Open Threads

I am in the middle of my complimentary copy of Fooled Again, Mark Crispin Miller’s 300 page polemic against the theocrats and ‘Busheviks’ who he believes stole the 2000 and 2004 elections for the Bush/Cheney crew, and while some of the stuff veers into outright fantasy, his assessment of Tom DeLaye is, in my opinion, spot on.

At any rate, when I finish it, I will discuss it in more detail, but right now, if you lefties want some partisan invective launched at all things GOP, this is a book you won’t want to pass up.

Some background on a pretty big flap between Miller and John Kerry here.

And just to let you know how left Miller is, Oliver stated to me in a private correspondence, “You’re reading it? thats fevered swamps even for me.”

Yes. That Oliver.

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For my wife’s birthday I’m planning to buy a digital camera to replace our beloved, stolen Sony DSC-V1 (no, funny guys, it’s not a dual-use gift. I have my own camera, but it’s an old Nikon film model and she likes digital). I had planned to pick up the Sony DSC-V3, but I know that a lot of people prefer Canon and honestly don’t know much about the new models of smallish digicams with decent manual control options. Any relevant advice or experience would be welcome.

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Momma Bear, the sweet lady who actually designed the graphic to the right and spent hours chatting with me, e-mailing back and forth helping Kathy Kinsley design my old site, has died.

And that stinks.

*** Update ***

Andrew Ian Dodge also has a tribute to Momma Bear.

Dean Esmay has his thoughts here.

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