SF Knows How to Torture the Haters

The Westboro Baptist Church (God hates fags, aka the crazies that picket military funerals, blah blah blah) was picketing in San Francisco recently. The locals were there to reply:

According to the Laughing Squid website

WBC’s hate-promoting signs were answered by multiple signs of randomness, nonsensical yelling, and even a unicorn. A portable stereo blared Lady GaGa, while press and people passing by ignored the WBC signs and took pictures and videos of the more entertaining signs.

Westboro had scheduled an appearance in front of the Golden Gate Theatre later that evening to protest Fiddler on the Roof. Fellow guest blogger, Burstein!, reports:

Unfortunately or fortunately depending on your perspective, Fred Phelps and his followers cancelled their appearance before Fiddler on the Roof. Apparently, they were all hated out from their big day and just had no more hate to spare.

Americans scare me

From the always awesome http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com site.

iPad vs Stone

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Health Care Talk on C-SPAN? Check. Fierce Advocate? Check. Must-See TV? Check.

Everyone's talking about Obama's 90-minute appearance today before the House Republicans. It turned into a debate over health care, jobs, and everything else, all live on C-SPAN, and Obama beat back every Republican talking point while also revealing the fraudulence of conservative claims that they're proposing serious alternative policies and/or trying to work with him on Democratic proposals.

Klein: 'Transfixing.' Ambinder: 'An Amazing Moment.' Hayes: 'The most I've liked the president since inauguration day, probably.' Sullivan: 'Remarkable.' Scherer: 'Historic and fascinating.' Smith: 'GOP aides telling me it was a mistake to allow cameras in.'

From Slog.

Here’s some more feedback from Andrew Sullivan’s blog (there’s also a 19 minute YouTube clip there as well):

The full transcript here. Full video here.

Drum:

It's remarkable that Republicans agreed to this. The guy at the mike always has an advantage in these kinds of forums, and in any case Obama is better than most at this kind of thing. For the most part, he's running rings around them.

Yglesias:

Barack Obama is a lot smarter and better-informed than his antagonists. A lot. He very calmly and coolly dismantled them.

To me, personally, it’s not a surprise. I debated policy with Mike Pence once and the guy is a stone-cold idiot. That was a years ago and I’ve been surprised since then to learn that conservatives consider him an unusually sharp policy mind and I take leading rightwingers at their word about that. But it’s the kind of thing that I think most Americans aren’t aware of.

NRO's Daniel Foster:

It would be hard to argue the exchange is anything but a plus-plus for Obama and the GOP. Both sides emerged from it looking as if, contra the public's greatest fears, they more or less know what they are talking about on issues like the deficit and health-care reform.

Ezra Klein:

Yesterday, I interviewed David Axelrod and was struck by his inability to explain how the White House would highlight the the difference between disagreement and obstruction. Today's session, if it becomes a regular event rather than a one-off, provided part of the answer. He'll debate them directly. But that may be tough to do. Republicans are already spreading the word that they made a mistake allowing cameras into the event. Apparently, transparency sounds better in press releases than it does in practice.

Mary Katharine Ham:

[D]espite the scrambling to declare that Obama "won" this event, it's not a net loss for Mike Pence and Paul Ryan to take on the president on the facts of health care and entitlements, in person...The president's confession that he "read your bills," may be the first time many Americans are informed that the GOP has health-care bills of any kind, and that they are substantial enough to warrant the attention of the president.

Mike Madden:

The whole thing basically went like [this]: Republican asks obnoxious question rooted in Glenn Beck-ian talking points; Obama swats it away, makes the questioner look silly, and then smiles at the end. It got so bad, in fact, that Fox News cut away from the event before it was over. Democratic operatives around Washington watching it had pretty much the same reaction: "Where the hell has this guy been?" One source said GOP aides probably wished they'd spoken to John McCain "about what happened to him in the presidential debates" before they broadcast the event. "It's quite a show," a White House official said, apparently going for the same deadpan tone the president was.

Why I Don’t Check Voicemail Anymore

oh so true...my mother will never understand though.

