Some time ago,
Diesel tagged me as a “thinking blogger,” and in return I’m supposed to point at five more weblogs that make me think. Like most projects of this nature, those five then tag five more, so on and so forth.
Now, I read a lot of topical weblogs that make me think. These [...] Read more »

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I am trying out a new video embed plugin:
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Our national infrastructure has some serious problems, and it’s primarily because of neglect. Anti-tax initiatives, which were supported by some on the theory that less taxes would mean less waste, have done some serious damage to the functioning of government. The waste, fraud, and abuse continues, but now there’s little left over for the actual [...] Read more »

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I’m surprised, and a bit gratified, at the response to Falwell’s death. The man inspired hate not only in those who disagreed with him but his followers as well.
Actually, that’s probably why he was so hated.

Fred at Occasional Fish says:

How soon before Pat Robertson blames this on secular humanism and rampant [...] Read more »

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Normally I do a little post-processing on pictures. Compensating for poor exposure choices, improving the color balance a bit, trying to get rid of color casts. Except for compression, this photo of the view from the field behind my apartment building is untouched.

Click for a larger image.
This is what I used to see in [...] Read more »

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