeah, don't mess around and end up like Mike* -- he's about to have a second kid. Both of them were mistakes.
Old frat boy #1: Yeah, I always make the girls I have sex with stand on their heads after. I'm so glad that urban legend is true.
Old frat boy #2: Haha, yeah, I always make the girls I hook up with do post-coital jumping jacks.

Metrobus
Washington, DC

Overheard by: Tyler

via Overheard Everywhere, Jul 14, 2007

City Paper cover story of Late Night Shots (LNS), only read this if you are prepared to be thoroughly disgusted, pissed off and possibly homocidal.

Wonkette laughing at these morons since June 2006.

Out of Africa

So I just finished watching Out of Africa again. I last saw it when it came out in theaters (it was in Manassas, so it may have been at the dollar theater a year after it was released) and this is what I remember from the first time:

• I didn't really understand the plot or follow the story line (I think I might have even fallen asleep at times).

• Africa was/is beautiful

• The cinematography was awesome (yes, I noticed that at the tender age of 15 (or 16), it was one of the reasons I think my parents took me to see it)

• The plane scene was incredible, I think that is when I decided I love flying (maybe I just liked it before?).

Here is what I know now:

• Meryl Streep was not “hawt” but strong, independent women are hot.

• Any guy that doesn't have a man-crush on Robert Redford is either psychotically oppressively gay or dead inside or just doesn't like blonds.

• Best line of the movie:

  Hans (Streep's husband, Klaus Maria Brandauer): “You could have asked, Dennis.”

  Dennis (Streep's lover, Robert Redford): “I did. She said yes.”

• The British/Spanish/Dutch/Germans/Italians/French (aw, hell, Europeans)/Americans fucked it all up for the rest of us (meaning future generations of those nationalities and the people they “colonized”).

• Dennis (Redford) came the closest I've seen in a while to expressing my reservations about marriage. (Paraphrase: Would I love you less with or without a piece of paper)

• Karen (Streep) came the closest I've seen in a while to expressing the argument against my reservations. (Paraphrase: No, but at least you would have acknowledged that you have a reason/obligation to be here with me (there is more to it than that, but it's a start)).

• I yearn for a true frontier.

• Europeans/Americans mistook technology, bureaucracy and strict social mores for civilization.

• Africa was/is beautiful

• The cinematography was incredible.

• The plane scene was awesome.

• Coffee can be grown at high altitudes.

I have actually had this happen...more than once

5PM You Mean the Planter?

Blonde salesgirl on phone with IT: My computer is not working.
IT guy: Did you plug everything in right?
Blonde salesgirl: Yes! Of course! The light is on, but nothing's happening. [IT guy goes to her office, bends over, presses power button and walks out.] But the light was on!
IT guy: That's your screen. The computer is the big box on the floor.

Office, Meilleur Street
Montreal
Canadia

Overheard by: ID-10-T

via Overheard in the Office, Jul 12, 2007

My Mascot

Ha-rumph indeed

I'll be there too!

Hillary last Dem candidate to accept the invitation to YearlyKos.

Well, Republicans, are you proud?

There are a lot of things to address from this clip:

1) The power of the internet
2) The myth of the weak Democrats
3) The truth that the Democrats have been and continue to be the party of the lower and middle classes while the Republics have been and continue to be the party of the rich
4) Democrats are for education, Republics are for money
5) Democrats think long-term, Republics are short timers

Yet Another Example

of why the music industry is horrible and deserves to have its product stolen; they make it not worth buying.

F*** Yeah I Am!

My Liberal Identity:

You are an Eco-Avenger, also known as an environmentalist or tree hugger. You believe in saving the planet from the clutches of air-fouling, oil-drilling, earth-raping conservative fossil fools.

Take the quiz at www.FightConservatives.com

This is called proof.

One more false argument the climate change deniers can't use.

Awww yeah, shake it little otter [BARRY WHITE VOICE]

Otters RULZZ!

Holy Horoscope!

Mine is spot on! (Aquarius)

Davezilla's Horoscopes

OH!! SHNAP!!

Michael Moore rips the f* out of Wolf Blitzer and the media in general. Once again, Moore points out the incompetence and complicity of the mainstream media. BONUS: Moore basically endorsed Al Gore. Run Al, run.



UPDATE: Couple links for you, Michael Moore's site, an anecdotal story about audience reaction in Texas, Texas people! In the comments from the audience reaction piece I found these links, One Care Now and Health Care For All, which are specific to California but might be a good model for the rest of the country. Finally, House Resolution 676, introduced by John Conyers, there don't seem to be any bills introduced in the Seanate.

