tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-615277 2012-01-28T08:36:13-06:00 Writing is only real on the first draft TypePad Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0168e63c6f26970c 2012-01-28T08:36:13-06:00 2012-01-28T08:36:13-06:00 Athenae Do you have a favorite restaurant? What is it? There's a Middle Eastern place not far from where we live that I swear puts crack of some kind in their falafel because HOMG. When I found out they delivered I... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef01630038972e970d 2012-01-27T08:34:39-06:00 2012-01-27T08:39:08-06:00 Doc Loyalty and affiliation, once earned and given, become a large part of who we are. It is for this reason that I still wear T-shirts from my student media days, root for the Cleveland Browns through every double-digit loss season... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0167612dddcf970b 2012-01-27T08:30:00-06:00 2012-01-27T08:37:20-06:00 Athenae So Riot's almost completely bald now, and not much in need of submersion cleaning. The other three, though, have devoted the past couple of months to becoming filthy little critters, and with the arrival of several days' worth of houseguests... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0168e6239e99970c 2012-01-27T06:33:00-06:00 2012-01-27T06:33:00-06:00 Adrastos Here's Oscar during our Katrina exile in Baton Rouge: tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef016761202769970b 2012-01-26T13:03:17-06:00 2012-01-26T15:45:44-06:00 Adrastos Newt Gingrich seems to be channeling either Jackie Gleason or Ray Bradbury right now. Personally, I think a lunar base would be awesome in a sci-fi, Trekkie kinda way but the Apollo program, uh, took off when the economy was... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0168e61f6a3e970c 2012-01-26T09:36:38-06:00 2012-01-26T09:36:38-06:00 Athenae Boy, I'm glad we have one. A. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0168e61e3907970c 2012-01-26T07:33:46-06:00 2012-01-26T07:33:46-06:00 Michael F From Album4 I realize "Low-Double-Digit-IQ-and-Oklahoma-State-Senator" isn't exactly news, but this, no pun intended, truly takes the cake: Oklahoma GOP State Senator Ralph Shortey is on a mission to finally put an end to his state’s allegedly rampant cannibalism problem. Alarmed... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef01676112aa60970b 2012-01-25T19:17:00-06:00 2012-01-25T15:03:27-06:00 Adrastos W is for Wednesday and also for Wilco: tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0163001986f7970d 2012-01-25T15:20:00-06:00 2012-01-25T15:20:00-06:00 Athenae My boyfriend is a fucking badass who busted up his face playing hockey at the age of 462. A. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0163000d6caa970d 2012-01-25T11:26:28-06:00 2012-01-25T13:48:54-06:00 Adrastos We've been captioning Newt a lot lately so it's time to take on Mr. 13/9%: tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef01630019c7ae970d 2012-01-25T09:56:12-06:00 2012-01-25T09:56:12-06:00 Virgo Tex The real surprise isn't that this happened, it's the fact that the plant actually got caught. That they did this in the first place speaks to the impotent (by design) oversight of our "reasonable and predictable regulatory structure" that guy... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0163000b76af970d 2012-01-25T09:14:18-06:00 2012-01-24T11:17:52-06:00 Athenae This one burns a little hotter than all the other rage-inducing hippie-punching poor-hating nonsense coming out of Wisconsin's legislature on a daily basis: In the Wisconsin Legislative session of 2009-2010, a bill passed both the Senate and Assembly providing health... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef01630010bdad970d 2012-01-24T19:30:00-06:00 2012-01-24T21:41:39-06:00 Athenae Posts in the van belong to their posters. The state of the union: SCREWED. Any questions? Update: Van closed! Thanks to all for stopping by for President Obama and some pasty dude who talked about how mean the president was.... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0163000f4fa9970d 2012-01-24T19:02:00-06:00 2012-01-24T19:02:00-06:00 Adrastos Here's the first single from Bruce's upcoming album, Wrecking Ball: tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef016760f4f51e970b 2012-01-24T15:36:00-06:00 2012-01-24T15:36:00-06:00 Athenae Clearly this would never have happened if we had given this guy the tax cuts he needed. A. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0168e5f5f53f970c 2012-01-24T11:30:00-06:00 2012-01-24T11:30:00-06:00 Athenae Give Susie's fundraiser a hand if you can. A. