I admit, I tried facebook, and while it has it's virtues, I simply missed being here. I admit, I am not sure how many people are actually reading this, but the idea of what became a major bit of self-expression going down the tube really did irk me, so , after several months of trying to make seucirty accpet my input, I am back here, tilting at ( Read more... )

OK, NO spoilers here ( Read more... )

Don't get me wrong: this decade has a series of genuinely good memories that I would not trade for the world. My trips to New Orleans (aka my Soul's Mecca.), my game with Rathess & family, Obama getting elected, meeting my friends at WMNF, and so on, but I will borrow a phrase from Kiarrh: the past decade is summarily fired ( Read more... )

Hello there, I realize it has been a long time since I have posted here. There have been many reasons ( Read more... )

http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/florida-lags-in-duty-to-educate-our-children/1054868

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,560462,00.htmlRead more... )

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/10/obama.heckled.speech/Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzw4OB1ON08

http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=111086&catid=8#comments

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article1025529.ece

OK, I am annoyed as hell.  We just came very close to seeing oblivion in the economy, are still within the blast radius, and suddnely, here are some people rasing a riot because ( Read more... )

I need to post this, as one of my friends on another blog has posted what i wished I could say:

The Congress has gotten to be a lot like the United Nations. Senators and Congressmen keep talking about our nation’s health, but their words mean nothing. So, I have created this guide to help translate what they are saying:

When they say America has the ( Read more... )

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/24/national/a172138D15.DTL&tsp=1Read more... )