Artist at work

The picture is the cover of Warbreaker, a novel by Brandon Sanderson.

Saturday DYI

From here.

Good Citizenship

Absolutely Brilliant!

Some Fundie Wisdom

It's about as opposite of the modern Episcopal Church as can be, isn't it?

Friday Sing-A-Long

But is it a power for good?

My Friend Albie is Scary

Yankee Cowards

It seems that Yale University Press is printing a book about the Danish Mohammed cartoons that doesn't actually have the cartoons themselves in it. Normally, that's a book I'd consider buying, but as it now stands, not so.

What do they do with all those gonads after they remove them in New Haven? How do they recycle them?

On a side note, it's a testament to free enterprise that Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams can sell so much yellow paint in Connecticut and still keep the rest of the country supplied with all the other colours of the visible spectrum.

Best Political Comment So Far

Our downtown commuter university, Georgia State is opening a freshman dorm. Red State mogul Erick Erickson wrote: "On the bright side, the freshmen will be able to take their keg parties inside now and not have legislators drink all the booze on the street."

From here.

Best Author Blurb Ever

Chuck Norris has an editorial about Obamacare over at Townhall. Go and read it if you feel inclined. The 'About the author' blurb at the bottom reads, and I quote: "Chuck Norris is a columnist and impossible to kill."

I think that says it all, right there.

A Song About Reason and Compromise with Middle Management

Addendum: Cliff apparently knows the same people I do. It really is a small world after all.

Tuesday Jazz

Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin

Part 1


and part 2

Public Plan Proposal

It's not about choice. It was never about choice. It's about eliminating choice.

Cara mio ben