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drafts and not drafts.
I am going to save this as a local, then as a draft. Here is my ‘save as draft’ change. Woo!
Dust and Digging
Hey kids! Didja miss me? I know, I’m working on it. But because I know PRECISELY enough about WordPress backend mucking about to get it really wrong, but then stop before I make it much much worse, I’m slowly restoring. So instead of the little digging guy or something about pardoning my dust, I’ll just ...Read more.
Letters! She writes letters!
She writes stacks and stacks of letters! I hope the Letterman reference amused the old-school late-nighters among you. Anyway! I think the Patriot Act is sort of lame and while well intentioned, really poorly executed. So now that it’s up for renewal (a process not without contention, I might add), there’s some discussion in Congress ...Read more.
Patriot Day? Really?
It hasn’t been today all that long, but it is September Eleventh or Nine/Eleven or Nine One One or whatever it is you wish to call it. Some have referred to it as Patriot Day. This really REALLY bothers me. I’ve been thinking about it off and on since last weekend when I turned a ...Read more.
Common Courtesy: No Longer Common
Honestly. If you haven’t heard yet, the guy running things here in the States just gave a speech on health care insurance reform. He used this opportunity (addressing a joint session of Congress) to clear up some misunderstandings and outright lies that have been told about what sorts of things he wants passed as part ...Read more.
Playlist: Memorial CD
We had a reception after the actual service for Gramma The Scoot last Tuesday. I built a slideshow of various photos of her, and I also whipped up a CD of music for afterwards to just play on shuffle. What I put on that CD is listed below. She was a fan of country and ...Read more.
Yeah, I wrote another letter…
I filled this in at the Media Matters website. They are a media watchdog organization. I like them because they are equal opportunity: They call shenanigans when there are shenanigans, whether it’s a left winger or right winger, and I like that. One of their current actions is trying to keep CNN’s Lou Dobbs from ...Read more.
Going, Going…: Gramma Edition
She isn’t quite gone yet, so I couldn’t bring myself to put it in the headline. And this is isn’t so much about her as it is about you, dear reader. Yes, you. As a reader of my blog, apparently that makes you a social media type, and this is a story about social media. ...Read more.
Twitter + Mac Clients != Crazy Delicious
I’ve said this on Twitter and it remains true: There is one glaring thing wrong with every single Mac desktop client I have tried. Yes, ALL of them. I realize I could be alone in this, I looked for a stat and found that as of June 2009 the average Twitter user has 126 followers ...Read more.
Health Care Debate: Doing It Wrong
OK, here I go with more politics. Just so you’re warned. Also: If you’re here to validate your own health care reform opinions or you just want to tear me down for mine, I’m sorry, that’s not gonna happen. I do believe the cost of health care is out of control, and whether there’s a ...Read more.
Sweet Pea
My family is…interesting. I have cattle rustlers even a city named after a family member on a couple of branches of my tree. Anyway, I’m not sure where it started, but my dad’s dad (Pappy, no really, Pappy) always had a name for you if he liked you, especially if you were family. It sometimes ...Read more.
Well it made ME think anyway.
I have recently discovered the joys of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (thanks insomnia!), and I saw Monday night’s episode where he was given a gift of an American flag that flew over the Capitol last September (Craig became a US Citizen last September). Along with the flag came a short note. Here ...Read more.
It’s public record anyway…
…so here’s the letter I wrote to all the members of Portland’s City Council who voted unanimously to rename SE 39th Ave to Cesar Chavez Blvd. Commissioners: I am disappointed you did not take the wishes of the residents of 39th Avenue into account when you voted yes. Why not a compromise on a new ...Read more.
Book Report: Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
I have a friend who has a daughter. I adore them both. We were discussing books we’d read recently and I mentioned that I hadn’t spent a lot of time reading for fun lately, it’s all been the MySQL book I’m working through and researching this or that and what it comes down to is ...Read more.
No more CubeSpace: Now what?
So what do we do, tech community in Portland? With our Beer and our Blogs and our Camps and our Conferences, how do we work this out? First and foremost, in my last post it was mentioned that CubeSpace, a Portland hub of community, will be closing at the end of this week. Since they ...Read more.
Sad news indeed:
(See my next post for more on this.) From: CubeSpace Subject: It’s End of CubeSpace as We Know It…. Friends, It is with deep sadness that Eva and I announce that CubeSpace will be closing its doors on Friday, June 12, 2009. During the past two weeks of negotiations, we have very much appreciated the ...Read more.
Lost Liveblog S03E16 – The Incident, Parts 1 & 2
I watch Lost and this season as one of the Delta Park Project’s research interns I figured it would be helpful to liveblog my thoughts. First of all, the episode description from Lostpedia: Jack’s decision to put a plan in action in order to set things right on the island is met with some strong ...Read more.
Lost Liveblog S05E15 – Follow The Leader
I watch Lost and this season as one of the Delta Park Project’s research interns I figured it would be helpful to liveblog my thoughts. First of all, the episode description from Lostpedia DESCRIPTION So here goes! I scribble these as I watch so I claim no coherency. It wouldn’t even make sense to anyone ...Read more.
Lost Liveblog S05E14 – The Variable
I watch Lost and this season as one of the Delta Park Project’s research interns I figured it would be helpful to liveblog my thoughts. First of all, the episode description from Lostpedia doesn’t exist so here’s what TiVo says: Daniel Faraday comes clean about what he knows of the island. So here goes! I ...Read more.
Lost Liveblog S05E13 – Some Like It Hoth
I watch Lost and this season as one of the Delta Park Project’s research interns I figured it would be helpful to liveblog my thoughts. First of all, the episode description from Lostpedia doesn’t exist so here’s what TiVo says: Suspicions are raised when Ben is taken from the infirmary; Miles is asked to deliver ...Read more.
