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Facebook. Hmph.
Well, there are some folks on there who aren't on here - but when you make a post of any length, it only shows the first two sentences, with no indication that there's more there - so nobody would know that they need to click on it to read the whole thing. Bleah ( Read more... ) -
Try that shoe on that other foot, please.
Tom Ackerman at Religion Dispatches gives us A Marriage Manifesto. . . of sorts. Here's an excerpt:I no longer recognize marriage. It’s a new thing I’m trying ( Read more... ) -
Girl Archaeologist!
My kid sister kyrelle wants people to know just what's wrong with "The Naked Archaeologist" and "Digging for the Truth". Follow the link for the YouTube, uprate, etc. :) -
Let's be informed.
A while back, I recommended that everyone slog through all nine pages of Michael Lewis' amazing dissection of Wall Street idiocy on Portfolio.com.
I know that many of you did not have the time.
Fortunately for you, Thomas Friedman at NYT has boiled it down into one hair-raising page. Please give it a read. (Note: though this is the same Friedman ( Read more... ) -
Meme: Things you've done
Bold the things that you've done:
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
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Preliminary statistics from the election
I wanted to see how much of an effect all our GOTV work did, and unfortunately, the Secretary of State doesn't give as much granularity on the website as I'd like, but I was able to compare some numbers from 2004 and 2008 for King County (I'd rather just see the 46th District - and individual precincts would be even better - but I guess it'll be a ( Read more... ) -
In the "turnabout is fair play" department.
RfrancisR on dKos feels it's time to start Converting Dead Mormons into Homosexuals. He starts off with Joseph Smith.
Considering their habit of converting unconsenting dead folks to Mormonism, including victims of the Holocaust(!), it's not out of line, is it?
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