Archive for August, 2006
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
You must get in trouble
Sometimes running on 4 hours of sleep a night pays off. I got to add another trophy to my political photograph collection last night, after Congressman John Lewis delivered one helluva speech to our group. The dude was positively electrifying.
I would come home and ask my mother, my father, my grandparents, my great-grandparents, […]
No Comments » - Posted in Politics by shelbinator
Sunday, August 27th, 2006
It’s the TOFL, stupid
Thirty, forty minutes since the press briefing indicated flight 5191 took off from the wrong runway (3500 feet), and not a single CNN intern could jot a note for Wolf that the first Google hit for CRJ100 says that AC requires 5250 feet to clear minimum obstacles. Instead, we’ll get another few hours of […]
No Comments » - Posted in File this by shelbinator
Friday, August 25th, 2006
More blog later.
Been this way all week.
You come back later.
Thanks to Meags for finding der Svedish shoppen.
NOTE: Do not drink alcohol in excess with The Dumb, as this may cause an unsafe drop in brain. If you experience The Dumb for more than four days, call your doctor immediately. The Dumb does not protect against […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Random by shelbinator
Thursday, August 24th, 2006
Time to make up another war
U.S. Spy Agencies Criticized On Iran
The 29-page report, principally written by a Republican staff member on the House intelligence committee who holds a hard-line view on Iran….chides the intelligence community for not providing enough direct evidence to support that assertion.
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The report relies exclusively on publicly available documents. Its authors did not interview intelligence officials. Still, […]
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Saturday, August 19th, 2006
Try Walgreens
One of my neighbors who don’t suck (NDS) works the swing shift most days, so she’s often coming home right when I’m taking the furball out for her post-Daily Show tinkle. On some nights, this even involves cracking a beer and shooting the proverbial shit on the stoop like neighbors do in cooler places […]
3 Comments » - Posted in The Dogfather, Weirdos by shelbinator
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
Happy Anniversary
I am the worst dogboyfriend in the world. Because I am a retard and have my iCal set up to show Monday as the first day of the week, I mistakenly thought my dog owning anniversary/Sarah’s arbitrarily declared second birthday was today instead of yesterday, until it was too late to take her out […]
4 Comments » - Posted in The Dogfather, Video by shelbinator
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
Got gas?
Cross-post from yet another place I write.
As a sort of “man of science” who grew up in a household where “handout” was a most loathesome word, I was predictably chagrined when I got an email yesterday alerting me to the Democratic Party of Georgia’s — and apparently our gubernatorial candidate’s — latest attack strategy on […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Politics, Rant, Sci-Tech by shelbinator
Thursday, August 10th, 2006
Weee-oo, weee-oop!
I guess with all that hullaballoo in Engulland, those Sierra Mist commercials
ain’t so funny anymore.
I mean, first Richard Reid screws up my flaming fairy shoes joke, and now this. Goddamn terr’ists.
No Comments » - Posted in (In)security, Geekery by shelbinator
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
Are you ready?
Yes, a cross-post from the YD blog; get over it.
Those of you who come to meetings or get me started on a tangent when I’m at a political event with free beer know that a planned redesign of the YDAtl website is several months behind schedule and millions of dollars over-budget (wait a tick — […]
1 Comment » - Posted in (In)security by shelbinator
Monday, August 7th, 2006
Wow, they really are that silly
It was already kind of a no-brainer for me to frown on vegans for not appreciating the many scrumptious applications of bacon and for generally looking like concentration camp prisoners and screwing up animal-eaters’ party menu planning. Now thanks to Mingaling I see they take the ridiculous to a whole new level:
In the UK […]
