A Proud Member of the "Pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd"

In complaining about some of the lefties who have been suggesting that McCain's "prison guard makes cross in the dirt" anecdote from Viet Nam might have been cribbed from Aleksandr...
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"There! Indja! Did I ever tell you about the time I ..."

(done in my best Commander McBragg voice, of course) Looks like I'm off to India in October on business.  Both excited and daunted -- but most particularly not looking...
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Logomania

The company came out with a new logo this week, which is a scosh snazzier than the old one (though, being a big engineering firm, "snazzy" is not a high...
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Flickers

I've been seized by the Muse of Photography (Clio?) and been pounding on my long-lagging digital photo library, making some nice progress (though still constrained by tight disk space on...
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Bike Racks of Terror!

Received from building management at my office today: On Friday, August 22, 2008 we will be removing the two bike racks located between  [my building]  and  [the plaza in front...
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Back to School!

First day of the Third Grade, fergoshsakes! Have fun, Kitten!...
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Wharrgarbl!

One of those great pictures that can be used in so many different ways. "Man, why are all my clients calling me at once?! Wharrgarbl!" "Having more fun than...
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Putting human brain cycles to work

CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) are those little "type the word/letters/numbers you see above" tests on various web pages to prove you are...
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BSOD for the Gold!

Ha! The Chinese evidently make use of Windows, since one of the big projected images at the Olympics opening ceremonies included a huge XP Blue Screen of Death for, oh,...
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And the rain, rain, rain came down, down, down ...

We've been having pretty steady rain off and on in the Denver area since, well, Thursday evening -- which is an unusual length of time for a system like that...
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"That's no moon ..."

The Death Star over San Francisco, et al.   Nicely done. It all looks so very subtle and, thus, real. (via BD)...
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Seeking justice from Justice

Given the failure of the Attorney General to follow up on the illegal politicization of attorney hiring at the Justice Dept (which included the odd statement for an Attorney General...
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Potpourri of Happy Things

Taking a minute or three off to pull together a few Shared items. Hopefully this makes up a bit for the paucity of actual posts of late. Calories In -...
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Potpourri of Sad Things

More stuff I've been gathering up in the side bar of late. Deserving More Attention: ‘Great Wall of Duh’: It certainly seems like the GOP leadership and political pundits have decided...
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Because being a baby-killer is evidently better than being a sodomite

John McCain on choosing a running mate: IN A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW aboard his campaign plane this morning, John McCain said that he is open to choosing a pro-choice running mate...
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