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Health Insurance
Some of you may have heard me bitching about health insurance in the US before. Real Live Preacher is having some of his own problems, and sums up the whole issue rather nicely in this video, which y'all should watch:
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I R B Idiot.
Actual IM conversation:sparkofcreation: But the dinner itself was very fast. But good.
Cod cakes (like crab cake, but cod) with mustard sauce, succotash, scalloped potatoes made with white cheddar and goat cheese, a salad of chick peas and salmon, and tomatoes and mozzarella.
mmaestro: Succotash is a real thing? I thought it was a word made up by Daffy Duck.
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We've always said that Scout isn't a food motivated dog. Really, this has been one of our problems. Finding something that'll motivate her.
Last week, we figured out that she is food motivated. It just has to be the right food.
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My dog seems to believe that hearing the sound of a spray can spraying means she's about to get a walk. Given it's usually sunscreen, she may be right. -
NIN: The Slip
More free music. Trent Reznor posted the new Nine Inch Nails album today, free gratis, with the comment "thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - this one's on me," it's completely free. Download here. But that's not the coolest part - the ZIP of 320kbps is available, but there's also FLAC, Apple Lossless and - get this - ( Read more... ) -
Free Music!
I've not had nearly enough time to write here recently. If I had, I would have written a long and involved post that's been developing in my head since Radiohead first released In Rainbows. The general jist would have been this: it makes economic sense for artists to sell music directly to consumers, in fact it makes sense for them to give it away ( Read more... ) -
Why Democrats should fear McCain.
I'm currently watching American Idol, they're doing their Idol Gives Back extravaganza (probably the only telethon I've seen in the US that rivals something like Comic Relief back in the UK, take from that what you will), and they had all 3 of the current Presidential hopefuls saying something about what is effectively the biggest US TV charity ( Read more... ) -
Golden Compass Meme
Following in B's footsteps:
Linky.
It's a Golden Compass/Northern Lights thingy. I'm hoping this is going to be a good movie - the book was fantastic (somewhat let down by the second two books in the series, but what can you do?), and the trail looks great. -
In Rainbows
Little time to write anything, but it's good. Very good. Initial impressions from the first two tracks weren't positive, but it started to pick up, and the rest of the album is just devastatingly beautiful. It's wonderful. I expect in time the first two tracks will grow on me, too ( Read more... ) -
Radiohead, Downloads, and help from the UK?
OK, so just in case any of you haven't yet seen the news, Radiohead's new album is being released next Wednesday. They just announced it on Sunday. The format's a pretty bold experiment - in 2003, upon the release of Hail to the Thief, their contract with EMI ended. Rather than signing with another label, they're going to distribute the album ( Read more... )