I've been thinking of this term, as used to mean 'America's just better than other places by its nature' or something like that. I'll admit, the more I seem to think of politics, the further left I go, and I think the American far right has kind'a taken this phrase for itself. I could be wrong; if there's a different phrase to use for it, I'm ( Read more... )

Long ago, Egg had given me a (somewhat bootlegged) copy of some Rush concerts. Since I got a copy of Rush's 'Power Windows' for Christmas, I tried digging that tape up and running it.

Munch, for all intents and purposes.

Argh.

Tonight, I bought some Doritos, some store-brand cola, a loaf of bread, and a car.

Yep, Carmobile 3's gone. Carmobile 4 is..a black Taurus.

Four in a row, weird.

I bought another book today. Nonfiction, too. 'Logic for Dummies'; figured it'd go well with my other book I got a month or so ago, on the history of zero ( Read more... )

Earlier today, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled on a lawsuit dating back to 2007 or so, regarding whether same-sex marriage is OK. I forget how many justices there are, but none of them actually disagreed. Unanimous ruling says men can marry other men. This upheld an earlier lower court ruling saying so. According to the state's side, there won't ( Read more... )

Nicked from wbwolfBasically, using titles only by a single artist, answer these questions ( Read more... )

From mycroft:



You Scored as Storyteller
You're more inclined toward the role playing side of the equation and less interested in numbers or experience points. You're quick to compromise if you can help move the story forward, and get bored when the game slows down for a long ( Read more... )

Wandering around Wikipedia doing research on something I did for smouch.net (thanks for the addiction, Timmo!), I found something rather unusual. There's gonna be a sixth Hitchhiker's Guide novel.

I can't tell if I'm the last one to hear about it or the first. The link's to bbc.co.uk, so it's kind'a legit, I think.

Makes me wonder what it'll be

One of the tools that we have at work, as a cellphone customer service rep, is a map.  It's mainly there to help figure out coverage areas, and useful for that, although it's also nice for finding stores ('I can't diagnose your phone, sir.  I'm not in your time zone and can't see it.  Please visit ... '), and occasionally just nosing around the ( Read more... )

Looks like I need a new senator.

Two worthless stats about htis one.  First, it's the first time I've voted for the WINNER.  And second, it's the first time I voted for a guy the same race as me--I voted for the half-white guy!