Some more photos from commentor Carbon Dated, in Manhattan’s East Village: Honeysuckle. This gorgeous bloom is one of many flowering plants that find their way into the garden without human intervention. The alligator’s name is Nixon. (‘I am not a croc.’) The plants are the young poppies; this pic taken in late May… … the …
Archives for October 2011
Song of the week
Etta James, “Tell Mama” (1968) Etta James (name at birth: Jamesetta Hawkins) and Muscle Shoals was a natural combination that maybe took a little longer than you might think to happen, but when it did, well, wowóeasily one of her best albums. She’s in complete control of this blistering number, playing off the horns and …
Local Election
Big race here in WV between Earl Ray Tomblin (D) and Bill Maloney (R), both of whom are running for Governor. I haven’t talked about it much because the choices are so damned depressing, but I can tell you that a ton of money is being dumped. You can not turn on the tv without …
Embarassing yourself and your state and your country
Note: This post was previously published without comments being enabled. I have rescheduled to 6pm so you all have your chance to scream and throw things. I do love Michelangelo Signorile, perhaps most because he manages to be civil with people who would reduce me to a spluttering bundle of rage and/or have me breaking …
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The “I have no idea how that happened” open thread
My sincere apologies – I set my post about Signorile and Dolan to post automatically, went off on a drunken bender and had somehow managed to disable comments on the post. I’m still not sure how I did it (FYWP), but if you’d like to shout at me about the Catholic church or gay marriage …
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How You Gonna Go?
AWOL describes me to a T. Nothing like a crappy week at work (but no complaints — for real; I got work) + a break for some enforced remembrance to kill the blogging impetus. Not to mention that the cycle of dangerous mood swings brought on by living within a class war is making it …
It Takes Good Timing
Billboards like this one in Buffalo, sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) have been popping up in New York. The “you’re next” refers to the belief that the reason that David Weprin lost the special election in NY-9 was his vote for gay marriage in the New York Assembly, and that legislators who …