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Iraqis standing up to the insurgents.

This is so cool.

I’m all for decency and protecting the children, but Utah’s internet porn law is dumb. Why is the ISPs job to provide internet filters? It’s not like they aren’t readily available to those concerned about this sort of thing. Do children not have parents in Utah?

Yeah, the threat of massive sit-ins is the only thing holding America back from a draft.

Mark Steyn

Seattle Times is a bit behind the times. This was new a few years ago. All the cool kids are pharming now.

A debate on the Transportation Security Administration and its future. If only they would do something.

Having computers hampers kids from learning basic skills. I know I waste a lot of time doing nothing important on my computer.

Or is it a slow news day? Here’s something to do until something happens.

They fired her for her political views? Is that discrimination?

Sledgehammer season two is coming soon! There was a show that ended too soon.

Compare and Contrast. Bwahahaha!

via Tim Blair

Wolfowitz may not actually be a fire-breathing ogre. What next? Bush might not be a moran?

Obesity rsearcher lied about his findings. Tacky, tacky, tacky.

I would never—barring a massive pay raise—spend a fortune on a ribeye steak and make it a supporting player and smother it in other stuff.

Sounds good though. I might give this a try with some marinated skirt steak or flank steak or some other cheaper cut.

I’m hungry.

Frustrating time killer. I haven’t beat it yet. Stupid thing.

A different take on the pristine beauty of ANWR.

Global Dimming, Global Warming, you take your pick.

Why?

UPDATE: This says it well.

Yes, it’s snowing in Idaho this lovely spring morning. I hope this puts an end to all that drought talk.

And no earthquakes either, for those keeping track at home.

Apparently I’ve become cold-blooded. My temperature keeps fluctuating with the weather. I’m going to go read a book, watch some Good Eats, and drink lots of fluids. Don’t let anything happen while I’m gone.

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith might be pretty good.

It’s nice to think about stopping it, but does anyone really expect lawmakers to show restraint?

Is boycotting biblical? I’ve always thought it was a bit silly, personally. Why expect the world to act like Christians and live up to Christian ideals?

And I have to say the quality of EO’s commenters has improved of late.

Sick yesterday, sick today, but work must go on. Don’t get too excited though, all this typing is wearying.

Bendy busses running amok.

Mark Steyn on appeasing terrorists.

Therefore little to no blogging today. No es triste? Si, es muy triste.

Man, that two years of torture Spanish is coming in handy.

Chechov is making a big comeback in The New Voyages.

via Fark

On Social Security

As conservatives well understand, once a group of voters has been given a property right by Washington, they will never allow it to be taken away.

It’s not the government’s job to give rights, it’s supposed to protect them.

This should be obvious to anyone with a brain, but the oldest sibling is the smartest and most likely to succeed.

Hillary continues to move to the middle. It’s for the children.

Life just keeps getting better and better for the poor. It’s a great time in history to be alive.

But it’s still quality entertainment. So I might go see a movie in the theater this year.

Don’t get cocky

We just got rid of the neonazis and this moron pops up. Thanks so much.

New Mexico is suing Texas because “we do want to wake them up to the fact that Texas has not always treated New Mexico well”. And there is oil, gas, and water there.

Where does baseball fit into the Constitution? Shouldn’t they be working on Social Security reform or eliminating some government spending?

I’m no fan of high gas prices, but if every time the price goes up we dip into our reserve it’s not going to be there when we really need it. It’s for e-merg-encies, not to keep your billfold comfortably fat. Unless there’s a national crisis don’t even bring it up, okay? Thanks.

How to stretch your gasoline budget.

Afraid the robot is going to get hair in its cookie, complain to the manager and cause a ruckus?

The Mount St. Helens webcam

A reordering coming to the music industry?

via Slashdot

I ride my bike to work today and it’s supposed to rain this afternoon. Driest winter in 30 years and today of all days we get precipitation.

