I wish Cons would settle on a century. Some of them seem to want to return us to the glory days of the Middle Ages. Some yearn for the days of the robber barons and child labor. Some seem to be pining for the halcyon days of the Puritans, or burning for Revolutionary War times. …
Monthly Archive: September 2010
Sep 29 2010
Hey, Hoosiers!
There’s actually interesting natural history in Indiana. No, really! And David Orr’s out to prove it. His new blog, Under Indiana, has an ambitious mission: After I’d grown up a bit, I learned to appreciate my home state on its own terms. I think it’s a common experience for lovers of natural history: a deepening …
Sep 29 2010
Dumbfuckey du Jour
It proved difficult to choose a bit of dumbfuckery today. There’s just so damned much of it. Sen. Jim “Witless” DeMint takes top prize for shitting all over the Senate: Stan Collender speculated over the weekend that Senate Republicans may very well try to shut down the pre-adjournment legislative schedule, and possibly even try to …
Sep 28 2010
The Columns Became
Inspired by an incipient meme. Columns were things that happened to other people. That was the impression I got growing up in Arizona, anyway. I thought they were rare and exquisite creatures, too exotic for my lowly home state. I’d see images of things like Devils Tower and Giant’s Causeway in textbooks, and figure that …
Sep 28 2010
Dumbfuckery du Jour
What rocks do the Cons turn over to find these idiots? Millionaire businessman John Raese, running as the GOP Senate nominee to fill Robert Byrd’s West Virginia seat, wants to take the state back to the 19th century. Not only does he want to return capitalism to the era before child labor laws, Social Security, …
Sep 27 2010
Captain’s Log Supplemental: Mary’s Peak I
Boy, I’ve got a lot to learn. This is the takeaway lesson from going into the field with Lockwood. I know a fair amount more about geology than the average layperson, but what I know is a thimble of whiskey compared to a distillery when you set me alongside someone who’s actually done this shit …
Sep 27 2010
Dumbfuckery du Jour
Oh, yes. At last. The Smack-o-Matic’s coming off the wall, baby, yeah. And what better way to begin than with a classic bit of dumbfuckery, proving the Senate has always contained politicians who have some difficulty confronting Really Serious Issues and are terrified of change: June 25, 1930Senate Considers Banning Dial Phones Senator Carter Glass …
Sep 26 2010
Bits and Pieces of Note
I’ve got this random collection of open tabs, which may be of interest to some viewers. First up is a delicious collection of rocks Suzanne found for me. In a field of drumlins and glacial till in Boston Harbor, young landforms dumped by retreating ice sheets, you can see occasional outcrops of the Earth’s bare …
Sep 25 2010
You May Think I Hate You After This
I assure you, I don’t. I can prove it. I’m warning you ahead of time, read Orac’s Friday Dose of Woo in increments. Just nibble away at the edges of the burning stupid, then take plenty of antacid and digest for a bit before returning for more. On the continuum of burning stupidity, this one’s …
Sep 24 2010
Beachscape
Been catching up on sleep, reading, and Twitter. Also contending with a brain that no longer wants to think complex thoughts, a cat who thinks she’s freezing to death (and therefore insists on cuddles), and a general desire to do nothing much at all. Sometimes, inactivity is bliss. So, in lieu of substantive blogging, another …
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