While listening to NPR on my drive home this evening I heard an interview with Retired Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, one of the people responsible for crafting "Don't Ask Don't Tell" back in 1993. He was being interviewed because he still supports the ban on men and women who are openly homosexual serving in the US military. At first he trotted out the ( Read more... )

Does anyone know of any bands that would be the Scottish equivalent of Dropkick Murphys or Flogging Molly? In essence punk/rock with a distinctly ethnic/traditional flavor...

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Does anyone know of any bands that would be the Scottish equivalent of Dropkick Murphys or Flogging Molly? In essence punk/rock with a distinctly ethnic/traditional flavor...

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As my life has been greatly upheaved over the course of the last two months I have been caused to consider a great many things in my life. For the first time in over ten years I am able to think about decisions and choices without heed for any other person. Of course that isn't entirely realized just yet-there are still many things which are still ( Read more... )

I'm really pleased with the quality of the pictures I've been getting from my new iPhone 4. Obviously, the better the light the better the photo, but even in low light I'm quite happy.


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Time-lapse of the Port of Everett from Aaron G. Peabody on Vimeo.

After a solid week of rain and generally unpleasant to impossible photo conditions we finally got a day with somewhat brighter skies and a lot less descending moisture. That being said the day was still pretty cold, but we tossed the dogs in the car and headed down to the Port of ( Read more... )

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