Now that the well is capped, there seems to be relatively little effect on the environment — at least as not as much as anticipated. I'm not complaining, of course…. but one wonders why the environmental effects aren't devastating. The answer, possibly, is this: A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe suddenly is flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico and gobbling up … Read More
E Coli Conservatism
"E Coli conservatism", a phrase coined by Rick Perlstein several years ago, speaks to the call by conservatives to streamline or cut away at government services, and the consequences of such efforts. We're experienceing e coli conservatism now, in the most literal sense of the phrase. You've likely heard about the egg recall that's currently underway, in the wake of … Read More
The Facebook Killer
It was only a matter of time, really: Three teens who were on a 69-name hit list posted on Facebook have been killed in the past 10 days… Don't worry — it isn't happening in America…. yet. Read the whole thing.
Fox News = Terrorist Funder
Yesterday morning on Fox & Friends, Fox News contributor Dan Senor observed that The Kingdom Foundation, whose chairman is Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, is a funder for the Cordoba House Initiative. “The Kingdom Foundation, so you know, is this Saudi organization, headed up by the guy that tried to give Rudy Giuliani $10 million after 9/11 that was sent back, funds radical madrassas … Read More
Miss Philippines Is Perfect, She Wants You To Know
It's no Miss South Carolina USA answer, but still…. And if you ask me, the hairdo is a mistake.
Velcro Parents and the First Day of College
I enjoyed this New York Times article about how colleges are dealing with parents who, when dropping their freshman child off for the first day of college, just won't… you know… go. There's some obvious things colleges do, like have mass student orientation in large halls with signs outside saying "for students only". Other times they arrange events so that the university … Read More
Improv Anywhere Goes To The Beach — A Black Tie Event
Several hundred “agents” from Improv Anywhere went to the beach this weekend dressed to the nines, much to the surprise of onlookers. From their website: Photos: – Agent Scott’s set (165 photos)– Agent Sokoler’s set (146 photos)– Agent Fountain’s set (89 photos) For those of you who were not there – we had several hundred agents spend a day at the beach at Coney Island / … Read More
Interesting Twist On Keeping An On-Line Journal
OhLife is an email-based private online journal site, where you can keep, well, your private online journal. Once you sign up, every night OhLife emails you the question "How did your day go?" Just reply with your entry and it's saved instantly. What's the interesting twist? After you have accumulated a backlog of journal entries, OhLife will start to send … Read More
The Reviews Are In
From the Winston-Salem Journal: Actors' fine work brings to life the tests of baseball and its parallel with life SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL Published: August 22, 2010 Actors Ken Ashford and Scott Stevens hit over-the-wall home runs with their performances in Rounding Third. The play, written by Richard Dresser and directed by Nathan Adam Sullivan, opened Friday night at Theatre Alliance. … Read More
Sensitivity Training
Don't tell me the anti-mosque crusade isn't about bigotry and racism. Sure, the anti-mosque-eteers might give some lip to service to their notion that a "mosque" "at" Ground Zero offends the 9/11 families, but it doesn't take much to see that what's going on is more sinister: they don't want the mosque because they just don't like olive-skinned people. Read this … Read More
Quote Of The Week
"To choose and be so adamant about this exact location just a block or two away from 9/11, again is that knife, it feels like." — Sarah Palin (Just for the record, 9/11 isn't a place)