The 80s have returned. Well, it’s not like they ever left Spokane, but hey.

Safety first!

It’s all about the links.

Walmart, helping poor people everywhere.

The Periodic Table of Desserts.

VDH vs. some dude.

via Inoperable Terran

NASA has 150 astronauts. Maybe private enterprises will give them something to do.

Oil prices are too high

I’m going to Costco! Scintillating wit and news later this afternoon.

Engrish Lord of the Rings:

Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

Return of the King

I haven’t gotten through them all yet, so caveat emptor.

The Seinfeldization of America continues.

Looking good.

“Christian missionaries infiltrating our country! Islam is slipping out of our hands!” These words represent the epitome of a very hot debate in Turkey in recent weeks.

And, oddly enough, freedom is growing there too.

Something I never thought of.

Yet having a common enemy in the Soviet Union misled some of us into thinking that an identical Europe and American would always see eye to eye, when we never really had — despite our cultural and democratic affinities. And now we have come to the end of the Age of Exception, a sobriety brought on by the fall of the Berlin Wall and the stark aftermath of September 11, which scrapped off the thin veneer and revealed particle board, not oak, beneath.

Ponderous man, really ponderous.

Piper is very serious about everything.

Isis, not so much.

If you want to get into all the cool journalist shindigs and get around the yet to come McCain-Feingold crackdown, here’s your chance.

McCain-Feingold causing a ruckus.

/I’m me and I approve this message

Sorry Kansas City, but I’m glad they are out of here.

Mark Steyn. Old, but worth it for the quotes. Like:

One wouldn’t commend a den of gambling and fornication to every spot on earth, but, driving through the Sunni Triangle, I couldn’t help feeling the history of the Middle East would have been a little different if smack in the middle of the Arabian desert you could have seen Wayne Newton with full supporting orchestra.

And there’s more, read it all.

Victoria has made it illegal to harshly criticize religions. Don’t they have freedom of speech in their constitution there? Do they even have a constitution? There’s so much to know about the world.

via Tim Blair

Scientists say galaxies formed faster and sooner than they thought.

“We have underestimated how quickly the early Universe matured into its present-day incarnation,” said Piero Rosati, an astronomer at the European Southern Observatory (ESO), headquartered in Garching, Germany.

Or your teddy bear is.

How do I sign up for the publishers-send-me-advanced-copies gig?

I like Enterprise and all, but these guys really like the show.

Phillips is getting serious about flexible displays.

If everyone jumps at the same time, shocking the earth into a new orbit, global warming will no longer be a problem. Genius.

via IMAO

He’s right. Of course, the last modest proposal I heard was, um, not that good an idea, so I’ll wait to see what he says.

Surprisingly there are more blog readers than there are blogs.

Set low? 99 cents is the same price as if I bought a CD, in most cases. And I don’t get a CD if I get it online. If anything prices should drop.

You try this first and let me know how it goes.

Bill Gates to be knighted.

Easter is not on the 28th of March. Contrary to the copy I wrote. Fantastic. I’ll be busy this afternoon.

If I’m ever really sick, or taken hostage, I want it to happen in the US. The chances of living through it are so much better here.

So, it’s him. Although I admit sleeping in on a Sunday morning sounds very appealing. Of course, sleeping in any morning sounds appealing, which is why I squeaked into work with only three minutes to spare this morning. It was totally worth the seven extra minutes of sleep.

Ted Rall gets schooled.

If I’ve erased one of your comments please don’t be offended. It was a tragic spam cleaning accident.

It’s like there’s a plan! Who knew?

Why would I stop a behavior if there are no consequences? At least none that I care about.

The Syrian-backed government resigned. Who is taking over? I’m sure the State Department has it well in hand, I’m just wondering.

Where the climatologists blog.

I feel sorry for smokers. Now the World Health Organization has passed a law against smoking.