Miramax

Dead.

Dead

“I hope to hell that when I do die somebody has the sense to just dump
me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam
cemetary. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach
on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you’re dead?
Nobody," - J.D. Salinger.

Facebook ad amusement

Gus the dog has a Facebook page and 143 friends. But more importantly, when I was updating it for him today, I noticed the following ad:

What do you think. Should Gus go for it?

(Also, is that girl super young – teenage like?)

Glee is going to turn you gay

I admit it. I heart Glee. I’m a big theatre fag, so a show about a bunch of singing teenagers that’s kinda twisted in its humor works for me. I’m really glad it’s doing so well too.

But there are folks who disagree (hey, it’s America. We’re built to disagree with each other). This article has some really great reasons why Glee is going to ruin America’s children. A few choice quotes (emphasis theirs not mine):

To understand the dangerous implications of this poorly conceived series, let me start with the characters. They are just not believable. All the women students look to be in their late 20s or early 30s in real life. The teachers aren’t the suffering and hardened types you’ll find in real American public schools. This rosy little place of Glee is devoid of gun violence, sexting, drug dealing, suicide and larger questions of faith.

Additionally, the show has far too many musical numbers. From R&B hits to showtunes to classic rock & roll, the boys and girls of Glee really can put on a performance. But it’s not convincing on that million-dollar stage. They come across as trying too hard with their exaggerated facial expressions and hip posturings, the soaring voices ranges. They’ve clearly been coached.

Another major fault with the show is its fawning celebration of teenage homosexuality and consumer indulgence. Again the show makes the case that accepting the gay lifestyle and making yourself as outrageous as possible will help you achieve something despite whatever social limitations you may have. Disregarding any sense of fair play, the show does not offer any alternative to the gay lifestyle argument. There are no teens cured of their relentless and wild male sex desires, there are no moral figures on hand to give a comforting hand, there are no popular boys who say, “I don’t want to hurt my family anymore and I love Jesus, so I am going to stop doing gay things with guys in the bathroom.”

In a nutshell, the Golden Girls turned a generation away from procreation. It made our American boys into the most raunchy, campy, carnal people on the planet. If, as a society, we could have returned to the 80s with what we know now and stop that show, American culture might be drastically different today.

A generation from now, when these children become adults, what kind of country will the United States be? How many middle-aged men will find themselves in a dead-end Glee-based lifestyle? Will they be ostentatious and sensitive, their dreams smashed up against a wall crying out to have that giant hole in their souls stuffed with some musky foreign thrill? Will they be violating what’s left of our traditional cultural landscape with unimaginable high-tech perversions, drenching, nay drowing the bright young men of tomorrow in their relentless sauces of net porn and showtunes, maximized liberties and stem-cell party drugs? Will male sports just become an excuse for gay locker room orgies? How long until these types also legislate to destroy the beauty of marriage, the safety of religion, the rights of the righteous?

You should read the whole article cause it’s chock full of fun statements like the above. Quite frankly, if I wasn’t already watching this show, the above article would have totally turned me into a fan.

Feminism Redux

Recently, I’ve heard a couple of talks on NPR about Hillary Clinton’s run for President that have upset me. In the first one, they were talking about it in the context of feminism: they said that Geraldine Ferraro was all sorts of pissed off at her daughter for voting for Barry rather than Hills in the Democratic primary. Apparently, she felt that her daughter should “stick with the sisterhood” and was not supporting feminism or something by voting for Barry.

And then I heard a blurb on NPR last night that referred to Hillary as the “first credible female Presidential candidate” (agreed) and asked when would we be ready for a female President. And that pissed me off because I don’t think that she lost the primaries because she is a woman. Of course there were some people who voted against her because she’s a woman. And there were obviously people (like Geraldine Ferraro and many other Democratic women my mother’s age) who voted for her largely because she was a woman.

I think that feminism is all about women having choices. If I am voting for someone simply because she is a woman, then I’m not having a choice. I’m using gender to make the decision, without considering the issues. That’s as bad as someone who votes against a woman simply because she’s a woman.

