• 14:31 In the midst of all of this craziness is a request, "Hey, I have 5 days for this particular work. Do you have time to do this now?" #

• 07:19 @ginnycase best wishes you! #
• 07:23 @yatpundit mary landrieu spoke at the DNC?? when was this?? (dvr'd version of MSNBC is what I caught much later from 7pm-ish on..) #
• 07:46 @thedisneyblog I would think I'd check it before buying from garage sale; which makes me think person who bought the dvd might be squirrelly #
• 07:53 any downtowners know what time the nickel soft opens 4 breakfast? hmmm.. monica needs a twitter LOL #
• 08:39 breakfast: Peet's Earl Grey tea & hot oatmeal spiked w/ cocoa krispies & milk/ watching C-span on youtube #
• 08:40 @yatpundit thanks bunches caught her on youtube ;) #
• 08:47 @seanyodarouse up til 2am no sleep; wake up 630ish from cat chewing on blinds; fed & watered then cat chewed on ME! now he's sleeping! #@! #
• 09:12 sleep catchup.. my conversion into human-cat is almost complete (evil laugh from my cats) zzzzzzzz #
• 10:30 twitter and teething kitty (he's chewing on my palm's neoprene cover then my sunglasses and back to his fave: my sandals) = no good sleep #
• 10:32 @ginnycase go ginny! whoo hoo! yay! breathe easy! (you are so brave! I hate the needles) #
• 10:45 @clipdude you have your bike with you?? #
• 11:52 Heading outside #
• 13:42 Nickel great but cash but cash only 4 now open til 3pm today #
• 15:48 @hurokitty sorry about cow but hopefully kitty will be recovering very soon! #
• 15:52 @ginnycase whoohoo! glad you R the doctor much better than pacing broadway! ;-) #
• 15:54 @ginnycase just relax til you need to do your thing! *hugs* #
• 16:02 Having gardenburger riblet & ramen for lunch #
• 16:38 my RLS is making it difficult 2 not kick my laptop off my lap onto the floor; not 2 mention the fact I'm wide awake & it's just annoying! #
• 16:56 heading to Ralph's to walk around & get some soda; my legs are bugging me bad & my back is giving me trouble today too.. not a good mix! #
• 17:38 Hal Bastian in checkout @ Ralph's very Mayberry #
• 17:59 OMG just saw Utban Memo & hubby getting on Ralph's elevator but don't think she saw/heard me! #
• 18:07 @thedisneyblog I agree I know I would vote for HIM too #
• 18:24 @geekroller good on you! Sure you did excellent! #
• 18:26 @hurokitty you have a Lee's Sandwiches neat you anywhere? #
• 18:27 @thedisneyblog yes he has but he's still good, yeah still good! #
• 18:29 @tikistitch Bill is the man! #
• 18:30 me @ royal claytons waiting for foodage & enjoying bill updates #
• 19:55 stuffed w/cheese; watching DVR'd MSNBC DNC speeches.. oy! too much cheesey goodness! yum! #
• 20:16 prrrring if I could over Prez Clinton entrance. yep still good! (sounds like someone in the crowd is doing a hog call near the mike though) #
• 20:40 omg.. free pie. *drool* #
• 20:49 @yatpundit @seanyodarouse was taunting me w/ this pushing daisies promo: v
  free pie for fans as part of new season push #
• 20:50 @yatpundit trying for link again: tiny.cc/yuUqc #
• 21:24 @yatpundit are you referring to @seanyodarouse & the free pie? (I'm game for free pie any day) yum! #
• 21:26 @yatpundit just realized you wrote 'mean' not something else LOL.. smudgy condact.. yeah he can be mean.. *grin* pie pie pie.. #

http://www.ravensroads.com/funky-sculptures/

http://www.ravensroads.com/?p=2288

Near the Amtrak Station in Sacramento, these wacky little sculptures dance outside a relatively new courthouse. The figures, dotted all around a plaza, show scenes from the California gold rush era and are both cutesy and acidic (note the fish being skewered, for example, and the other one being eaten. It’s a bit like seeing a cartoon come to life.

