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So I've Got This Baby ...
I'm considering taking up blogging again. It's been a long time, and I haven't decided if it's going to be here or at a new site. A quick hello before I go tend to my wiggling son is all I've got time for right now. I'll post again soon, maybe ... -
Still snowed in
four in the morning ( Read more... ) -
This state is full of pansies.
Or, as Pat Rothfuss far more charitably calls them: delicate Northwestern orchids. I love living in Washington. The people are nice, the summers are gorgeous, and the winters are mild. There is a very narrow temperature variance here. When it hits 90°F for a couple days in the summer, NPR tells you to check on your elderly neighbors: no one here ( Read more... ) -
New favorite tea! Harney & Sons - Florence Blend
I discovered Harney & Sons a few years ago, and have been consistently impressed with their teas. I'd been wanting to try their Florence blend for a while, so when I happened across it at Uwajimaya, of all places, I picked up a tin. (Equally unexpectedly, I met Mike Harney (one of the sons) there that day. He was doing a tasting in their demo area ( Read more... ) -
Who (Allegedly) Said It?
By way of Todd Zywicki over at The Volokh Conspiracy, I bring you the Who (Allegedly) Said It? Game, Rod Blagojevich vs. Tony Soprano edition. -
Neil Gaiman on Freedom of Speech
Mr. Gaiman's most recent journal entry is a fantastic piece on Freedom of Speech, and why we should defend speech we do not like. His particular angle is obscenity in comics, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's work to protect artists and publishers from having their work declared obscene. ("Obscene" here being the somewhat murky legal ( Read more... ) -
Surprise meme
By way of mcsassypants: What has surprised you the most about me (if anything) since joining my flist? Was anything completely unexpected or have I always fit the picture of me you have in your head? Post this in your own journal and see how you have surprised people! -
When is a gun not a gun?
When it's an "antique firearm," apparently. Eugene Volokh links to a story (above) in which this fact is relevant. He notes: 18 U.S.C. §§ 921-922, which ban felons from possessing firearms, define[s] "firearm" to exclude any "antique firearm," which is to say "any firearm ... manufactured in or before 1898." I mentioned a few weeks ago a case in ( Read more... ) -
Pat Rothfuss for Heifer International
Pat Rothfuss is full of awesome. I already knew this, having recently spent a very pleasant weekend stalking the man. He recently started a contest, via his blog, to raise money for Heifer International. In addition to having a lottery for prizes, and the opportunity to buy some of his books, he is matching any money raised through the team he has ( Read more... ) -
Sock Update
Ok, please nobody point out that this is the sort of thing they teach you in grade school when you're first learning to dress for the weather. I am aware of this. I had forgotten this, or perhaps simply did not really believe it applied to me the same way it applies to everyone else. Lots of warmth-related things don't apply to me the same as ( Read more... )