I think that Geraldine Ferraro’s daughter (and I) are perfect illustrations of feminism (although I don’t really know what went through Gerry’s daughter’s head, I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt that she thought this through carefully since she’d have to incur her mom’s wrath for making the decision to not support Hills). I considered both Hillary and Barry based on their campaigns and what they said they believed in. I didn’t weigh either one more heavily because of gender or race.

Isn’t that what we all want? To be judged based on who we are as a person rather than gender, race, sexual preference, blah blah blah blah blah?

Call me post-Feminist, call me crazy, call me anti-feminist. I don’t really care. I think that if/when we are able to judge people based on who they are rather than “what” they are, we are moving in the right direction.

anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant.

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German Home Shopping Channel + tv + measuring stick + penis(es) = FAIL

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Kermit – the inside story

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I'm so wanting to make a fisting joke right now...

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Movies!

Yesterday, I went to the grown up movie theatre (no kids allowed! They serve alcohol!) with Seujan to see Nine. I knew that it wasn’t supposed to be very good, but it’s a musical and I have a thing about musicals…I’m a big of a musical theatre fag, to be completely honest with you.

It was okay, but I felt like it was a poor update to All that Jazz, Bob Fosse’s semi-autobiographical pic about a director and the influence of the women in his life. Granted Fosse only primarily focused on three women (his ex-wife, his lover and his daughter...along with some strippers and Death, played by an incandescent Jessica Lange. Seriously, this flick is definitely worth a rental.

Nine on the other hand was okay. The pretty girls looked pretty, but I thought they could have been filmed much better. I was surprised by that. I was kinda surprised by Kate Hudson singing. The role didn’t feel like much of a stretch, but she did a good job singing & dancing. My favorite was definitely Marion Cotillard, who once again shows what a beautiful and talented actress she is (another rental recommendation is her amazing La Vie en Rose biography of Edith Piaf.)

I’d definitely say you should skip Nine and go for one of those rentals instead. It just didn’t hold my attention very well, I found the lyrics banal and (unfortunately because the cinematographer lived across the street from me in Laurel Canyon & won an Oscar for Chicago), it didn’t look that great.

Then last night, I finally sat down and watched Inglorious Basterds. I can’t exactly explain why I love Quentin Tarantino’s flicks so much, especially since they all tend to have violence in them and I generally avoid violent flicks. I just love his scripts and something about his movies makes me oh so aware of how much he loves movies. It feels like he’s always paying homage to someone. I know that personally he’s a bit of a nutcase, but I don’t care – I really think that he’s a genius.

Story was interesting, I turned away and avoided the scalping (there was actual scalping of Nazis) but was ok with shooting Nazis (that wasn’t very graphic). The performances were great, especially Christoph Waltz, who won a SAG (Screen Actors Guild) award this weekend for this performance. He is a totally different kind of evil Nazi than we’re used to seeing.

Regardless of the violence, this was a kick ass, fun ride. I highly recommend it.

Don't Tell Me You're Gay

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This greatly amused me.

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Can you name this actor?

Hint: he’s a lot older now.

 

 

 

Answer: Christopher Walken!?!?!

Best save the date ever

How do they top this with a wedding video?

100 ways of saying fuck you...

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now you can be rudely multi-lingual.

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Air America

Dead.

World Beard and Moustache Championships

World Beard and Moustache Championships: "

To be held in Trondheim, Norway, on May 14, 2011, the World Beard and Moustache Championships is a big deal. A BIG DEAL. Apparently, the United States is the ‘world’s new facial hair super power, having captured twelve world championship titles out of eighteen categories plus overall at the World Beard and Moustache Championships in Anchorage, Alaska in 2009′. So if you have a good handlebar, if you can connect the dots, then the next major event in the ’sport of bearding will be the Beard Team USA Nationals in Bend, Oregon on June 5, 2010, where $5000 in cash prizes will go to best beards and moustaches in the USA’. [self-portrait photo by Eric Harvey Brown]

"

Interesting website to check out

I linked to this earlier in the week in regards to their info about cell phone plans, but it turns out that BIllShrink also provides information about your cheapest & closest gas stations, savings & CDs & credit cards.

