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OK, Time to TIme to Start Getting in the Mood
It's some great pumpkins, Charlie Brown! Here's some helpful hints for confusing the little nippers that show up at your door. What are you waiting for? Throw on your costume!!!!

posted by DRH 10/28/2003 08:19:00 PM

What, no Kung Fu Grip?
Introducing... the Ann Coulter action figure. What's next... the "Rock'um Sock'um Hannity and Combs"? Michael Moore extra-wide bean bag chairs?

posted by DRH 10/28/2003 12:40:00 AM

You know, I really should be getting work done.
And yet I am not. Sigh. You'd think it was Sunday or something.

posted by DRH 10/26/2003 04:02:00 PM

Update on New Toy
I have yet to use it... the current, post-move state of my kitchen simply didn't allow for quick setup. But on the plus side, I checked out Alton Brown's latest book on gadgets and it got a positive mention. 705 watts of power, Baby. I think my first project will involved the dough hook in some way.

posted by DRH 10/26/2003 04:02:00 PM

My Newest Toy

posted by DRH 10/25/2003 02:44:00 AM

EGBOK!!!
Just an acronym of encouragement form a geek who grew up listening to Ken-and-Bob on KABC.

posted by DRH 10/25/2003 02:42:00 AM

The Next Generation
In the wacky, quasi-Darwinian world of distributed, network-related thingies, the counter balance to the "Flash Mob" emerges: the flashmugging. Fair 'nuff.

posted by DRH 10/25/2003 02:40:00 AM

This Guy Makes Some Good Points
Check out this letter to Andrew Sullivan's blog.

posted by DRH 10/20/2003 07:02:00 PM

Must Something-that-rhymes-with-see TV

I ain't never seen Whoopi's latest fiasco sitcom, but... "a Very Special Episode of its new Whoopi Goldberg sitcom, in which the president stops by to take a leak...". Umm.. errr... um...?

posted by DRH 10/20/2003 06:53:00 PM

One Reason I Shouldn't Stay in Seattle Long Term
Wahington's complete lack of Art-O-Mats.

posted by DRH 10/19/2003 04:34:00 PM

Arab-American Comedian, etc.
I went ot the Arab Festival at Seattle Center today. It was fun, but there was definitely a lot less food that I had hoped (there were lots of pastries, but few main dishes. (My Kingdome for some kibbe!) Lots of traditional arab music and dancing. Some discussions of MIddle Eastern issues and a film on arabs/muslims/south asians detailed immediately after 9/11. One of the discussions was quite good, being made up of ex-pat Iraqis giving their feelings about their home and there relatives who are still over there. The film, Brothers and others, which I sat through, but was a bit annoyed by... it made some valid points, but it was so manipulative and so tied into a broader agenda, that I had to make a conscious effort not to just dismiss it entirely. It even had 30-60 seconds worth of Noam Chomsky footage, always a warning sign.

The schedule also featured three Arab-American Comedians. I caught Ray Hanania... not very impressive soem mild ethnic humor, some jokes that clearly were targeted to a fairly specific group, mixed in with some generic airport security jokes. I didn't really think his material or delivery were all that good. Oh well.

posted by DRH 10/19/2003 12:59:00 AM

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posted by DRH 10/18/2003 11:45:00 PM

Something to Ponder
How come you always hear about "full figured women", but never about "partially figured women"?

posted by DRH 10/18/2003 11:23:00 PM

Anglican Church Self-destructing?
Or maybe more accurately, the American/English/Aussie Anglican church self-destructing? I thoiught that this piece by George Will on the Anglican melt-down was interresting, in light of the fact that it's the "southern" branches of Anglicanism that are the ones that are rapidly growing, while the "northern" branches are rapidly shrinking. (As is true with most Christian denominations.) There seems to be a huge disconnect between this reality and the expressed views of the "gay agenda types" in the Episcopal Church... describing it as "evolution" and "progress", when it would seem that their end of their denomination is sitting at the wrong end of a process of Darwinian selection, dying like the Dodo Bird. Hm.

posted by DRH 10/18/2003 01:41:00 AM

Put on your thinking caps...
Time for a meat quiz!

posted by DRH 10/18/2003 01:15:00 AM

Science Marches On...
We now know nobody took Stan Laurel seriously.

posted by DRH 10/18/2003 01:10:00 AM

This is INSANE!
Please check out the Terri Schindler-Schiavo... she described as a "vegetable" and "comatose" in the Media, but she can react to the people she loves and tries to communicate. Her husband is supposed to get the final say, but he gets a big payday if she dies and who is living with his girlfriend. There's more... waaaaay more. This thing literally stinks to high Heaven. Write Gov Bush. Heck. write Bishop Lynch and other local bishops and encourage them to speak out!

posted by DRH 10/16/2003 11:40:00 PM

Arg, CNN Shows their Colors Yet Again?
So, I'm watching CNN on this day of Pope John Paul's 25th Anniversary. Maybe it was just the random time at which I tuined in, but it seemed that the best Paula Zahn could come up with was: [1] Jumping on some random Cardinal about the "pedophile" scandal (actually, the gay-priests-that-like-teenagers scandal) and [2] a superficial piece about "women in the Church" where, of course, the nun that is pushing for ordination of women was asked nothing but softball questions. Sigh.

posted by DRH 10/16/2003 11:30:00 PM

I Did Not Meet Dave Attell
... nor Lewis Black. I saw them at the Paramont Theater Sunday night (weird night to schedule something like that!). I could have bought mechandise of the disky variety: CDs and DVDs, all overpriced (like this for $20) and had it autographed. But... autographed discs? That just don't sound right somehow.