Katie-Brian Wedding in Erie, PA

MWAHAHAHAHA

Someone at DOJ is unhappy.

un-FUCKING-believable

Bush gives a huge "Fuck you" to justice (PDF).

Madam Speaker Pelosi, NOW will you put impeachment back on the table?

Ow!

Da da da daaah, Da da daaaah... Da da da daaah... Da da DA DA DA...!

Today is the 6th day of filming for this minor, inconsequential, indie film set to open May 22, 2008. I think it's got a chance to be a hit.

Bush is an asshat!

From the department of Tell Me Something I Don't Know.

Read the last line (the trash line, not the God line, although...) and tell me you don't want to kick him in the teeth.

Update [06/27/07]: Seriously, no one wants to kick him in the teeth? Do I have to do everything around here?

Putting Manassas on the map

Not my school.

When the Hudson Brothers Won the Nobel Gay Prize
World History teacher: The Nazis imprisoned more people than just the Jews -- handicapped people, homosexuals--
Bimbette, interrupting: --They had homos back then? I thought they didn't invent that until, like, the '70s.

Osbourn High School
Manassas, Virginia

Overheard by: This is the last time I take a class that isn't Honors

via Overheard Everywhere, Jun 15, 2007

Now this is a storm

Uh might need a concept rethink here

Happened to me just the other day.

Alternate title: Only in Virginia.

Happens to Everyone Eventually
Woman #1: I fell down the stairs yesterday.
Woman #2: Oh my god! Me, too! What happened?
Woman #1: I don't know. I just fell.
Woman #2: I guess I'm a little better than you -- a possum was chasing me.

Target
Virginia

via Overheard Everywhere, Jun 4, 2007

Resistance is NOT futile.

We can take these guys!

The Cuddly Menace! (not quite the right title, IMHO)

Why does it have to be pretty?

Tick bite!

Actually this is the "bullseye" rash from the tick bite that sent me to the emergency room. Apparently, getting a rash like this from a tick bite and a raging headache, fever and joint pains means things are not going to just work themselves out. There were a couple of firsts that were a result of this.
1) First time I've been in a hospital as a patient (not counting being born; ironically, I went to the hospital in which I was born).
2) First time I've ever had an IV.
Woohoo!

So, they didn't tell me exactly what I have yet but the drug they gave me, Doxycycline is used to treat sinusitis, syphilis, chlamydia, acne, anthrax, malaria, Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (which I think I've had before), and my personal favorite, elephantitis.

Avast!

From quite possibly the most important site on teh intarwebs, Cute Overload.

Pirate Pup

Cute but weird flowers

At the diner

Harry who?

Hello Lyra Belacqua. This is going to be awesome.

Movie website
Fun
Some background about the movie and about the book, here's stuff about the author including his website and an interview, some stuff about the religious aspects, comparisons to Narnia, some of the controversy, some articles by Pullman and then there is this asshole.

You will never defeat me! Maybe not, but I will impale you.

Check out Anika's post about the awesomely absurd unicorns I gave her for Christmas (late) last year. BTW, check out the rest of Candy Buffet, it rawks!

Here are the unicorns I kept.

The awesomeness of Cold War unicorns is beyond words.

I've got a bad feeling about this.

Thirty years ago this weekend.  Thank you George Lucas for making it ok to be a geek (too bad you're a pompous jackass). Star Wars Memorial Day Weekend movie marathon anyone?

Time magazine review
Washington Post review

Uh, guys?

Houston (and the rest of MLS), I think we have a problem.

With the addition on Juan Pablo Angel it's looking like NY Red Bulls may finally be living up to the hopes and expectations of the MLS executives.  They are 5-1-2 with 6 shutouts.  Take a look at these highlights. I'm kind of ok with this development, the DC-NY rivalry, in my mind, was always the one with the potential to be the most intense in MLS... except that NY has always sucked.  Maybe now DC can welcome them to the elite of MLS which currently has a membership of one (suck it LA).

Champions League Final Today

Kickoff at 2:45

AC Milan-Liverpool: A replay of the 2005 'Miracle In Istanbul'

This could be a snoozefest as both teams try not to make a mistake. But I think it is more likely to be a barnburner, 3-2 Milan.

UEFA
ESPN
BBC
La Gazzetta

UPDATE: OMFG! I just put it together, my parents are in Italy RIGHT NOW!! They better be watching it somewhere!!! ARRRGGGHHH!!! so jealous!

The trials of working in IT

1PM Translation: Whatever You Do Will Have to Be Done Over

Project manager: We need to get the turnover rate for the past 12 months.
Database admin: I have that. I can give you the turnover for the past year.
Project manager: Great! We'll also need it for the previous 12 months.
Database admin: I'm confused -- isn't the past 12 months the previous 12 months?
Project manager: Yes.