My only caveat/concern is that (at least for the gas stations), they wanted my email address along with my home & work address. I gave them my email address, but only provided the zip codes info for my home & work. I don’t necessarily want to hand out all three (email, home & work address) to a website (although it has been featured on CNN, NBC, ABC & CBS, so it’s definitely not a scam – it’s just that I don’t know where they’re going down the road and they might annoy me…)

Definitely worth checking out though.

Don’t Piss Conan O’Brien Off

I’m not a late night chat show watcher but I really love Conan O’Brien. And the way he’s handled the obnoxious (and white bread leaning) way NBC has been treating him has been really impressive. But now he’s fighting back…by spending lots of their money.

Having trouble embedding the video, but click on the pic above and it should take you to the site to watch it. It’s been yanked from YouTube, so it may not stay up long…it’s totally worth the watch though.

What he said

Mindboggling: "The Democrats answer to losing one seat in the Senate, which gives them a caucus majority of 59-41. 58 if you toss out Lieberman. That's the biggest advantage in 30 years.

Their answer?

We can't do anything now.

· It is mathematically impossible for Democrats to pass legislation on our own. Senate Republicans to come to the table with ideas for improving our nation and not obstructionist tactics.

· Saying 'no' might be a good political strategy but it does nothing to create jobs or help improve the lives of struggling Americans.

Jesus. There are so many things that can be done. The nuclear option is one. Forcing all Republican Senators to be on the floor during a filibuster is another. On and on. Many, many majority parties have faced this problem and figured out ways to get legislation passed. This is part of Democracy. You figure out a way to twist and manipulate the system and you get shit done.

Filibusters, finally, used to be costly forms of obstruction. But Senate customs since the 1970s or so have made them easy for the obstructionists — and equally easy, as well as hidden, are things like “individual holds” to prevent votes even when the overwhelming majority is in favor. The Senate is not built for modern governance — though it is perfectly suited to modern media campaigns to obstruct and destroy public action.

Democrats in the Senate, with White House backing, could be changing customs to make holds visible and filibusters costly (for example, if senators using holds were identified and holds were made temporary, and if filibusterers had to maintain 40 or more senators present on the floor at all times). But the Democratic Senate leaders don’t take these steps, because secretly many Democratic senators are prima donnas who love the personal clout these practices give them. The best time to have acted was back at the start, when President Obama was more popular. Now it will be harder.

– Democrats, in the end, are setting America and their party up to fail, by not figuring out how to move things with huge majorities short of 60 in the Senate. Why vote for them, people will say, if they cannot do anything anyway? Or worse, if they engage in unseemly bargains to buy individual Senators’ votes with measures against the public interest.

It's fucking amazing that these idiots don't understand that the American people voted them in to take drastic action to change things and get the ship back on the right track.

We just want shit to get done. We really don't care how it gets done, you fucking spineless idiots.

"

My 2010 Obama agenda survey from the Repub Natl Committee

Evil snakes. But they have to pay for the prepaid postage for me to return it. That cheers me up somewhat.

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Cell Phone Plans: The Ultimate Comparison

via billshrink.com

This is really helpful, especially if you combine it with Consumer Reports research on mobile provider's coverage and customer support (spoiler: Verizon is tops, T-Mobile comes in second).

Of course, if you insist on using an unlocked Jesus phone (aka: iPhone), you're stuck on AT&T...

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Wow. Owls are cool.

via tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com

The silent flight of owls has long fascinated ornithologists. No other birds fly with such stealth... First, the leading edge, or primary feathers, on the owls' wings are serrated like a comb. Second, the trailing feathers on the back end of the wing are tattered like the fringe of a scarf. And third, the rest of the owls' wings and legs are covered in velvety down feathers... owls' tattered fringe feathers help to break up the sound waves that are generated as air flows over the top of their wings and forms downstream wakes...