Very funny show tho'. While the heavily-student crowd way mainly there to see Dave Attell (what with Insomniac and all "Duuuuude ... PARTY!!!!", I was mostly there to see Lewis Black, he's kind of like the funny, loud version of Al Franken.

posted by DRH 10/13/2003 08:19:00 PM

Worth Readin'
Michael Kinsley makes some good points about hypothetical questions, and the avoidance tehreof.

posted by DRH 10/12/2003 12:50:00 AM

Okay, I Admit It

I think this is funny.

posted by DRH 10/11/2003 04:22:00 PM

Corndog's Travel Corner
The hotel on which Fawlty Towers was based.

posted by DRH 10/11/2003 04:10:00 PM

Book I am Least Likely to Buy...
What a surprise that dummies would have a hobby like that?

posted by DRH 10/11/2003 03:54:00 PM

I met Laura Ingrahm
And, of course, forgot to take my camera. Grump.

So... Laura Ingrahm was having a signing for her book, Shut Up and Sing at Seattle Center. (It just occured to me.... is it called Seattle Center, or the Seattle Center? I'm still new in town. I'm still not sure if it's Ukraine or the Ukraine. But then, I don't live in Ukraine. Or the Ukraine. Whatever.) So I figured I'd pick the book up and get it signed. I'm a sucker for any excuse to buy books.

So, I'm in line a couple people behind this guy in a pricey suit. He introduces himself to Laura Ingram, who's quite a bit better looking than the photo on the cover of her book... she asks what he does for a living ("Investment banker"). Cool thing #1 : she says something to the effect that she has problems with investment bankers, but she won't hold it against him. Weird thing #1: he leaves his card with personal contact info written on the back. Is that a trick from Picking Up Celebrity Chicks for Dummies? It was odd.

Cool Thing #2: She likes Tom Waits.

posted by DRH 10/11/2003 03:48:00 PM

Some Hate Crimes are More Equal than Others
Have yiur heard about these death threats against an archbishop? Nope, me neither. "What a surprise", he said sarcastically.

posted by DRH 10/11/2003 03:27:00 PM

This is a hoot... commentary on... the Washlet (I found this link on Mark Shea's weblog, which is worth visiting on a regular basis. Anyhho, I saw an infomercial for these beasts in the wee hours of the morning the other night, while geeking around with my cable modem. I thought that maybe I dreamt it. Guess not.

Well, for the balance, he's a more back to basics link.

posted by DRH 10/11/2003 03:00:00 PM

For Once, a Usefull Thing
Travelling? Going be across town? Want to know when Mass is? Looking for Confession times? Check out Mass Times.

posted by DRH 10/11/2003 02:48:00 PM

The Great Pumpkin is Coming
Better start getting your costume ready!

posted by DRH 10/09/2003 11:55:00 PM

I can relate....
It's like a page from my own life.

posted by DRH 10/09/2003 11:45:00 PM

New Michael O'Brien book!

Finally -- another book from Michael O'Brien, A Cry of Stone, the latest in the Children of theLast Days series, a series that includes one of my favorite books, Father Elijah. Hot off the presses last month! So I suppose it's warm off the presses now. I really like the way he uses fiction as a vehicle for ideas and spirituality in previous books, and am sure Cry of Stone will continue to impress.

posted by DRH 10/09/2003 09:35:00 PM

Now That's a Keychain
The Russians now have a lucky yeti foot.

posted by DRH 10/09/2003 09:20:00 PM

Her blog.. it's like buttah!

Barbara Steisand has a blog!?! Check it out... can't you just picture her, hunched over her keyboard, can of (diet?) Jolt at hand, feverishly typing? OK, I can't either. I wonder who writes it for her... Now if only Melanie Griffith would hire that guy for her creepy website.

posted by DRH 10/09/2003 08:55:00 PM

Wally George is Dead
Okay, I admit that I was pretty surprised that Wally George was alive several months ago when I saw his book for sale cheap at the LA Festival of Books. Back in the 80s he seemed old as the hills, bad comb-over and all. He show was a jewel of cheap, local TV that could only be produced in Orange County. Essentially, he was a radid right-wing nut, who would invite people even more nutty than he, but on the looney left. Well, some might not have been "left" but still loony. The Looney of the Week would jabber for a while, Wally would bark at him... by strange coincidence, the the LotD would say something that would cause him to be thrown off the show right at the scheduled commercial break! Then, the entire studio audience would chant "Wal-ly Wal-ly Wal-ly!!!!!!!!!!!!" like a bunch of trained monkeys. (Think, "Jerry Springer" but more ape-like.)

posted by DRH 10/07/2003 01:09:00 AM

Turtles in the News

posted by DRH 10/07/2003 12:27:00 AM

Today is St Francis' Feastday!







Most High, Glorious God,

enlighten the darkness of our minds.

Give us a right faith, a firm hope and a perfect charity,

so that we may always and in all things act according to Your Holy Will. Amen.

posted by DRH 10/04/2003 01:13:00 PM

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