“Freedom is measured by the distance between church and state”
Yesterday the mail carrier zipped through fairly early in the day, which screwed up my shipping, but now that I have everything ready to go, and it’s been ready since about 8:30 this morning, I really wish she would come around so I can go take a nap. <*whine*>
Last night it was nearly midnight before [...]
Not sure why, but all day I’ve had a weird headache. There are three types I normally get, and this one is the kind that feels somewhat like a pinched nerve in my neck (perhaps from repeatedly picking up my grandson on Sunday…?), but it’s been with me all day (it’s now 4 ibuprofens later [...]
Well, I was mistaken. It’s about 1:30 here, and the outdoor weather report looks like this:
93.2 °F / 34.0 °C
Scattered Clouds
Humidity: 49%
Dew Point: 71 °F / 21 °C
Wind: 0.0 mph / 0 km/h
Wind Gust: 4.0 mph / 6 km/h
Pressure: 29.84 in / 1010.4 hPa [...]
It is barely just after 9:00 in the morning, and already it is sweltering. Predictions are for temps to reach 95° today. OMG… and I imagine the heat index will be over 105 like it was yesterday. Sheesh!
The A/C is set at 85, keeping the humidity tolerable, but it’s still plenty warm enough inside. [...]
In late morning, I called DD2 down the street just to chat a bit, talked about she might borrow the weed eater and stuff. Then I took a nap and woke up (bounced off the bed) when I heard her voice calling “Knock Kno-o-ck! anybody home?” … ran to the door and nobody was there. [...]
Okay, first off. It’s goddamned fucking HOT here in Texas, okay?
After waiting a while for the ibuprofen to kick in so I could walk a little easier, I discovered I felt good enough to tackle the GGS* in the front yard. I pulled out the weed whacker, the electric cord, and the little push lawn [...]
The temps have been in the 80’s most of the day, but sweeping bands of rain and storm cells have continued passing throughout the day. The humidity has been up near 90%, which is disgusting. But I’ve been keeping the A/C to just 30 minutes at a time 3 hours apart. I would LOVE to [...]
VOICES OF SCIENCE: PZ Myers - Buy it now on DVD
Richard Dawkins, Steven Weinberg, Lawrence Krauss, PZ Myers, Davis Buss
I would like to have this 2-DVD set where Richard Dawkins chats with several leading scientists. From the Website blurb:
DURING HIS U.S. TOUR in 2008, Biologist and bestselling author Richard Dawkins met with some [...]
I was just alerted to a review by Paul Gross “Lying for God: the Dover Debacle” covering the book The Devil in Dover by Lauri Lebo. Interesting perspective, since Lebo is from that part of Pennsylvania and had more than a detached journalist’s view of the goings-on.
But, as always, the battle for science continues. Intelligent [...]
Nevermind he’s rather old for the job, he’s got his essential facts all fucked up. Go check it out, then come back here.
Granted, I don’t know all the facts and chronologies, and I bet you didn’t either. But then, neither you nor I are actively seeking to become the President of the United States. It [...]
Bill Maher has a movie/documentary coming out in a few months. Go get ready for it. It is not only fun but highly appropriate to take a critical, and sometimes sarcastic look at religion — some of the ridiculous beliefs held by millions of people. I can hardly wait for Maher’s documentary to come to [...]
This is a GREAT PIECE!!! Legend of a Heretic, in the NYT. Robert G. Ingersoll was a great man in SO MANY ways (take note, dear daughter!) not the least of which was that he was unafraid to speak his opinion. Internet Infidels includes many of his writings in their Historical Library. You can also [...]
Another odd day. I posted on Knitterman the progress of my daughter’s scarf. It’s coming along well, although it is rather boring. Because it is triple-stranded lace-weight yarn I have to actually LOOK at what I’m doing every stitch, every row. If it were a thicker yarn, I could just knit along and look at [...]
weird day. stayed up until around 11:00, woke a little before 4:00. Dammit.
I’m feeling a bit in a crappy mood. No particular reason. Just generic stress, I guess.
I’ve had a couple days of good sales volumes, and that’s nice, and I appreciate it completely. But it’s difficult to let myself be too happy about it [...]
Curiously, just after my previous post, I received this in email; please follow the links and add your name to the growing list of people unhappy with what George W. Bush, and the Bush Administration, is doing to our rights. I added my name already
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>From the desk of Anthony D. Romero, ACLU
Add your name [...]
Here, check out this news report from the UK about a Canadian youth being held at Guantánamo. It is disgusting and unacceptable. There’s a video attached at the top of the article, but after reading the text, I couldn’t bring myself to view the shameful treatment of a young man held in captivity by the [...]
Geez, I’ve not been posting here much.
It’s Saturday, and I’ve been up since before 4:00 AGAIN DAMMIT. Don’t know why. And it’s weird because I was up until after 11:30.
At 9:00 I HAD to watch the new show called “Bikini or Bust” on TLC. It’s about this crazy ditzy broad named Ashley Paige. I was [...]
Yup… Victorian Manners
is now available on T-Shirts, mugs, stickers, and even a magnet for the refrigerator! Get yours TODAY (please)
Okay, here I sit… I’ve put out notices and ads in as many places as I could. And I know everyone else is feeling a pinch these days as well. I get plenty of “it’s lovely”, but it’s always followed by “but I’m on a yarn diet right now” or “I can’t afford it.”
But [...]
One must always strive to do all things with elegance, with pride, and with proper decorum, regardless of any degree of ill-mannered slovenliness round about.
Therefore, I give you… Victorian Manners:
I need to find an image of an even more uptight proper lady, but this will do for now.