...the silence allows owls to more efficiently use their ears, which are positioned asymmetrically in their skulls: One ear is higher and more forward than the other, and each is shaped slightly different... owls, because of their ears' asymmetry, hear sounds slightly differently through each ear. This allows the raptors to more accurately determine where a sound is coming from.

(That's some super cool stuff, eh?)

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The United States is NOT a Christian Country

It is a country that includes Christians, Jews, MUSLIMS, Hindus, ATHIESTS, Wiccans and who knows what else.

When we are at war, we are not fighting for Jesus. We are fighting for the United States of America. Anything that gives the impression that any war we wage is a religious one is a problem – particularly when we’re fighting in largely Muslim countries where people may perceive that this is a religious battle. Certainly, the terminology that our last President used made it unclear if we were indeed fighting a religious war against Islam. Sigh.

So, it’s particularly disturbing to read about an ABC news investigation that showed that rifles used by the US Army & Marines include references to bible quotes in the rifle’s sights. Seriously?

From ABCNews.com (Click on the link for the full story. These are a few choice tidbits):

Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military by a Michigan company, an ABC News investigation has found.

At the end of the serial number on Trijicon's ACOG gun sight, you can read "JN8:12", a reference to the New Testament book of John, Chapter 8, Verse 12, which reads: "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." The ACOG is widely used by the U.S. military.

The sights are used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the training of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers. The maker of the sights, Trijicon, has a $660 million multi-year contract to provide up to 800,000 sights to the Marine Corps, and additional contracts to provide sights to the U.S. Army.

U.S. military rules specifically prohibit the proselytizing of any religion in Iraq or Afghanistan and were drawn up in order to prevent criticism that the U.S. was embarked on a religious "Crusade" in its war against al Qaeda and Iraqi insurgents.

…

Trijicon confirmed to ABCNews.com that it adds the biblical codes to the sights sold to the U.S. military. Tom Munson, director of sales and marketing for Trijicon, which is based in Wixom, Michigan, said the inscriptions "have always been there" and said there was nothing wrong or illegal with adding them. Munson said the issue was being raised by a group that is "not Christian." The company has said the practice began under its founder, Glyn Bindon, a devout Christian from South Africa who was killed in a 2003 plane crash.

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Spokespeople for the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps both said their services were unaware of the biblical markings. They said officials were discussing what steps, if any, to take in the wake of the ABCNews.com report. It is not known how many Trijicon sights are currently in use by the U.S. military.

To Have a Dream

Nice

“Remember that conversation you had with B about how she is so in love with her girlfriend because she feels safe and loved and not judged? And you told her that that’s exactly what you want for her? I hope that you’ll feel like that about me some day.”

Silence.

Tiny whisper: “I do.”

That’s a Very Good Thing.

It’s official

I passed my CISSP exam! Last month I took a boot camp to prep for this test. It was really fun and intense – ran from 8am to 9pm + studying before and after the class.

The test covers a really broad area – everything from the details of encryption schemes to what type of fire extinguisher to use to put out different types of fires (!??!). In general, I felt good about the test (I tend to test well) but had a couple of panics – one the night before the exam, when I started going through a sample test a friend had sent me – and I didn’t know answers to a bunch of questions in a row. That one sent me back to re-reading the course materials the night before the exam. I finally quit at 11pm and took a bath and tried to get relaxed and centered so that I could get a good night’s sleep before the exam. Having Gus the dog at the hotel with me helped because I could pull my regular routine of waking him from a sound sleep, dragging him across the bed (while he growls at me) and making him cuddle with me (while he sighs).

Then when I showed up to take the test (they take this very seriously – there were 4 proctors for 15 of us, they carefully examined our photo & signature and compared them to our drivers licenses and each of us had a different exam), I didn’t know the answer to the first three questions on the test. I definitely started to panic at that point. But I just moved on and after I got into my groove and revisited those questions, it turned out that I did actually know the answer to two of them.

The class instructor was really helpful in providing tips for taking the test and focusing on what was most likely to be on the exam.

You have six hours to take the test – I finished in 3.5 hours (the longest it’s ever taken me to take any exam) and I was the first one done (I’m a really quick test taker). I made a big effort to go slowly and read carefully – I often miss questions because I skim or don’t read all the answers carefully. It’s a stupid reason to get something wrong.