I really thought these were neat. :)

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• 10:27 Wow, it sucks when my ride gets 10 times easier as soon as I get off the 5 mile stretch of newly paved road. They did a horrid job. #
• 10:28 I thought they were going to do another coat of asphalt to even things out, but they painted the lines, so I guess not. #
• 12:58 Gosh, it is hard to wake up after the relaxation at the end of yoga! #

http://www.librarything.com/blog/2008/08/cover-page-changes.php

Has anyone heard about AstroCartography? And do you believe it's been true for you?

There's more information about it here:
http://www.astronumerics.com/Shopping/Astrocartography/acgindex.html?gclid=CPab2Pj4r5UCFR0RnQodKFhMkw

I've tried it and it's been so accurate for me.. in all the places I've lived in the past, as well as when I move to a new place.

I admit that I haven’t been following the Democratic National Convention. I know that I’ve missed some truly amazing speeches. Michelle Obama’s speech was, I’m told, nothing short of awe-inspiring, and Hilary Clinton’s motion to nominate Barack for President was apparently on the same level. I also missed Bill Clinton’s speech, which is kind of a bummer, because, well, I like Bill. I did find this quote from his speech, though, and I love it:

“People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example, than by the example of our power.”

That’s just brilliant. And so true.

Now, every Presidential campaign will bring with it some moments of interest, one or two moments of great inspiration (very few, though I will say Obama is the first candidate whose speeches I’ve actually downloaded to my MP3 player to listen to later on), and some moments of profound, truly inspired idiocy. McCain, a man who has never been afraid to stoop to levels of campaigning which really ought to be beneath a man of his stature, provided one already with his earlier speech comparing Obama to Paris Hilton. More recently, though, he’s demonstrated how willing he is to drop to what many of us would consider the bottom of the cesspool, then grab a shovel and start digging.

Consider, for example, this excerpt from a May speech of Obama’s:

Strong countries and strong Presidents talk to their adversaries. That’s what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That’s what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That’s what Nixon did with Mao. I mean, think about it: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela — these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don’t pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us. And yet we were willing to talk to the Soviet Union at the time when they were saying, ‘We’re going to wipe you off the planet.’ And ultimately, that direct engagement led to a series of measures that helped prevent nuclear war and over time allowed the kind of opening that brought down the Berlin Wall.

I think this is a good speech. He acknowledges the threats that face our nation today, but emphasizes that we must talk to those that oppose us. We never cut off relations with the Soviet Union, even though they were a much bigger threat to us than, say, Iran. McCain’s campaign took this speech, did some quote mining, and pulled up the phrase:

Iran… tiny…

then squatted and spurted out this ad:

This ad strikes me as so blatantly misleading as to be just plain ludicrous, and it’s downright shameful how willing the McCain campaign is to appeal to the ignorance of the voting public. Of course, it’s also frightening how well this tactic works; Bush Jr. managed to stick around for eight years using pretty much the same strategy.

As always, things are going to simply get more ridiculous, more offensive, and more appalling before they get better.

Someone get the barf bags.

(Tip o’ the hat to kaigou for the info.)

Originally published at Bloginomicon. You can comment here or there.

http://www.GiantITP.com/comics/oots0588.html

http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archives.html?m=August&y=2008&d=28

• The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari
  
• Bright of the Sky: Book One of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
  
• Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest
  
• Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
  
• The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper
  

http://www.osmond-riba.org/lis/journal/2008_08_24_j_archive.htm#78671082279735654

Bill Clinton, August 27, 2008:

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

A: We should make purple the gang color of science fiction fans.

Y.D.: Power to the purple!

I’m currently reading an ARC of Nick Harkaway’s The Gone-Away World (Knopf, September, 2008). It’s a hell of a book, I have to say.

It’s about what you would have gotten if Booth Tarkington and James Joyce had sobered up and collaborated on some post-apocalyptic cyberpunk.

Full report later when I’m done, but I strongly suggest you go pre-order this sucker from your local bookseller, or Amazon.com, because I think we have a winner here.

Originally published at jlake.com. You can comment here or there.