I love Wikipedia. I’ve set it as my home page in my browsers just to learn some new bit of knowledge or trivia. The main page will have news-related items as well as this date in history stuff. One of the entries for September 21 instantly caught my eye: “1765 – Antoine de Beauterne announced [...]

Small Town, USA

Literally, in this photo I took of a model train exhibit at the Tennessee State Fair.

For y’awl who missed this gem from last week, here’s W. passing notes to Condi at a UN meeting, asking for a potty break. This was real; it is not a joke. Only our president is.

According to The Oregonian, iPod Nano sales are hotter in Portland than just about anywhere else right now. In general, the Nano isn’t moving as fast as analysts predicted. Not so in Portland, though. The conclusion The Oregonian draws is that Portland is a particularly Mac-centric city, which is in line with its progressive “Think [...]

Some people might think this photo of the cut I sustained on my tongue is disgusting. To me, it’s a shift of consciousness. The past 24 hours of my existence has centered on the sensation that this mysterious cut induces. I have no idea how I got this cut. Last night Safa and were eating [...]

Oh geez! If you’ve never read Get Your War On before you have to now (and if you haven’t, how have you stayed sane since 9/11?). There’s a new series on Bush’s response to Katrina. Cartoonist David Rees pulls no punches. If only Bush would read it — if only Bush would read.

This afternoon I went to my favorite overpriced nursery and garden center and bought a small prostrate rosemary plant, mainly so that I could periodically rub my fingers on it for the smell. As I was paying I commented to the nice old woman at the cashier that the aroma made me want to make [...]