Average cost of living $150,000/year? I freaking don’t believe it. Not sure I believe this, either. But it makes me all the more grateful for that freezer full of grass-fed beef. (H/T PT.) Now, this I definitely believe: Having power makes you stupid. Something actually good about Rick Santorum. I try not to lift too much from Radley Balko, since I figure a lot of the same people read his blog and mine, but this was too good: Why you can’t smoke pot. (Because there’s sooooooo much money and lobbying for the drug warriors.) “10 Rules for a Literary Feud.”…
Month: March 2012
Source. (Via Becky Chandler’s Twitter feed.) And yeah, yeah. Don’t tell me. You, my fine readers, don’t ask.
Staunch freedomista Mary Lou Seymour is an equally staunch dog rescuer. Since November, she’s been dealing with a special case — an Australian cattle dog who needs a very special home. Meet Sweetie: Here’s ML’s description and contact information from Sweetie’s PetBond listing: Sweetie the blue heeler needs to be in a one dog home, she wants to be your partner, with no children, no other pets, just you and Sweetie … she was found as a stray last November in Georgia, she has been in several foster homes since. I have been trying to find her a forever home.…
The other day, RL sent this link. It’s to a nice, friendly, good-humored, free site that helps people compose letters to the FBI requesting their infamous files. You just fill in your personal info and the site produces a letter you can print out and send off to find out what the FBI’s got on you. Nice convenience. Naturally, despite all its cheerful disclaimers, the site makes me want to wrap my entire self in tinfoil several layers deep. There was a time, I suppose, when I held the common fear: If you ask for your FBI file and you…
Remember those strange underwater dog photos that went viral last month? Turns out the photographer is getting the success he deserves (which often doesn’t happen with ‘Net phenomena) and sharing his goodness with shelter dogs. (Tip o’ hat to F.) Unlike, for instance, killer PETA. The most over-crowded and hectically run big-city pound is better for animals than those creeps. The true prices of things. This came from S. with a one-word comment: Eeeewwwwwww. Elegant solution: post-earthquake container housing. (H/T MSJ.) One of those small, strange stories that comes along every once in a while (and makes writers want to…
Chapter 65 Chapter 66 Chapter 67 Chapter 68 We’re nearing the end now. I hear there are maybe seven or eight chapters to go — and those may be released in one swell foop. Pretty soon, too, Jake’s health permitting.
But if I posted it, poor old Dave would be compelled to fire my sorry self from the blogging crew. Reader JP sent it to me this afternoon. It shows an airport “security” checkpoint. Picture a conveyor belt. Picture a male TSA agent in blue uniform. Well, partially in blue uniform. Partially … not. Picture a blonde woman passenger with, shall we say, unusually developed glands. She is emphatically not wearing any uniform of any sort. Said TSA agent has said passenger bent over conveyor belt and is … um … subjecting her to an unusually thorough probe. Without using…
Attorney General Eric Holder tells Northwestern law students that assassinating U.S. citizens is constitutional. The ACLU responds. My mind recoils from grasping that we now live in a country that not only does such things, but then drags poor Orwell out of his grave to justify them.
Deadlining, so nothing Deep and Profound at the moment (not even anything deep and profound without the capital letters). But lotsa, lotsa links …. Here’s some insider dope on the weird stuff you may have heard is going on at Cato. Mobile phone privacy tips. And when it comes to privacy, you just gotta love Mozilla. You know that stupid TSA rule against more than three ounces of liquid? Well see if you can figure this one. And speaking of milk, turns out you can get a bigger “price on your head” for selling the raw stuff than for oh…