1055 Lenox Park Boulevard
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: Iga

via Overheard in the Office, May 21, 2007

Hee hee

This comes from I can has cheezburger?. Makes me laugh.

Chandeliers from the clouds

Owls water purifiers and washing machines

Lincoln Memorial

Coming off the Memorial Bridge

Bwah?

Where did it come from?

New tool

for getting your happy on.

Oh God, I'm laughing so hard my sides hurt.

Looks like the Chimpinator is on his way to an approval rating in the teens.  When you've lost the mouth-breathers of Free Republic you should probably double your Secret Service detail.

Welcome new "liberals"


And by "liberals" I mean people that are now saying some of the exact same things we have been saying for years (namely that the Shrub will destroy America, through stupidity, vindictiveness, corruption and incompetency) and who at the time(s) we said those things called us traitors and worse. And by welcome I mean STFU and sit in the corner for a while and just watch and listen and maybe you'll learn something about being a decent human being... but I'm not hopeful.

Here's my analogy of the situation in Iraq

There was a honeybee nest in a tree, we took it down out of the tree and punched it. Right now we're standing there holding the nest and the bees are flying around, all pissed off, stinging us.

The Repubs are saying, "we have to keep punching it until all the bees are dead."

The Repubs are also saying "The Democrats want us to drop the nest and run away."

The Democrats are saying, "But, we can't just keep holding this damn thing and we'll never be able to kill all the bees."

What we, the people are saying (or should be saying) is, "Crap, this was really stupid. Hey kid, come here and hold this until the bees quiet down, but, uh, first put on that beesuit and, uh, here's a smoker (smoke knocks bees out, it’s true). Only use the smoker on the bees that are on the suit and, uh, hey, all you people standing around, grab that hose, spray the kid down every once in a while. We'll be standing over here with this can of RAID to help you out. And once the bees calm down a little, set the nest down and take a couple steps back and we'll all come up with a plan to deal with the bees at that time. Oh and by the way, we're really sorry about all this, one of the bees stung us earlier and we might have overreacted a little."

P.S. Sorry, got bees on the brain.

Asshat

Karma's a bitch, ain't it?

I hope the door breaks your leg on the way out.

You're next, asshole.

Evolutionary thought experiment

So I was thinking about the missing bee problem and started thinking about what could be done if the bees became extinct. This would be beyond catastrophic and could bring about a quicker mass extinction than anything we have yet imagined. So, we would have to do something and what if that something was to create robot bees that flew around transferring pollen from one flower to another (just work with me here). Obviously the robot bees wouldn't need to actually collect the nectar of the flowers since the only purpose of nectar is to lure bees to the flowers to unwittingly transfer pollen. Ok, so now we get to the actual question, would plants evolve to no longer produce pollen? I mean, producing nectar requires energy and any plants that didn't produce nectar could direct that energy towards producing more flowers. This would give those plants an advantage over the nectar producers because they would be able to produce more offspring. Sounds like the answer is yes doesn't it? But if I haven't yet squandered any authority I might have by mass extinction talk and robot bee talk, the answer is... sort of.

There are two main reasons why the answer is sort of. First, evolution is a game of pressure, both positive and negative. Being able to produce more flowers would be positive pressure for the non-nectar producers, but because the robot bees would still service all of the flowers equally there is no negative pressure on the nectar producers. This would result in what I call passive evolution, the non-nectar producers have an advantage but it's only in the numbers game. This would probably result in nectar producing becoming a recessive trait (this is a massive generalization, I don't think anyone knows if genes can change their dominant-recessiveness and if they can how it occurs).

The second reason is the mechanics of nectar production. The most likely scenario is that multiple genes are involved, but for argument's sake let us say that there is just one. The first question is, is there already a recessive non-nectar gene? Possible but not very likely, there would be incredible negative pressure on that gene. Any plants unfortunate to exhibit the trait would only reproduce through randomness (drunk bees bumping into the flowers after visiting the nectar producing neighbors) or bee attraction via other stimuli (bees being attracted by flower color and not by the more powerful nectar attraction). So, recessive gene possible but unlikely due to the huge positive pressure of nectar producers and the huge negative pressure of non-nectar producers. The second question to ask regarding the mechanics of nectar production is, if there is not already a recessive non-nectar gene how likely is it that a mutation would create one? Not too likely. First, we've already made the unlikely assumption that only one gene is involved, then we have to make the equally unlikely assumption that one mutation would turn off nectar production.

So, what we have is, if non-nectar producers exist they will have very slight advantage which may eventually result in their dominance, if they don't currently exist they may come about randomly and eventually become dominant.

