When talking about billions or trillions of dollars, it helps to have some perspective: If we add in the Citi bailout, the total cost now exceeds $4.6165 trillion dollars. People have a hard time conceptualizing very large numbers, so let’s give this some context. The current Credit Crisis bailout is now the largest outlay In …
When in the world did I become “Pete” to any number of people? Yes there have always been a few people who called me that, mostly my brother, my father and Jon R., but lately it seems that everyone I know from high school and have been reconnecting with since I got on Facebook and …
No doubt about it: zombies are hip. From flash mobs to calendars to movies to comics to tv, zombies have seized our popular imagination between their bloody teeth and show no sign of letting go. Their popularity is similar to the explosion of radioactive monster movies of the 50s, but the zombie phenomenon seems even …
[Cross-posted on Daily Kos] I was sitting in a Baptist church in Maryland when I saw a spider on the pew in front of me. I was maybe 10, maybe 11 at the time and I remember thinking to myself, “if this was a poisonous spider and it bit me right now and I died, …
Check out their site and see if you can help. In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, the Houston Food Bank needs your support to help disaster victims. We need donations of money, food, and volunteer time. The Houston Food Bank is working hard to provide relief to families and individuals who are suffering as a …
I’ve been on the quiet side lately as I try to get settled here in Las Cruces and figure out how to make this whole crazy thing work. I will write something a bit more detailed and emotionally richer in the next day or so, but wanted to just let folks know that I’m fine. …
My name’s Chris Jeavans. For one month I am attempting to live my normal life with one main change – no new plastic. That means no bags, no packaging, no plastic to hang around in landfill. In this blog I’ll keep you updated to let you know how I’m getting on.[From BBC NEWS | Month …
Ok, not really: I still want to have my cds & dvds & books & vinyl displayed in nicely neat, alphabetical or genre categories so that I can peruse & browse & yes, show them off.Considering that I have roughly 475 cds and 500 books (here in my NY apt, I probably have another 400 …
Ok, I’m all for making up words. Hell, as a Joss Whedon fan, I buy into the validity turning almost any word into an adjective or adverb, and I don’t have too much trouble turning nouns into verbs on a regular basis since most things are process in a philosophical sense, but reading this publisher’s …