Open Threads

This has just been the weirdest winter here- it seems to snow almost every other day, but it never amounts to anything. Tonight we had another inch or so, so there is a light covering again this morning, and it is still coming down. The weirdest thing is that looking outside, it looks like that kind of tiny snow that just keeps coming for ever and ever (not the big fluffy stuff that only lasts for an hour that looks like those little ornaments you shake).

But here is the weirdest part. I see the snow coming down, I see the sky, but none of the radar at wunderground or weather.com is showing anything. Not sure what is going on, but one of my friends last week told me we were supposed to get a massive snow today (I believe her exact phrase was a “tornado snowstorm”), but again, just not seeing anything on the radar.

Weird.

More SnowPost + Comments (32)

Am I the only one who thinks these glasses weren’t thoroughly vetted by the Obama administration?

Consider this an open thread.

Tommy Daschle RaphaelPost + Comments (74)

It’s too bad the “Boiler Room” sucked, because this trailer tells the economic story of the last however many years in 70 seconds better than anything else I’ve seen, and the Biggie quote is right on the money as far as capturing the zeitgeist. (The Ben Affleck as Alec Baldwin scene is truly unforgivable, though.)

Either you’re slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shotPost + Comments (16)

Every search I do comes back with a “This site may harm your computer.”

*** Update ***

Fixed!

Something Wrong with teh Google?Post + Comments (58)

This cracks me up:

Under current (Rhode Island) state law, prostitution is legal in Rhode Island as long as it takes place indoors. Only streetwalkers, their pimps and the customers flagging them down can be charged.

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University of Rhode Island women’s studies Prof. Donna M. Hughes said that if prostitution remains legal indoors, “Rhode Island will soon be the sex industry capital of the United States.”

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“It’s really a travesty it’s allowed indoors,” state police Lt. Col. Steven G. O’Donnell said. “Make no mistake about it, people take advantage of that, including the strip clubs.” And some spas and massage parlors are brothels, he said. The “loophole” in state law “puts a stamp of legitimacy” on groups of people we don’t want joining our economy, he said.

If you’re at all familiar with Rhode Island government, this doesn’t surprise you at all. One mayor of Providence was put back into office by the voters after pleading no contest to having tortured a man he thought was his wife’s lover (yes, he was a Republican).

Update: I don’t know whether this is a good thing or not, but I bet that it’s a result of strip club owners having paid somebody off. That’s all I mean about Rhode Island government.

It’s hard indoors for a pimpPost + Comments (56)

I was running some errands and stopped by the grocery for more carrot juice, and I picked up a juice named Acai, something I had never seen before. What a really odd flavor, sort of berry chocolate with a hint of something I can not place. Maybe lavender. And something cinnamony.

It was really interesting and had a silky texture.

New DrinkPost + Comments (71)

Ben Smith writes a blog that I really enjoy, but this, today, was a cry for help:

Alex Burns, who can name the members of the RNC in alphabetical order as a party trick…

Party. Animals.

Hey! You! Take That Lampshade Off Your Head!Post + Comments (32)