Succulent
Meet Adenium arabicum. It lives in a ceramic pot on our side deck.
Archive of entries posted on April 2005
Benefit cuts for the many
The Center on Budget Priorities and Policy has published a summary of what Mr. Bush proposed last night. In last night’s press conference, President Bush endorsed a proposal that would result in substantial cuts in benefits for middle-income families and deeper cuts for higher-income families. While the proposal was described as reducing benefits for the …
The Service Academies, too?
Where does this all end? From the LA Times: Religious intolerance is systemic and pervasive at the U.S. Air Force Academy and, if nothing changes, it could result in “prolonged and costly” litigation, according to a report (pdf) issued Thursday by a group advocating strict separation of church and state. The 14-page report listed incidents …
Bush/press follies
Was there even one really hard question in that press conference? Was there one straight answer? I think not.
HoJo’s
Who’d have thought that Jacques P?pin spent 10 years working at Howard Johnson’s? Travelling across country in 1962, we stayed at a lot of Howard Johnson’s motels, compete with the orange rooves. It may have been at a HoJo’s that I finally overcame my dislike of green salad, astonishing the hell out of my parents, …
Pass the Mai-Tais
My new $12.99 umbrella. If it holds up for one summer at that price, I’ll be quite content.
Ouch. That’s gotta hurt
This just arrived in my mailbox: Fire destroys personal library of President George W. Bush Crawford, Texas (not AP) – A tragic fire this morning destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. The fire began in the presidential bathroom where both of the books were kept. Both of his books were lost. A …
This and that
In Batgrl mode (she’s blogging again, in case you didn’t know — Huzzah!), here are a few links I’ve run across over the past week or so. 10 writing mistakes. I plead guilty to all of them at one time or another. (Via The Sideshow). Why Intelligent Design is a waste of time and how …
Who’s watching?
My mom found a new blog which focuses on the Sunday morning political talk shows. I commented that I wondered what the ratings were for those shows, since in my entire working life I have never ever had a conversation on a Monday about the content of “Meet the Press,” “Face the Nation” or “This …
I don’t get it
Trackback spam is a pain, we all know that. But what’s the point of this kind? I just got a ping on this post; it reads as follows: IP Address: 83.65.7.162 Title: google Weblog: google Excerpt: google Huh?