Actually, I found out today about something that will occur on my birthday. As you might know, Tom DeLay will not be running for reelection to the US House of Representatives. It appears now that he has further decided to resign from his House seat without finishing his term. His last day on the job … Read more

Last night I went contra dancing for the first time ever. For those who aren’t familiar, it’s essentially old English/Gaelic country dancing, and has nothing to do with the Contras. Being a forebear of square dancing, it bears many similarities to that American form: you have a partner who is usually, though not necessarily, of … Read more

It was several weeks in the making, but I have converted the Sadlibs to be a blog of their own. I will no longer be posting here when I have a new Sadlib up, because that blog will have its own RSS feed etc. Also, now that Sadlibs are in blog form, please feel free … Read more

I’ve added two new blog links to the sidebar, and you can tell they’re men of distinction, because they’re both named Sean. Sean Pronay is a friend from Cincinnati, who I met through a local Dennis Kucinich group during the 2004 election. In addition to sharing many of my political perspectives, he also is a … Read more

They have lately, anyway, as it has been more than a month since my last one. There is a new one today, though. Have fun.

So it seems that DARPA is interested in making cyborgs. Animal cyborgs, at least – both flying and swimming ones – to gather intelligence in otherwise hard to reach places. I have to confess, I find this almost as cool as I find it scary. Cybernetic organisms have only been in the realm of science … Read more

Or, “o w OW” for short. For those readers who might happen to live in or near Western Mass., there will be a screening this weekend of rare footage from unfinished Orson Welles projects: “The Unseen Orson Welles.” It’s a three-hour program, and will be showing at the Academy of Music theater in Northampton on … Read more

What? You think it’s Roman Polanski, or Krzysztof Kieslowski, or perhaps Agnieszka Holland? No, no, it’s movie posters. Some of these are really wild and inventive. Some are just hilarious for their apparent misrepresentation of a movie’s genre. Thanks to Kevin H. for pointing me to the site.

So, a congressional task force has concluded that the Federal Emergency Management Agency botched the Katrina rescue and cleanup. Of particular concern was failure to deal with leaks, especially those by ‘Scooter’ Libby in the Valerie Plame case. Libby’s lawyers have subpoenaed hundreds of classified documents to be examined in this case – documents which … Read more

I’ve updated several pages on my website, including adding a new clip to the video page and updating the cats’ pages. I’ve also posted a new, special Sad Lib, which is quite a bit longer than previous ones, but should be worth the time.