I’ve been awarded the “Thoughtful Blogger Award” by Jolly Roger at Reconstitution 2.0. JR said the most lovely thing: Virus Head is one of the most gracious people I’ve encountered in my years of blogging. She has a gentle patience that almost makes me feel bad for the chainsaw approach I take to some of my more notable commenters. I DON’T feel bad, of course, but seeing her way stops me dead in my tracks from time to time. For…
We come in peace (shoot to kill): Some actions for my fellow armchair activists. Click on the links for more information and to take action. Don’t Give Alberto Gonzales the Power to Speed Up Executions. You’ve got to read this just to believe they are even considering it. Demand the immediate release of renowned Iranian-American scholar Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, who is imprisoned for the 100th day in Iran’s notorious Evin prison, a location infamous for the torture and detention of…
I missed it! While I was out of town, the blog was deemed “most likely to be contacted by aliens“! Outer-space, that is. Congratulations! Blog in Space has deemed you “Most Likely to be Contacted.” Your blog will be showcased on the home page of BloginSpace.com on October 29, 2006. We’ve provided a button below for your blog to assist in helping off-world entities locate your blog. You are no longer considered part of the World Wide Web. You are…
I guess they don’t count my own pledge. They didn’t have this widget for bloggers then. I still haven’t seen the movie. Still working on the babysitting situation… I’ve added it to my sidebar for a bit. It’s strange that the javascript will work in the sidebar but not in a post.
In the words of an English teacher at Wellesley College… O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! Oh beautiful, for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine ‘Til all success be nobleness And…
John Gray of Cincinnati, Ohio, highlighted liberals’ contributions to the U.S. this way: “Joe gets up at 6 a.m. to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards. He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medications are safe to take because some liberal fought to insure they are safe and work as advertised. “All but $10.00 of his medications are…