And it worked! Very happy.

The Numbers Behind Pornography

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Pat Robertson: Haiti disaster due to Haiti's "pact at the Devil."

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Gay Teen Worried He Might Be Christian

At first glance, high school senior Lucas Faber, 18, seems like any ordinary gay teen. He's a member of his school's swing choir, enjoys shopping at the mall, and has sex with other males his age. But lately, a growing worry has begun to plague this young gay man. A gnawing feeling that, deep down, he may be a fundamentalist, right-wing Christian.

Go to The Onion to read the rest of the fascinating story…

SarahP is uninformed & dangerous

That’s why I don’t like her. It’s not cause she’s “pretty” (she’s not so much my type) or because she claims to shoot animals. It’s because she’s in way over her head – she doesn’t know or understand American history or have any context for what she’s saying. It’s just about Jesus. That’s dangerous in my book. Last night, I caught part of a 60 Minutes interview with Steve Schmidt (who was the person on the McCain campaign who picked her as his running mate) which was incredibly damning. There’s also a new book called “Game Change” that apparently covers a lot of this in detail (sigh – not available on the Kindle yet).

Here’s some of Andrew Sullivan’s thoughts post-60 Minutes interview:

She didn't know what the Federal Reserve did. She believed that her First Amendment rights meant she was protected from press inquiries. She couldn't tell you why there's a North and a South Korea. And she had an inability to distinguish between her own view of the world - which always rationalized everything that Sarah Palin did - and reality. This discovery then led to the elaborate and panicked strategy of shielding Palin from any direct press scrutiny - she held zero open press conferences in the campaign - and the desperate attempts to cram as much into her brain before the one-on-one media interviews and the veep debate. She also, as Schmidt details, had a capacity for saying things that were demonstrably untrue, even repeating them forcefully after the world had moved on.

There’s a lot more at http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com…

** Keep in mind that Andrew Sullivan considers himself a Conservative. Yet I find him one of the most interesting political bloggers on the scene these days. See – I’m not all partisan ‘n stuff – at least when people agree with me… (actually, the Dems piss me off almost as much as the Repubs do).

Google Knows All

Seriously. They have an ENORMOUS amount of information on all of us.

Google has, perhaps more than any other company, realized that information is power. Information about the Internet, information about innumerable trends, and information about its users, YOU.

So how much does Google know about you and your online habits? It’s only when you sit down and actually start listing all of the various Google services you use on a regular basis that you begin to realize how much information you’re handing over to Google.

This has, as these things tend to do, given rise to various privacy concerns. It probably didn’t help when Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, recently went on the record saying: “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.”

Now let’s have a look at how Google is gathering information from you, and about you.

Huh. Hotel Booking info

One of my replacement credit cards just arrived, so I called Le Montrose to make a reservation. Typically, I use a discount website to book hotel reservations (I’ve stayed there before and really like it. It’s all suites and at a reasonable rate.) I happened to wander through their website last night and it mentioned that you should call them directly and ask about their AAA rate, so I did.

The AAA rate was cheaper than any of the discount sites and it was for an Executive (nicer) rather than a Junior suite. Huh. I wouldn’t have expected that.

Lesson learned: call the hotel directly and see if they have any specials. Granted this isn’t a big chain hotel, so your mileage may vary. But it was definitely worth the call for me.

Weekend plans

Heading down to LA for a long weekend. The primary reason is for Jim’s memorial, which looks like it’s going to be a small affair, which is fine with me. I think that being there and participating in that will really make it all sink in. I was thinking about who I needed to call and arrange to see this trip and I of course included Jim. And then I remembered.

My cousin Amelia is performing in a show in Santa Monica (she’s an actress) and her sister Natasha is visiting from her college in NY, so I’ll go check that out with Natasha and my uncle Jason (their dad) on Saturday night. I’m looking forward to seeing them.

