Not even a dishonorable mention for Balloon Juice in John Hawkins’s First Annual Warblogger Awards. I did vote for myself as most under-rated- so I know I got at least one vote. Bastards. I hate all of you.
Open Threads
Happy B-Day
Go say Happy Birthday to Mike at Cold Fury.
Question for Cat Owners
My cat is fascinated by water. Every time I turn on a faucet, take a shower, or flush the toilet, he comes running- he especially loves watching water drain. I am now effectively wife-trained with the toilet, as I have to put the lid down when I am finished- otherwise he splashes around in it. …
They Are Human
Every time the left gets so worked up into a fevered pitch about something that I just can not take it anymore and want to dehumanize them (by doing things like collectively calling a group of different individuals ‘the left’), I find out things like this- most of the lefties on my blogroll like the …
Greatest Fisking Ever
For some reason, every time I need a laugh, I go check out this vintage fisking of Ted Rall. This was written over a year ago by Anne Coughman (of the defunct Protein Wisdom– how we miss you), and it is still, by leaps and bounds, my favorite fisking of all time. Hell- this was …
Paging Will Warren
Will Warren. Please come out of retirement. Pretty please?
Paul Krugman, Professional Pessimist
It seems Paul Krugman’s pessimism knows no boundaries- now he is shitting all over manned space flight. He may be right in that there need to be changes, but does this guy capture the CAN’T attitude of the Democrats, or what? Why does everything have to be so negative- and Paul, how about we get …