Ha ha! For her part, Sarah Palin, who has lately taken to calling Obama “Barack the Wealth Spreader,” seems to be something of a suspect character herself. She is, at the very least, a fellow-traveller of what might be called socialism with an Alaskan face. The state that she governs has no income or sales …
First up, the depressing news that America, land of the free and home of the brave, ranks 36th among nations for the freedom of the press: The United States is ranked 36th in the world in terms of press freedom, up from 48th last year, according to a report released Wednesday by Reporters Sans Frontieres. …
I have a pet peeve. Ok, I have a number of pet peeves, but I want to share this one in particular with you today. I want actors to stop looking at each other all the damned time. Bear with me here, it will make sense in a jiffy. Take a moment to think back …
I waste time. Lots of it. I waste time by surfing the web, making sure I am caught up on the latest status updates on Facebook, reading blogs, watching shows on Hulu, tinkering with my computer’s desktop and settings. If there’s a television around, I am good at wasting time by channel surfing and watching …
A drabble is a story of exactly 100 words that is presented on Norm Sherman’s fiction podcast, The Drabblecast. Yours truly will be having his drabble, “Allergies,” published on the podcast this week. If you like listening to stories, especially stories of the weirder variety, this is a podcast you should be subscribed to, regardless of my brief contribution. Mr. Sherman has a very good reading voice, an excellent ear for sound and ambient effects, and publishes some delightfully odd tales.
The show should post this Wednesday, so head over to The Drabblecast to check it out.
[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, …
I’m taking a break from the blog for the month of October. I don’t have a particularly compelling reason, it was just something that came to me when I was contemplating my next entry. Considering I’m approaching 500 entries and have been maintaining LtL, with a decent amount of regularity for a personal blog, for almost three years, I figure a month off won’t kill me or lose me what few regular readers I might have.
My thanks to all of you who take the time to read my blog and I’ll have new thoughts, new ideas, and new words for you in about a month.
I am killing some time before I can meet Jeff in Dallas, so I came by Waco Lake to hang out for a couple of hours and do some reading or just chill in a quiet spot. It’s very quiet here and I’m enjoying listening to acorns fall and fish jump.
Tomorrow I am leaving Las Cruces and heading up to Roswell, NM. Considering my love of science fiction and interest in space and aliens and conspiracies, it seemed a shame to leave NM without visiting, even though I know it will be cheesy and tourist-y. Still, it should be fun. After I spend a couple …
Richard Wright, the keyboardist whose somber, monumental sounds were at the core of Pink Floyd’s art-rock that has sold millions and millions of albums, died Monday in London, where he had lived. He was 65. [From Richard Wright, Member of Pink Floyd, Dies at 65 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com]