BurningbirdI read with intense interest Eric Grevstad’s take down of Andrew Sullivan. He starts with the post title of “Andrew Sullivan is a big svelte idiot” and then continues on wonderfully from there. I, too, wonder about the Sullivan links we see sprouting like calla lilies to quote Eric. I’ve tried reading Sullivan and find his manner bellicose, inaccurate, […]
Epiphany. After years and years of being cautious in my support of politics and careful in my understanding of all sides to an issue, I finally realized today that I have been pushed over the edge into “leftist liberalism”. (Note that twenty years ago, I would be labeled a “leftist commie” rather than a “leftist […]
May I be the first to go online and say that I don’t give a shit about David Weinberger’s Small Pieces Loosely Joined? I’m sure David’s probably the best thing next to vegemite to an Aussie and Marmite to a Brit and Peanut Butter to a yank — but I’m getting damn tired of hearing about […]
When I was a young’un, I lived on a farm several miles outside of Kettle Falls, in Washington state. Below the farm was an undeveloped field with a dirt road running through it that connected several homes. And below the road and the field was Lake Roosevelt. Surrounding all of this was bits and pieces […]
I’ve been pestering and pestering Allan Moult to continue with his Dizzy series and today he posted a new entry. Regardless of whether you like cats or not, you’re going to like these stories. Tasty sample from today’s posting: I ended up in hospital for a tetanus shot, a bandage and a helluva lot of snickering from […]