http://www.alternet.org/rights/145455/people%27s_historian_and_progressive_hero_howard_zinn_dies

Because I completely forgot to post this heere when I wrote the darned thing:

My review of Avatar as a guy who writes and think about Sci-Fi way too much:

Enjoy!

Looks like we will close on the 29th. Not sure where it is happening yet but it's more information than I had this morning. Cross your fingers!

My lawyer and I have ben trading e-mails about the house over the past couple of weeks. We're close to closing. Close, but not quite yet. Still need to finalize the day for both sides. Maybe tomorrow?

An Open Letter to Steve Elliot of Grassfire.org ( Read more... )

My two cents on the Moon (from yesterday) and today's addendum to that. Enjoy!

Stole this one from Squidflakes:

If you would like, reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I shall give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you. Or don't, who am I, your mother?

Go for it!

Absistence Education Doesn't Work for Guns, Either

Summary: 95% of Americans admit to having premarital sex, a rate consistent since the 1950s. Abstinence only education denies teens knowledge of the inevitable, leaving them unprepared to make safe choices. Our current approach to gun education does the same. (Article behind link)

I can't wait for the wingnuts to start disavowing this guy's membership in their tribe:

Shooting Suspect's History of Seething Anger

The Learjet Repo Man