Sunday song
Marti Webb sings Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Archive of entries posted on June 2012
A multi-pitcher no-hitter? Weird.
I’m still a tad stunned that my Dodgers were no-hit last night by a cavalcade of no-name Mariners pitchers. So was Ted Keith of Sports Illustrated. What happened in the Pacific Northwest on Friday was a lightning bolt event, the kind no one can anticipate striking — especially when it is a last-place team doing …
Cataloging Romney’s lies
I try to catch the most egregious of these, but Steve Benen at The Maddow Blog has been compiling lists. Called Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, he’s up to Volume XXI. A sample from today’s collection: 3. Romney added that he’s concerned about the millions of Americans “on food stamps, most of whom never expected that would …
Mr. Romney and the truth have not yet met
Jonathan Chait points out the latest lies about Obama, the economy, and the health care bill. First he quotes Romney: A book that was written in a way that’s apparently pro-President Obama, was written by a guy named Noam Scheiber and in this book he says that there was a discussion about the fact that …
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Vanity plate
Okay, I couldn’t resist. At $25/year, why not get a vanity license plate? I just ordered this from the state. There’s a 60-90 day wait, but in the meantime the existing one has the same initials as Ireland’s public broadcasting system, so it’s easily remembered too.
Post-Wisconsin
It’s disheartening that the recall in Wisconsin failed, but the most depressing thing I read all day is this, hands down: Charlie Pierce was in Wisconsin blogging the recall and interviewing voters at polling stations. Here’s part of a conversation he had with a guy who was a letter carrier for nearly 40 years (and …
Transit of Venus blogging
Well, really just linking. Here’s the principal NASA webcast site here in Hawai’i. This is the Official Sun-Earth Day webcast for the Transit of Venus. Don’t miss the NASA EDGE team and the Sun-Earth Day team as they bring you this last of a lifetime event live from the top of Mount Mauna Kea, Hawaii, …
Recall today
Oust Walker! Vote Barrett!
A query
I bought the Mini from a private individual, not from a dealer. He gave me the title and I had to go pay the city $10 to transfer it into my name. I was advised to keep the title document in a safe place. Fair enough. But. I don’t remember ever getting a title to …
Woo-hoo!
Between the new car and this new chair, all our transportation needs have been met for the next umpty-ump years! This sucker weighs about 15 pounds, which is maybe a third as much as the one we’ve been using. It fits into the new car quite easily, since the handles fold down and the footrests …