One Fine Jay

Sound advice

To Blue Staters from fictitious president Laura Rosslin of the new Battlestar Galactica series: “We need to start having babies.” Wasn’t there this study earlier this year that liberals’ tendencies to actually terminate their pregnancies are slowly and surely dwindling their populations? Proof, you have an appointment in pudding cup Number 638.

Sometimes, common sense really is

John Cole on hysterical Christians who can’t seem to get past the inclusive nature of the commercial machine’s participation in the Christmas season: You see, it is not that they hate the baby jesus, you poor oppressed Christians. They just love the bottom line more. And if the meaning of Christmas is cheapened for you… Continue reading this entry

Familiarity and contempt

I woke up to hear today’s Presidential press conference just as Q&A portion was gettin underway. There was something about Russian President Vladimir Putin and his anti-democratic activities. After Bush affirmed the importance of good relations with Russia, he proceeded to refer to Putin as “Vladimir,” absent any titles or salutations. We saw this during… Continue reading this entry

Person

Of The Year, that is. The most notable graf in their feature about the prez is this: In the meantime, the lessons Bush draws from his victory are the ones that matter most. The man who in 2000 promised to unite and not divide now sounds as though he is prepared to leave as his… Continue reading this entry

Indecision

Dear friends, my Olympus D-380 is now dead. The sensor isn’t receiving anything from the lens, and takes completely black pictures. Well, there’s a single blue pixel in the lower right corner, but come on. The pictures from the Empire series were taken with my friend’s Sony P-52. Quite an excellent camera. Setting aside two… Continue reading this entry

Empire: Pyramid

A stepped pyramid in some sculpture garden in the Seat Of The Empire.

Contraindicated against showy martial artists, catty bitches, and drunk jocks

“And so one day, this dude was complaining about how high his nose bridge was, and his ex-girlfriend reaches out and yanks like she needed every drop of milk from a cow.” “Oh wow.” “Yeah, and she’s like: ‘There. Instant nose-bridge reduction. Happy you don’t look like Babs Streisand now?’” “That must hurt.” “Yeah, more… Continue reading this entry

Empire: WWII memorial

One end of the the World War Two Memorial in Washington, D.C., as seen from the other on a late afternoon.

Where in the world?

I am off to the Seat Of The Empire—Washington, D.C.—for some quality time with important people. Photography may be likely later, definitely tomorrow.

Democratizing knowledge

So, Google wants to integrate major national libraries and build a virtual library that includes the Univ. of Michigan, Harvard, Stanford, and the New York Public Library. Why, awesome! Now, the naysayers whose conspiracy theories allege that Google is out to own the internet/WordWideWeb will be more than welcome to blog their scare tactics on… Continue reading this entry