Now we can stop talking about Palin and Letterman...

 

 

OMG, did you see that? Why, I'm sure children were watching! I don't actually have any, but maybe some somewhere were! And Conan was trying to get them to buy TEKWARS.

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On June 23rd, activists blocked traffic in front of Schwarzennegger's office in San Francisco.

  photograph by Bill Carpenter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is where I would have liked to embed the videos of… Read full post »

I wanted to share that post here, but I'm having technical difficulties. So, if that title intrigues you, you can find the content here. 

UPDATE: technical difficulties fixed!

Let me first state, I am not a huge Michael Jackson fan. I was a deprived child in the 80s, and my parents… Read full post »

Are they trying to make Texas look enlightened? I appreciate the effort y'all, but damn.

I just want to paint you a picture. During the election this fall, proponents of Prop 8 said it was about freedom. They talked about their right to tell their children that gay people were evil… Read full post »

When chickens purr.

It's hard to hear, but she's just purring her little head off. It's a partly beautiful day today. Mostly sunny with some light rain. And the chickens are sitting on the back porch, purring.

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So, this is not exactly what Kerry asked for when he challenged us all to spin the spinmaster himself. It is not 45 seconds long. It barely features Bill at all. But this topic is so important to me, that I don't think I can have any fun with it until… Read full post »

I was shocked by the memories I had, reading about Apache Savage's eviction yesterday. My husband and I moved to California a few years ago when he lost his job in Dallas. I had just graduated from college, and we set out for San Francisco, where an empty house awaited us.… Read full post »

I love to talk about politics. I think it takes up the same chunk of my brain that religion would, had I found a faith I liked. It's the warm fuzzy center that keeps you aware of your own morality and shortcomings. Instead of thinking about god or gods though, I… Read full post »

I dug your idea. Hope you don't mind, but I thought you deserved a sketch of your avatar too...

I know I must not be a proper hippie, because I get too excited about the new smokehouse addition to Whole Food's butcher shop. Yes. I know my friends who eschew even leather shoes would be horrified, but I can't help myself. They have a triangle to ring when they set… Read full post »

Last year I witnessed the birth of a wonderful use for the creative force of the internet. During the presidential election, a page called Design for Obama emerged. You could participate as a designer or a user. Designers uploaded poster after poster for the Obama campaign, then, they and the users… Read full post »

I've been following the news in Iran, as I'm sure all of you have. And this may surprise you, but I've been reticent to take a stand on whether or not their election was corrupt. How can you tell if an election is flawed from the outside? If their system is… Read full post »

I thought about writing this as an open letter to Barack Obama, but then I thought, "Why would my voice be any more compelling than the thousands of people who voted on the town hall questions the other day?" As the President said, “I don’t know what this says about the… Read full post »

Republished, so please excuse the capitalization (or lack thereof!):

i've been thinking of independence and dependence.  others have too; weeping sore left a comment the other day on just that topic when i wrote about what i get out of my garden that isn't harvestable; the joy of having cared… Read full post »

Dear Trent Reznor,

I just read the news that Bonnaroo will be your final performance in the U.S. And I just wanted to say thank you. My first concert wasn't a Nine Inch Nails show, but it wasn't far off. In fact, if things had been different in high school,… Read full post »

This weekend, I celebrated the birth of our nation by writing a pithy sign and thrusting it into traffic. Unfortunately, my camera has died. I believe it's the motor. It can only reflect on the pictures I've taken over the past weeks. So I cannot share any pictures from the rally,… Read full post »

On Thursday, the Board of Supervisors in Santa Clara County met, and national health care reform was on the agenda. Loins were girded. Songs were composed. We even brought notes that said "Talk, don't Shout", so we could confront any angry people who might have attended gracefully.

And there we… Read full post »

It's not anywhere you'd expect. For the last two years though, we've made a pilgrimage to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, for the annual donor breakfast. They open the aquarium two hours early and you get all the docents and tanks to yourselves, to enjoy with coffee, fruit and a surprisingly good… Read full post »

Is at my house. It's the one with the lovely, lovely fresh laid eggs. People are always saying how great fresh eggs are, so Mr. Strangely and I tried to conduct an experiment.



As you can see, the eggs we get are varied in size. Most are not as large as a… Read full post »

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court in San Francisco will hear oral arguments regarding the legality of Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment which bars the state from recognizing gay marriages.

That is why I will be at the vigil tonight at Embarcadero and El Camino. My marriage is my responsibility and n…

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Stop reading this post now if you're not into the minutia of media and politics. You have been warned.

I went to one of the events organized Saturday, under the name, A New Way Forward. I hadn't been certain about going. I hadn't really gotten the connection between the action and… Read full post »

 

 

 a pale redhead said
the bible was for lovers
paper cuts ensued 

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grunting and squeezing

it all fits eventually,

in tiny boxes Read full post »

Hope you enjoy! I was inspired by your post today to share some of my favorites. These are really not so new artists... but I don't hear them much.