Of course I’ll hit my regular meeting at 26th & Broadway in Santa Monica on Saturday morning and then go to lunch with the girls afterwards. It’s a great way to catch up with a bunch of folks at once. And I am such a fan of Swingers Protein Breakfast. Yum.

But the most exciting thing about going to LA is the SUN. And the warmth. Check this out:

You’ll all be proud to know that I am not only flying coach this trip (yes, yes, I’m ridiculously spoiled) but I’m in a middle seat. But it’s in row 5 so I can get on last and get off first (I’m always thinking…). It’s only a 2.5 hour flight, so I think I’ll be ok. And Virgin America is a pretty entertaining airline. I just hope security isn’t a nightmare. I plan on going pantyless… (just seeing if you were still reading).

Two can play this game

From Andrew Sullivan’s blog:

Dick Cheney is the former vice-president whose national security expertise was central to his appeal in 2000 as Bush's running mate. Yet within nine months, Cheney presided over the worst attack on American soil in US history, failed to capture its perpetrators, failed to bring any of its plotters to justice, made convicting them much harder because he secretly and illegally authorized their brutal torture, and recruited a new and young wave of Jihadists by the exposure of the barbarism at Gitmo, Bagram, Camp Cropper, Camp Nama and the various black torture sites he helped set up across the globe. For good measure, Cheney also lost the war in Afghanistan and his closest confidant Don Rumsfeld lost the war in Iraq (the success of the subsequent "surge" will be tested this year as troops withdraw). Under Cheney, for good measure, both Iran and North Korea made huge strides toward getting nukes.

Read the rest of the article here.

Little Asian Girl PC vs Mac parody

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Missing Wallet Update

Not a lot to write here, but just wanted to follow up on the case of the missing wallet and let you know that I found it in the couch in the den. I had looked under all those cushions but it was hiding between cushions. I have no idea why I had the wallet in there and there doesn’t seem to be anything missing, so I can’t blame the at risk (stoned) teenagers who spent the night at my house the night I lost it.

Very very very weird.

Of course, I’ve already cancelled my credit cards…but whatever – I’m really glad that it turned up.

(I realize that this is not a particularly illuminating or entertaining post, but I figured that you’d want to know.)

The Best Times to Buy Anything - great article!

You're always hearing about off-season, post-peak times to save money on purchases and food, but it always arrives too late. We've compiled a timeline and lots of best-time-to-buy suggestions into one post to help you plan a more frugal 2010.

We scoured the net for advice from financial sites, gadget bloggers, and other sources on the best times to buy particular items, ranging from little goods you can stock up on (aluminum foil) to big-time purchases you can easily overpay for in the wrong season (boats). We threw together all these tips, organized them by time frame, and, through the keen eye of one Jason Fitzpatrick, assembled a timeline of some of the major items to keep in mind throughout the year.

Click on the image below for a larger version, and right-click it and save it to grab the 1200-pixel-wide version for safekeeping.

Want the specifics? Go to Lifehacker.com for the rest of the article. http://lifehacker.com/5440376/the-best-times-to-buy-anything-all-year-round

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15 Things You Didn't Know About The Human Body (+ females have a G spot)

via reflectionof.me

Seriously scientists - if you're a man, you have no right to suddenly decide that the G spot doesn't exist. And quite frankly, if you're a woman, you still don't get to make that decision anyways. But this is totally unrelated to the above information, which is kinda interesting. It's just that G spots get me going. Heh.

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Lost in Space

I lost my wallet. It’s really weird – I had been at Walgreens with the Tardy Girl and had paid (I still have the receipt) and then we came straight home. I was carrying a messenger bag, so it’s not really easy for things to fall out of it.

It’s a hassle – new license, credit cards, AAA card, insurance card – especially since I’m going to LA this weekend (for Jim’s memorial) and will be renting a car. I hope they’re cool with a temporary license. (I’ll have my passport as a backup for additional ID).

But I had a dollar in there that was really old and mushed up that my grandmother always carried around with her in her purse. It made me happy to know I was carrying it around. And that’s gone.

And some super-cute pix of Gus the dog.

I dreamt I found it last night, but no such luck in real life. Sigh.