Archive for January, 2007
Yin and Yang
Good news: Al Franken running for Senate He really knows his stuff. Bad radio host, but he’ll make a good senator. Bad news: Molly Ivins dead She really knew her stuff. Great writer. Would’ve made a great senator. [Read More]
Beware of Sprint: No longer fair nor flexible
Bastards…I hadn’t liked their new PowerPack plan because overage minutes are 45 cents, so I had them switch me back to my old Fair and Flexible plan, where overage minutes were just 10 cents. This was two weeks ago. I looked at my plan-switch confirmation and [Read More]
Senator Norm Coleman: I’m a big tough man
“Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) returned to Capitol Hill this week with a prominent gash on his forehead after he was knocked nearly unconscious back home in St. Paul while — of all things — dumpster diving,” the Washington Post’s Mary Ann Akers [Read More]
Bush officials misled public on global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic chairman of a House panel examining the government’s response to climate change said Tuesday there is evidence that senior Bush administration officials sought repeatedly “to mislead the public by injecting doubt into the [Read More]
2007: I finally have a phone with a camera
A and Z observe me and Herman outside (camera phone) Originally uploaded by toastie97. I’m finding it’s awfully convenient. Without my cell phone, I’d be unable to capture a photo like this of Aremid and Zellouisa upon returning from a walk with Herman [Read More]
Al Franken out, Thom Hartmann in, at Air America
NEW YORK – Air America Radio, a liberal talk radio network, said Monday that it had reached a tentative agreement to be sold to the founder of a New York area real estate company. The network also said that Al Franken, its longtime headline personality, would depart [Read More]
New phone
New phone. Bought over the weekend through Costco. Red Samsung M500. I like it. [Read More]
Move #8: Done
Aremid, Zellouisa, and I left Raleigh at 11:17PM, 43 minutes before my lease expired. Shortly thereafter, we reunited in Durham with Herman. The reunion, thus far, has not gone so well. I have three very stressed animals. Herman is making high-pitched whimpers I [Read More]
Faux News Channel’s Steve Doocy is a liar
Host Steve Doocy said that Obama spent ‘the first decade of his life raised by his Muslim father as a Muslim and was educated in a madrassa.’ It is almost impossible to tabulate how many false claims are in that sentence. Source: mediabistro.com I’m so [Read More]
Herman hides his bone
Herman hides his bone Originally uploaded by toastie97. No photos of Herman posted in months. This isn’t even one of the better ones, but I just took it and wanted to get one up there. [Read More]
