BurningbirdLike it says, just stuff.
My plan to post on Friday what I’m going to be writing about in the coming days has gone to the same place all plans go in the end…into the silent void where we hope no one remembers what we promised. But I do think Fridays deserve something special. After all, for most people, it’s […]
Puppies I’ve been busy over at Puppies @ Burningbird. The Missouri Senate Agricultural committee did vote on a bill about Proposition B to send to the general Senate, but they did so in such an underhanded and deceitful way that I find myself equally dismayed at both their actions, and the result. Rather than say they […]
Amazon released a Kindle 2.5 update this week. The big news about the software upgrade is that it finally includes support for collections—being able to group books based on some criteria. This is the functionality we’ve been asking for since the Kindle was first released. Great! Great, except that the software upgrade is for Kindle […]
Things too good to pass up: The Ken Burns special, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea begins on PBS tonight. The libertarian forces are already out, accusing Burns of socialist propaganda. Karl Martino from Paradox1x links three stories related to the healthcare debate. Included is the story of a 22 year old woman who died because she didn’t seek […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Today marks the 40th anniversary when a group of three men shook the dirt of this mud ball from their shoes, in order to plant their feet where no man has gone before. Today marks the anniversary of the take off of the Apollo 11. You might be considering dusting […]