That One Minus None

Categories: Wildcard

Happy Fourth of July Four Day Weekend!

Ahh, the Glorious Fourth. What are we doing today? Well, I don’t think Seattle does a parade. There used to be two fireworks displays but the economy’s cut that down to one (and only after a last-minute intervention from Microsoft which probably won’t be repeated next year (Seattle’s useless at doing anything without corporate sponsorship [...]

Categories: Wildcard

In Which They Went To The Parade

I love this story:

Wheat & Weeds – In Which We Go To The Parade

Categories: War and Peace

Happy Memorial Day

I keep running into things, these past few weeks, which make me feel guilty to be an American. There was that book about Zimbabwe, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun. And, I mean, imagine living in a country like that, where everything disintegrates around you into corruption and violence and death, everywhere. And last night [...]

Categories: War and Peace

May 17th in Norway, Later In the Day

Awwww.

A house around the corner (not a pun) had a big Norwegian Flag in their yard last week. This is The House in the neighborhood that does itself up for all the big holidays, but I’m thinking Norwegian Constitution Day isn’t one of them.

Categories: Geography and Foreign Affairs

Anzac Day (+2)

Bagpipes:

BAGPIPES.

Curtsy: Brett McS.

Categories: War and Peace

They Must Not Be Running This On TV

An ad that so far seems to be avoiding the pre-Superbowl kerfufflage:

Curtsy: RC2’s Google Reader.

Categories: Science and Nature

The Best President Ever

Catching up on my April Fools jokes…

It could’ve been a great ad if they’d left it after the first minute or so.

Categories: Politics

Baby’s First Roadtrip: Fourth Open Thread!

Today’s topic: It’s Easter!

Happy Easter! I’ll be with the greater part of my Canadian family up a mountain in eastern British Columbia right now. I hope everyone else is having a good time.

Categories: People and Current Events

Happy Pi Day!

It’s 3.14. Imagine the nerds errupting on this date in 2015…

Categories: Science and Nature

Absolutely the Funniest Item of the Day CCXXVIII

Well, that didn’t take long. It’s not even 9 am.

I hear that Punxsutawney Phil has been officially cited by the IPCC as evidence of a worsening climate.

-Iain Murray

Categories: Science and Nature

Ahhh, 2010

Not that it’s actually the end of the decade (that’s next year but why be pedantic hey?), but oh what a decade it’s been. I started it out in college, moved to the East Coast, moved in with Peter, graduated college, moved to Seattle, had the bottom fall out of my life’s goals, started a [...]

Categories: Wildcard

Your Christmas Compendium

The Telegraph – The Christmas donkey starts on the way home<br/> Truth, light, love – these are things that anyone, Christian or not, rejoices to find at home.

[F]or everyone finds sooner or later that we are none of us quite at home. Christmas is homely with the children, but the children grow up and [...]

Categories: History

The Pope’s Sidekick

Times Online – Pope Benedict XVI knocked to floor during Christmas Eve Mass

Reverend Benedettini said the woman who pushed the Pope appeared to be mentally unstable and had been arrested by Vatican police.

The pope’s spokesman is called Benedettini? Pope Benedict and Reverend Benedettini? That’s adorable!

Categories: People and Current Events

It's So Nice Here

Just look at that blue sky. 70°. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.

Categories: Science and Nature