Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- A Nice Story About Colliding Faiths – There are some Christian denominations that would cavil a bit at outsiders worshiping in space they consider consecrated — and some Christians who would be reluctant to reach out for help in this sort of fashion. That said, even in these circumstances, one can think of a number of ways that people of good will (and who bear in mind the question of “Who is my Neighbor?”) can reach out and help one another … and maybe learn something in the process.
- Look YouTube, No Hands! Looxcie Introduces Wearable Camcorder – This is actually pretty darned cool.
- Hobby Lobby To Couple: Only Women Can Carry Bags – Well, there’s a law suit waiting to happen.
- Self-Serve Wine Tanks Coming To Supermarkets – Okay, I want to see the big Sparklett’s Wine Bottle. “Glug-glug!”
- Google hopes to launch music service with downloads, streaming – Guardedly optimistic. If we’re going to have this kind of a digital music world, the approach Google is taking is not a bad way to do it.
- Primary Night: Good For Teabags, Even Better For Democrats – If I were sure that these loons wouldn’t actually end up in Congress, I’d be even happier. Even a few is too many, and there are enough of them who will actually win for my comfort. Still, I do like Les’ new Democratic slogan: “SURE WE’RE INCOMPETENT PUSSIES, BUT DO YOU REALLY WANT TO VOTE FOR THE CRAZIES???”
- Because everyone knows men like to have something to look at? [Pharyngula] – Christine O’Donnell – Role Model!
- Cocky Soccer Goalie – Oh, I expect he got an earful. Or twelve.
- Hyperbole and a Half: The Party – This bears a certain resemblance to when I first had wisdom teeth removed … and was first introduced to the wonders of nitrous oxide.
- Matt Gertz: Right-wing blogosphere discovers Fox’s Karl Rove problem – Even Karl Rove is not immune to the long knives when the mob thinks he doesn’t pass the ideological purity test.
- Skeptics discount science by casting doubts on scientist expertise – People hear what they want to hear, and are willing to reject experts who tell them stuff they don’t want to hear (esp. when there are other “experts” willing to tell them what they DO want to hear).
- Feature: Inside Internet Explorer 9: Redmond gets back in the game – Initial reaction: Chrome aesthetic, some whiz-bang features, typical irksome restrictions on customization.
- Republicans unveil plan to add $4 trillion to deficit – The intent is not necessarily to add to the deficit, of course; it’s to starve government and cut programs that benefit everyone except the wealthy and the businesses they own.
- Dems shouldn’t fear a popular position – But they will.
- Christine O’Donnell, The GOP Establishment, And Republican Suicide | The New Republic – “The premise of all these pleas for Castle was extremely sensible: this is politics. Sometimes you move the ball forward, sometimes the other team moves it forward. Sometimes you make compromises in order to get ahead. But the Republican base has been taught not to think this way. This isn’t just politics, remember? This is a twilight struggle for freedom. And Mike Castle didn’t just cast a couple bad votes. He acquiesced in a sinister plan to undermine capitalism. How could they ever support a candidate like that?”
- When a Castle gets torn down in Delaware – Key element here: “Only about 57,000 voters participated in the primary election.” When the numbers are that small, any quasi-organized fringe (especially a motivated one) can have a tremendous impact. As has just been seen.
- Flashback: Paladino says Obama “worships himself” – Isn’t it nice to have your own personal pocket Truth-o-Meter, so that you can look into someone’s heart and magically know what exactly he or she believes about God? Y’know, the Inquisition carried those around, too.
- IHOP Sues IHOP: Kyle
- Focus on the Family: Legally Married Couples Do Not Count As “Families” – Well, I can think of some legally married couples who aren’t really families. And vice-versa. But that’s based on their behaviors toward each other, not on fear of gay cooties.
- South Carolina Senate President Dresses Up Like Confederate Soldier With Black Slaves At GOP Event – Wow. That’s … um … remarkable. And noteworthy. I do hope folks are taking note.
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A Hyperbole and a Half fan? Ahxcahllahnt! I think that Allie Brosh’s blog is the funniest on the Web. As soon as I discovered it, I went back and read every single post. I introduced a co-worker to it, and now we amuse each other with bits of dialogue from her site. “Clean all the things!” “The sun. It is making much warmness today.” “Do you have juice?” And now, I expect a healthy dose of “Parp? Parp? Parp?”
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Just new to it myself. But I have it on my list now …
Say, is that because I posted the link to her drawing of the first time she saw fireflies and the link to the accompanying post?
No, but seeing an additional post to the above by another person was enough to drive me to it.
Well, i hope you’ll find plenty there to link to. Allie’s site deserves all the traffic it can get. I subscribe to her site’s Facebook posts (or whatever you call it) which alerts me to her posts on The Gloss. I also have friended Spghatta Nadle! 🙂
Ah, lahk! Ahllah Brahsh hahs ah nah pahst on Thah Glahss! Hahzzah!
To each his or her own, I guess. I found the comics on ‘Hyperbole and a Half’ to be quite off-putting. Anything of value in the writing was completely lost on me due to my revulsion at the art. I’m reluctant even to call the graphics there “art.”
“It is not best that we should all think alike; it is differences of opinion that make horse races.” — Mark Twain