Archive for July, 2007

George Vs. America on this 4th of July

July 4th, 2007

(hat tip to Auguste at Pandagon for the pic)
THE BILL OF RIGHTS
Amendments 1-10 of the Constitution
(with particular sections directly under attack by the Bush administration in bold)
The Conventions of a number of the States having, at the time of adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, [...]

LtL Didn’t Win the Big Finish Doctor Who Short Story Contest.

July 3rd, 2007

If you want to read the story, just follow the link below. I had a bitch of a time cutting down my original first draft the the word limitation, so there are lots of bits that didn’t make it into this version, but I doubt that I will do anything more with this one, [...]

This one is for the geeks

July 3rd, 2007

Simply a screenshot of my current desktop.

I’m using Shapeshifter for the theme, the wallpaper is from a collection of wallpapers at the Apple site called “Color of My Eyes,” and my dock is anchored to the bottom using Tweak Freak. I have GeekTool running and displaying the next 7 days of events from iCal, as [...]

Dreams

July 3rd, 2007

Dreamt last night of zombies and the end of the world.
No, really, I did. A long, convoluted dream, which is beyond linear reconstruction but I remember a barn, sort of an uber-barn based on the one behind my grandparents house. Large, containing a past that is always dusty, mysterious and just out of reach. We [...]

Richard Shindell

July 2nd, 2007

As testament to the power of internet radio, I recently bought Courier, by Richard Shindell. Radio Paradise played a song called “Transit” which caught my attention more than most songs do. Something about the voice: round and full, but with an edge to it, Shindell has a voice that feels like the truth should feel. [...]

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