Which brings us to the real point of this whole convoluted rambling: evolution is crazy complicated. People who say they don't believe in it have no fucking clue what they are talking about, they don't believe in it because it is too complicated for them to understand. The majority of people who believe in it simply believe in it, they don't really understand it. Some people such as myself (I was studying to be a geneticist or evolutionary biologist in college) see that most people don't understand and see some of the mistakes people make but only a very small minority really have a good grasp on it. I mean, I know I said some things above about which an evolutionary biologist would say "You're right but not for the reason you think," or "you're wrong about this assumption." And the final kicker is that even those who really know what they are talking about would readily admit that there is a lot that they still don't understand.

Oh, Oh, this is just f#$%ing great

Really, thanks ABC. Like we weren't persecuted enough.

Harrumpphh!

Train spotter?

This guy is parked here nearly every morning

Cage of Steel "Death" Match

Two will enter but only, uh, two will come out.

Another iris

Give me shelter

Iris just opening

BWAHAHAHAHAHA II

It's got a nice beat, I can dance to it.

Music by Paul Holcomb
Video by Gavin

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Without pie there is only chaos

Seriously, wtf?

Impressive, no?

Bill Richardson is the most qualified candidate out there. Unfortunately, I think he is too tight with the “inside the beltway” crowd and too cozy with the corporations. But I think I need to do that research again to make sure.

Afternoon sun on brick

Latest VoteVets ad

This ad is being played in districts and states of Republicans who are close to breaking ranks with Preznit Pissypants and his immoral, criminal war. Amazingly, John Warner (VA-Sen) is one of the targets, maybe us Virginians should give him a call, (202) 224-2023, and let him know we will welcome his rejection of the Idiot-in-Chief and his return to sanity.

This is how I fill my day.

There is now a computer installed permanently in the main conference room to be used for presentations.  This will eliminate the need to connect a laptop for each presentation.  How do you use it?  Follow these easy steps:

 

• Turn on the power to the media system (blue arrow in picture below)
• 
• Select the computer as the source (green arrow in picture above)
• Get out the wireless keyboard and mouse located in the first cabinet closest to the door
• Moving the mouse or pressing a key on the keyboard should wake up the computer and send signals to the screen.  If the screen remains blank:
• Verify that the screen is on, the light on the lower right corner of the screen should be green
• Verify that the computer is on, the computer is located under the conference table and there should be a green light near the middle of the face plate.
• Verify that the wireless keyboard and mouse are working:
• The wireless transmitter next to the spider phone should have a green light like this
• 
• The mouse should be emitting a red light from underneath
• The keyboard should have a green light in the upper right corner.
• If one of these is not working it may be possible to reconnect the devices:
• Press the connect button on the wireless transmitter
• On the bottom of the keyboard and mouse press the red connect buttons (the mouse will require a paper clip or pen to reach the button)
• 
  
• If reconnecting doesn’t seem to work it may be necessary to replace the batteries in one or both of the devices
• Log in as you normally would:
• Username: lastname firstinitial
• Password: your normal password
• Log on to: NA
• If the computer is locked by another user you will need to find that user or me or call the helpdesk (202-530-4890) to unlock the computer (alternative method: manually turning off and restarting the computer)
• If this is the first time you have used the computer it may be very slow for the first 5-10 minutes as the computer creates your local computer profile.
• When you are finished be sure to shut down or restart the computer.
• Be sure to return the wireless keyboard and mouse to the cabinet.

Iraqi Blogs

Iraqi Blog Count

 

I’ve been looking for something like this for a while now.  Don’t have time to actually visit any of the blogs right now and don’t really know if this is legitimate yet (in other words, not some right wing propaganda) but will check it out this evening.  In the meantime, if you have the time, check some of them out and let me know if they look real and if there is some way for Americans to directly engage Iraqis.

For Fu#$%s sake people, it's spelled LOSE not LOOSE

Seriously.

Metro after dc united game

Oops

John Edwards just became my top choice.

...well, after Al Gore, of course.



He has done and said just about everything I want to hear from my next president.  More detail on why we need to draft Gore and why Edwards would be the best second choice later.

To thine ownself be true and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then lose a game

The All Shakespeare Starting XI

 

This is awesome, combining 4 of my favorite things: soccer, Shakespeare, literary analysis and in the combination of those three, extreme geekitude.

To save the world we had to seal the portals

... And for extra protection we put a trash can in front of the big one

Must be a Nationals fan

Which I Do to Make Getting Pregnant Fun
Girl: That's totally the last time I'm getting pregnant. It takes all the fun out of drinking!

RFK Stadium Metro Station
Washington, DC

via Overheard Everywhere, May 1, 2007

Uhhh

How many invisible people does it take to screw in a light bulb?