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef016760f4d8cf970b 2012-01-24T01:28:00-06:00 2012-01-24T01:28:00-06:00 Athenae From NY Mag: A. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef016760fb8eff970b 2012-01-23T22:39:49-06:00 2012-01-24T06:07:44-06:00 Jude Funny, he doesn't look like an utter halfwit here. That, ladies and gentlemen, is Wisconsin state senator Glenn Grothman (R-Lead Industry). Why is he the duck-fucker of today, you ask? Simple. Just look here: The bill, introduced only last week,... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef016760f4d5db970b 2012-01-23T14:06:00-06:00 2012-01-23T14:06:00-06:00 Athenae This: The only people who find Alinsky's writings radical are the Haves, because it suggests that the Have Nots have the power to equalize the system a little more. That's a scary concept for the one percent for which the... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef01543730ebcf970c 2012-01-23T10:46:39-06:00 2011-11-21T15:10:06-06:00 Adrastos I'm in for yet another week from h-e-double hockey sticks so I thought I'd go the quick blurb route. I also decided to pander to all the ice people out there by making a hockey reference. Guess I'm still capable... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef016760f3a72b970b 2012-01-23T08:25:01-06:00 2012-01-23T08:25:01-06:00 Athenae The public wants better news than it's getting: Even during weeks when the economy was the top story, interest surpassed coverage. For example, the week of Dec. 8, 41 percent of people said they were following the economy very closely;... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0168e590bb93970c 2012-01-23T05:48:00-06:00 2012-01-23T05:48:00-06:00 Tommy T Good morning, all ! No post today, as Barbara and I are on our annual pilgrimage to the Iberostar Quetzal in Playa Del Carmen, where agouti, peacocks, howler monkeys, and smiling bartenders roam the gounds freely. It's co-incides with our... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef016760f08bf3970b 2012-01-22T22:10:57-06:00 2012-01-22T22:10:57-06:00 Athenae It wasn't enough, apparently, to call Obama the "food stamp president." Now apparently he's the unemployed ghetto crack dealer president also: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is apparently on the offensive after his drubbing in the South Carolina Republican primary... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0168e5ee251a970c 2012-01-22T12:51:34-06:00 2012-01-22T12:49:19-06:00 Adrastos Courtesy of the most Republican parish in the Gret Stet of Louisiana: A Girl Scout troop on the north shore has collapsed after parents withdrew their children in the wake of a decision by a Colorado troop to admit a... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0168e5e909b9970c 2012-01-22T06:00:00-06:00 2012-01-22T06:00:00-06:00 Adrastos Here's Groucho from Horsefeathers complete with Portugese sub-titles: tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0168e5e9167c970c 2012-01-21T21:42:59-06:00 2012-01-21T21:42:59-06:00 Adrastos I don't know about you but I feel Newtastic: tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef016760cc5263970b 2012-01-21T10:03:00-06:00 2012-01-21T10:03:00-06:00 Athenae I'm a lifelong insomniac. I do the thing where my brain won't shut off and I walk around the house or sit and watch TV or pull out the laptop and read for hours because there's just no way to... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef016760e3f9bc970b 2012-01-21T09:02:07-06:00 2012-01-21T09:02:07-06:00 Athenae Republican nominee Newt Gingrich might just be the best thing ever. Imagine the debates. Just imagine them. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH LIQUOR IN THE WORLD. I'm on the road for work this weekend, so no van. but please, post links to... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0168e5dca4f0970c 2012-01-20T10:53:31-06:00 2012-01-20T10:53:31-06:00 Doc I’m suffering a Recall-Packer Loss-Newt Gingrich-Walker Ad Blitz-Edit happy assholes hangover right now. I kept trying to say something, but realized that I can’t find anything particularly poignant to say about anything epic. Could be the end of an interim... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5ced53ef0162ffd82e6b970d 2012-01-20T07:19:00-06:00 2012-01-19T13:55:21-06:00 Adrastos Della was outraged that I used a pissed off picture last week and insisted that I post something more flattering. I hope she's satisfied.