random ramblings

Ok, second evacuation. Time to go home...

Aug 28th

I was just evacuated from the library,...

I guess the lengthy post I was planning on writing is going to have to fall to the wayside, because...

Aug 28th

hilker: “As for those uninsured Americans who are...

Aug 27th

Why young people (shockingly!)...

thegreg: sds: bellatoris: squashed: [redacted for space] Bellatoris. Wow. I don’t even know...

Aug 27th

Why I am Not a Professor

Aug 26th

Why young people (shockingly!)...

squashed: Writing for the conservative think-tank, the American Enterprise, Ryan Streeter seems...

Aug 26th

Ask the Association for Christian Retail to...

Aug 26th

“In a Senate of Harry Reids who can barely remember what they...”
— May the Road Rise Up to Meet...

Aug 26th

What I've learned by having the stomach...

The only thing I miss on Tumblr is petty squabbling.

Aug 25th

Carl Trueman - The Freudom of the...

christianity: Why is it that language which would offend most of my non-Christian friends, and...

Aug 20th

“A few timid people, who fear progress, will try to give you...”
— Franklin Roosevelt (via...

Aug 19th

The Brooklyn Dollar: What Would Neighborhood...

Aug 19th

“The corporate power that holds the government hostage...”
— Chris Hedges (via azspot) ...

Aug 19th

“Given hardening Republican opposition to Congressional...”
— Democrats Seem Set to Go It...

Aug 19th

How To Fly Without ID

Aug 19th

“Every time you speak, your mind is on parade.”
— Unknown

Aug 19th

Vista’s start menu makes me want to knock people’s hats off, as Heman Melville would say...

Aug 18th

“We just went to Whole Foods to get our favorite bread —...”
— Althouse: The so-called...

Aug 18th

“One lesson of the 1994 experience is that the tactics and...”
— Rules for Republicans, Too -...

Aug 18th

Time to be more judicious with my tags.

sds: No more #ihatewhoirebloggedthisfrom or #totaljerk What, just because they show up in the...

Aug 18th

via dshort.com

Aug 18th

Can anyone tell me why Google Analytics...

Aug 18th

Health Care: Choose Your Own Adventure - The...

Aug 17th

“[Representative Eric Massa (D- NY)]: I will vote adamantly...”
— Video - Rep. Massa: I will...

Aug 17th

Got my new laptop!

Now, if only they hadn’t double-billed me for it, we would be great.

Aug 17th

notthatkindagay: (via insidethebox)

Aug 14th

via www.cagle.com The story: Ex-Clinton Aide Busted For...

Aug 14th

Da Vinci's lion prowls again after 500 years...

Aug 14th

“Amid a boisterous debate on health care reform, people...”
— My Way News - E-mails from...

Aug 14th

Confimation bias in dense networks: Or why...

Aug 14th

“Join the Army, where you can edit all that you can edit. ...”
— Care to Write Army Doctrine?...

Aug 14th

“Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write...”
— Mark Twain (via 24freedinners)...

Aug 14th

davereed: Make your own! (duct tape) nice via un:...

Aug 14th

Toward an ethic for bloggers

jasencomstock: […] Ariana Huffington is totally unreadable.  Huffpo is where the stupid...

Aug 14th

Apparently jeffmiller and I are in accord.

Aug 14th

70% of bankruptcies

squashed: Jeff Miller has suggested that everybody read this article by Megan McArdle criticizing...

Aug 14th

azspot: The Overton Window, Illustrated Here’s the...

Aug 14th

“I am quite prepared to promise the secularists secular...”
— CQOD—Chesterton; the teaching...

Aug 14th

The “Ic” Factor

Aug 13th

“The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for...”
— Daily Presidential Tracking...

Aug 13th

(via jeffmiller) fyeahgrammar needs to reblog this.  Hear...

Aug 13th

Boycott Whole Foods

Aug 13th

If you were going to start a travel...

Inquiring minds want to know, and I don’t know what to tell them.

Aug 12th

US civil liberties gang questions Obama...

Aug 12th

“I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer universal...”
— Stand-Up Guy - WSJ.com Barack...

Aug 12th

Your Identity in Christ

Aug 12th

“If anybody thinks that kings, nobles, priests are good...”
— Thomas Jefferson

Aug 11th

Non Sequitur — UCLICK GoComics.com

Aug 11th

100MPG Hummer.

Aug 11th

Youthaholics: why we need new ageing role...

Aug 11th

“IT’S OUR own brush with perfection. Thousands of...”
— Airbrushing: a cheaper choice...

Aug 11th

Obama’s Authoritarian Style - WSJ.com

Aug 11th

Obama’s Authoritarian Style: Get out of the...

Aug 11th

“The American economy does not seem able to provide enough...”
— Bob Herbert (via...

Aug 11th

sds: Sorry, Washington Post, you do NOT need to know my age,...

Aug 11th

When the Riots Come

jeffmiller: This, by Reihan Salam, seems right to me: To get a glimpse of America’s future,...

Aug 11th

Obama's healthcare positions have ... shifted

Aug 10th

Your free speech under the lamest...

squashed: Fox News is upset with Obama. A Whitehouse blog post asked supporters who saw “fishy”...

Aug 9th

Political Crunch follows only me and two...

Aug 7th

“Though compatibility is good and enjoyable as far as it...”
— Irreconcilable Differences—So?...

Aug 7th

H. R. 3200

Aug 7th

“Christian women’s enthusiasm for Beth Moore may be...”
— Stuff Christian Culture Likes

Aug 7th

“Bushism of the Day: “The [so-called stimulus] plan was...”
— Leave Barack Alone! - WSJ.com ...

Aug 7th

ptbruiser: Via davereed: benmcmath: insertname

Aug 7th

Healthcare townhall: not worth it.

squashed: […] I took one thing away from this. Talking about healthcare reform with these...

Aug 7th

The greatest source of idolatry in...

Aug 7th

jeffmiller: squashed: There were a lot of takers for this...

Aug 7th

“Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and...”
— BibleGateway.com -...

Aug 7th

The World's Worst Daughters | Foreign Policy

Aug 6th

azspot: How Conservative are Michelle Malkin and Michael...

Aug 6th

No More Perks: Coffee Shops Pull the Plug on...

Aug 6th

“Statisticians also caution that strong correlations of data...”
— For Today’s Graduate, Just One...

Aug 6th

Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against...

Aug 6th

“Speaking as an Obama critic: Even if I believed the birthers...”
— Fear of a Foreign President:...

Aug 5th

War On Terror: Heroes

Aug 5th

IBDeditorials.com: Michael Ramirez Editorial and Political...

Aug 5th

“It’s easy to understand why the Democrats are pursuing this...”
— ‘Town Hells’ - WSJ.com

Aug 5th

News? Nope.

Aug 5th

“Laura Ling and Euna Lee were reporting on refugees at the...”
— Gordon Chang: Bill Clinton...

Aug 5th

“I’m just another one of the prophets that went to jail for...”
— Tony Alamo, as he was led off...

Aug 5th

“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what...”
— zig ziglar (via hilker) ...

Aug 5th

I just bought a laptop from Toshiba.

They have a 20% off sale right now. I’m such a cheapskate; I already have buyer’s...

Aug 4th

A Review of The Deserter’s Tale

Aug 4th

sds: Alamut Castle also sometimes called “castle of the...

Aug 4th

“Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong.”
— Lincoln

Aug 4th

azspot: Bill Day I try to avoid using Jesus too much in...

Aug 3rd

“We are at war and Barack Obama is talking about beer in the...”
— Republican National Committee...

Aug 3rd

Todd and Sarah Palin to divorce

Aug 3rd