And while we’re on the topic, that ad on the radio that only 20% of people in Washington are smokers and how dare they think they have rights is really annoying. I dare whoever wrote that ad to apply that logic to any other hot issue.

Yahoo, Ebay and Amazon are 10 years old. It seems like yesterday I was using Yahoo’s awesome search engine for the first time.

How is Drudge getting popups past Firefox? This really bites.

CBS is a tool of the White House. Putin’s been reading the Democratic Underground a little too much.

Okay, I just made this and it’s fantastic.

1 cup white rice (not instant or that fast cooking stuff)
1 can black beans (drained, reserve juice)
1 cup chicken stock
enough water to bring liquid amount to 2 1/2 cups

some olive oil
1/2 bell pepper diced finely
same amount of onion diced finely
3 garlic cloves diced finely
1 tsp tomato paste
~1 tsp chili powder
~2 tsp parsley
salt

In a saucepan heat olive oil and sweat garlic, onions, and bell pepper. When the onions are translucent, stir in tomato paste, keep stirring and let it cook a minute or so. Add rice. Add liquids, stir. Add chili powder, parsley, and some salt. Bring to boil, add beans, reduce heat, cover and simmer for, um, till the rice is done.

Share and enjoy.

Probably sacreligious. Made me laugh out loud though. And right after church too. Good thing salvation is by grace.

Yeah, it’s about fashion, but it’s still true and applicable to life in general.

It is, as the Manolo hopes he himself proves, possible to be both happy and have the seriousness of purpose at one and the same times. These things they are not imcompatible, it is simply the matter of everything having the proper place and the proper time.

The more I read the Manolo, the more I think he is deserving the permanent link.

He totally stole my line.

Maybe this summer they’ll do giant frogs since the meese were such a hit.

via Dave Barry

I have that very caculator sitting on my desk.

Oh wait, I put it away. I have that very calculator in my desk.

VDH makes some predictions. Although, Hillary has never been too critical of the War, so that’s not quite the stretch he seems to think it is.

Blog haters. If you want to see poorly informed opinions, these are the links for you.

Those crazy ex communists.

I have come to realize that personal relationships are more important than history

Should have thought of that before you released those tapes, nimrod.

A washed up camera has the evidence. Eerie.

UPDATE: More, better pictures here

So, I got my cavity fixed. No wifi there or I would have blogged it for you all. It was painless and quick. A cleaning is more painful. What’s with the fear of dentists?

At the CPAC.

Less celebrated, but equally artistic, Gates.

If you have no idea what this is in reference to, go here.

via The Corner

It’s the motherlode! I’m so happy!

Hopefully I’ll be able to post later this afternoon.

A Newsweek writer in Baghdad answers readers questions. Heh.

via Inoperable Terran

Amazing picture of the first ever dark galaxy.

Send them off to work in the coal mines for 10 hours a day and the little darlings can “need a vacation”.

via Fark

I forgot to mention it earlier, but it’ll be a group blog for a while here. If it’s more than two sentences, I didn’t write it.

Well, I prefer double flak cannons, but I guess this is a good thing.

The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time. It’s good to be human.

via Slashdot

EO has moved, and switched careers.

The weather in Southern California is atrocious.

With a name like Sudan 1, you know it can’t be good for you.

So, Hunter S. Thomson died. Never heard of him, but apparently he was a journalist who worked with Gonzo.

In other news, Abe Vigoda is still alive.

Because the remote is just too much work.

No life on Mars according to NASA.

Scrappleface was on a roll this weekend.

Battle for Middle Earth. Like Age of Empires, well, Age of Mythology, only in Middle Earth. I like it.

And I’m glad Galadriel did the voiceover for the prologue now that I’ve heard Gandalf do it. He wasn’t bad, just Galadriel was better.

It’s like adversity builds character or something.

via i am always right

Why play it on a computer when you can play at your coffee table? With all those fiddly little pieces to step on in the middle of the night.