The Project Gutenberg EBook of "Love Conquers All" by Robert Benchley

is now onlinereplete with illustrations.

...slowly she turned: tar heel tavern #40 - thanksgiving edition

Laurie cooked up a real feast for us today. Go check it out!

The Color Thistle

and other purty colors.

Love blinds by being so real

Love blinds by being so real
that even eyes are in awe and stand down
knowing the lines intersect in eternity,
which cannot be seen save the eye of Love
wherefrom it came
In grace opens its gates and mysteries.
-anonyMoses Hyperlincoln III

Tonight! The Near Misses rock The Evening Muse in NODA

"There must be a corner cafe..."

"This unforgettable band is comprised of Shana Blake, Reeve Coobs, Jill Lurie, and siblings Eva Gael & Etta Lea."

Show starts at 8pm. 5 bucks in advance. The Evening Muse is the corner cafe on 36th and Davidson.

What Is Web 2.0?

Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software
by Tim O'Reilly

More on Web 2.0, AJAX, mashups and how Google is leading the way in the development of Web 2.0.

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey was a naughty girl at the recent American Music Awards, and the world is worse for the wear, even though I have no idea what that means. Maybe it is supposed to be "no worse for the wear". Or maybe it is something altogether different, like "omnipresence abnegates attribute". Yes, that was it!
Mariah Carey was a naughty girl at the recent American Music Awards, and omnipresence abnegates attribute.

Alls I can say is "Yugo girl"!

Buddha Boy or Bulemic Girly-Man?

Skinny boy gets even skinnier

Telegraph | News | Pilgrims flock to see 'Buddha boy' said to have fasted six months

Arnold needs to take this boy and give him some pecs. Something! I mean look at him! Practically a girl! And that long hair! What are our kids turning into? Hippies? Beatles? Wussies?

And look at that dress! As if men in kilts was not bad enough. I can only shake my head and toss up my hands...

JUDGE JOHN G. ROBERTS: The Published Opinions

The CJ of SCOTUS has hundreds of opinions. He opines all day long sometimes. Here are his published opinions, or, in his case, Published Opinions.

(via the legendary and kind Doc Searls)


Ceci n'est pas une chat

If America Left Iraq

The case for cutting and running
(Thanks to Deep Teeth for finding this.)

anonyMoses plays the piano

Here goes one of my groovy piano sonatae.
Comments? Criticisms? Tomatoes? Pesto?

Limerica by Anonymoses

(Using the astonishing and clever beginning line of "There once was a ___". )

There once was a thingus whose thirl
would set your mind starting to whirl.
Trying to be Saturnalian
he performed rather Thalian.
There were those even thought him a girl!

There once was this red-headed bloke
who'd think the day long, and smike.
Once he got out of bed
blood rushed to his head
and affected his mind quite like coke.

There once was a man named Thales
(who came long before the dailies)
who reduced all matter to water
and betook himself a good daughter
now he may join the league of George Baileys.

Should Bush have a third term?

As the exuberance of Bush's second term sweeps the globe, people everywhere are asking if Bush can have a third and even fourth term. Some are even requesting that voting be dropped altogether, now that we have found the summum bonum, or pinnacle, of world leadership.

Where do you stand on this urgent and ludibund question?

3rd term??

Logos by Anonymoses

How Charlotte fights (and creates) homelessness

Iddybud responds to Charlotte Talks and the sale of Morningside Apartments.

Easley shows no mercy to Syriani family

Victims of "Justice" receive no Mercy

Easley denies clemency for Syriani

What do you do when someone's mother is taken away from them? Governor Mike Easley of North Carolina apparently thinks the answer is to take away their father as well. Personally I think it is wrongheaded and hard-hearted. But then again, I don't get to kill people like Easley and other governors and presidents do. Must suck to be one. Blood on the hands and all that.
Maybe he actually thinks Javier is a better man than Valjean. Sure acts that way.

By showing no mercy to the Syriani children, Mr. Easley has lost my respect and vote, as if he really gives a damn. I guess he can feel like a manly man now though. Heaven forbid he should appear soft, or the Taoistic ideal. (The soft shall overcome the hard. Oops!)

So while Mr. Syriani killed the mother of these children, Mr. Easley killed their father. I seriously hope he gives this some thought. I cannot imagine he will ever be forgiven for his short-sighted need to take away life, and inflict even more pain on this suffering family.

Idea Consultants: Turn your blog into a book (and sell it)

So, you've been writing a blog for quite some time now. You are proud of some of your work. You are particularly proud of some of your old stuff, now burried deep in the archives never to be seen again. Who reads archives, after all? You don't want to repeat yourself over and over again, and have never felt at ease with constantly linking back to your old posts (I never had such qualms). So, what can you do to make your old stuff more accessible and available?
Let Bora show you how...

"To question your government is not unpatriotic -- to not question your government is unpatriotic," Hagel said.

Hagel Defends Criticisms of Iraq Policy

US used chemical weapons in Iraq

BBC NEWS | Middle East | US used white phosphorus in Iraq

White phosphorus is highly flammable and ignites on contact with oxygen. If the substance hits someone's body, it will burn until deprived of oxygen.

Globalsecurity.org, a defence website, says: "Phosphorus burns on the skin are deep and painful... These weapons are particularly nasty because white phosphorus continues to burn until it disappears... it could burn right down to the bone."



'I treated people who had their skin melted'

"They used these weird bombs that put up smoke like a mushroom cloud," he said. He had seen "pieces of these bombs explode into large fires that continued to burn on the skin even after people dumped water on the burns".

Bill Clinton, like Gore and Edwards, acknowledge that Iraq Invasion was a big mistake

Jerusalem Post | Breaking News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World

Unlike many of the pussilanimous Democrats and nearly all the Repuppetlicans, Clinton, Gore and Edwards are using their eyes and minds...