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Barack Obama and the HopeyChange Express

The decision by Senator Obama to travel to his inauguration on a train has been popping up intermittently in the news. The trip, beginning on January 17th in Philadelphia, will include stops in Wilmington, DE and Baltimore, MD …

Eartha Kitt - R.I.P.

In honor of Eartha Kitt's passing and her considerable talent for performance, I have updated the RadioBlog.

There was much I disagreed with her on, but her intriguing voice, and her stage presence, were beyond dispute.

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Merry Christmas

Hope you found all you were hoping for under your tree.

Pick Your Battles

First silly battle - Caroline Kennedy

The big problem in New York is that Paterson may appoint Caroline Kennedy to Hillary Clinton's soon to be vacated seat. Obviously this is supposed to bother me, because the interwebs are overflowing with shock & indignation.

The …

Christmas Cheer...

UPDATE: Since most everyone seems to be out of town, this has been put on ice. Hopefully we can get a better turnout on his next visit home.

....Perhaps with Christmas beer.

Expat AZ Blogger Geistbear (@geistbear) will be in town for the Holidays (or between them, …

Wherein the New York Times Attempts to Save Us From Ourselves

Oh, the horror. The editorial writers at the NYT think our poor backward state will be lost without our level-headed savior, Janet Napolitano.

But Doug MacEachern takes them to task

Someone in the Times editorial chambers seems to have gotten his hands on a story about …

Commies Are Fashionable

What is the fascination with Killer Chic?

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From Reason.TV

Sankta Lucia

Also, from the archives (The real archives, not my online ones), my sister & me circa 1972. I was never the oldest daughter, so I was never Lucia. I sure made certain I was in the picture, though. Bonus points to anyone who can guess what that wreath was made out of. …

A.W.O.L.

Yeah, I know I've been slacking - I blame Twitter.

I can't guarantee it won't continue - but I can at least make sure you have something to look at. I added a widget to the sidebar with my tweets. Just for fun I added one for tweets from fun folks I …

This Day, December 7th

reposted from 2004

"It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United …

Twit Lit

I've been on Twitter for a while now, long enough to have some thoughts, such as they are. In no particular order, just stream of conciousness. What do you think?

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Christmas Bunnies

Playboy magazine lists their ultimate Christmas party playlist. I have some, have heard of most, but a few are completely new to me.

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Firearms Refresher Course

"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."

~ Thomas Jefferson

Apropos of nothing. I was cleaning my desktop of shortcuts and found this in a txt file. Don't recall where it came from. I guess I could tie it to this.

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Convertible Weather

The weather outside may be frightful in some parts of the country, but here in Phoenix it is still glorious. Perfect for putting the top down and hitting the road (especially now that gas prices have dropped)

If you don't yet have your own convertible, why not consider …

Buy Buy Buy

Fix & flip is over, buy and hold is the order of the day.

Home prices in the Phoenix area fell for the 18th straight month in August, breaking a record for consecutive months of falling prices.



The Valley has not seen a prolonged home-price drop like this in more …

I Dream of ... Apples?

Or at least I did last night. I imagine it was related to the pie, but with me there is no telling. Which makes me wonder whether my dreaming experiences are universal or unique.

For instance, the things I think may be a bit odd about my dreams:

* I always dream. I …