I have no idea what this has to do with Valentine’s Day, it just seemed appropriate.
A selection of politicky stuff that I found particularly annoying, amusing, or both, during the week of January 11-15, 2010.
I found some old photo albums while I was looking for something else, and stumbled over before and after pictures of me eating chocolate for the first time, when I was a wee little. Here I am, unwrapping a Hershey kiss. Note the skeptical expression, which is unbecoming in a two-year-old.
…and a lifelong love affair [...]
Astronomer, author and philosopher Carl Sagan would have turned 75 years old today. He was best known to the public for his amazing ability to make science understandable and interesting both to non-nerds and potential nerds (children) with the Cosmos series on PBS.
However, he wasn’t just some endearingly odd-sounding science guy on TV, he was [...]
I’m sure I looked comical, psychotic, or both, as I stalked this monarch butterfly around a lantana bush. I hope the neighbors didn’t notice, but fat chance.
I don’t see monarchs around here very often, so I was hellbent on getting at least one decent shot. Honestly, I don’t see many butterflies of any kind [...]
It was excruciatingly painful, but I have read the transcripts of Sarah Palin’s resignation speeches, trying to figure out what the hell she was talking about. I thought perhaps words on a page would make more sense than listening to her talk, but I was wrong. Her word salads are truly magnificent; they tantalize with [...]
I love William Shatner, and I love William Shatner reading Sarah Palin’s second bewildering resignation speech like beat poetry even more.