Month: August 2010
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For God's Sake- Don't Cut The Football Team! & Other Stories From Budgetpocalypse
For God's Sake- Don't Cut The Football Team! & Other Stories From Budgetpocalypse Earlier today- I blogged about a (an?) "historic" pay "freeze" for an Ohio school district which could only be historic if in fact history has ended once
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Persevere. http://i.imgur.com/ABktn.gif
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Pennsylvania Outlaws Shackling of Prisoners Giving Birth
PA outlaws shackling prisoners during childbirth. We have to actually have a law telling people not to chain a woman to a bed. We can't just guard the doors? Pennsylvania Outlaws Shackling of Prisoners Giving Birth
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Lost Rod Serling Video Interview
Can't watch this now since I'm at work but from the screencaps I can confirm- as always- Rod Serling was the pimp: http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010/08/lost-rod-serling-video-interview/ Lost Rod Serling Video Interview
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Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe from Betty Crocker
Adam's post inspired Googling! Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe from Betty Crocker Bake a classic dessert! Buttery rich and caramely pineapple take this yellow cake.
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CrunchPad (Interserve v. Fusion Garage) Denial of Preliminary Injunction
is reading: CrunchPad (Interserve v. Fusion Garage) Denial of Preliminary Injunction Order denying preliminary injunction in CrunchPad lawsuit. The court finds that there was a joint venture to develop the CrunchPad- but that there isn't a sufficient basis to order a freeze on all… by jgrimmelmann in Court Filings and Business/Law
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Foxfire One
We had the Foxfire books in our house growing up: "Founded by Eliot Wigginton in the 1960s- Foxfire has published Foxfire Magazine continuously since 1966- and the highly popular Foxfire books since 1972. Both the magazine and books are based on the stories and life of elders and students- featuring advice and personal stories about […]
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Australian lizards on verge of evolutionary leap
This is amazing: "A variety of Australian skink – like snake but with four tiny legs – is slowly starting abandon egg laying and beginning to give birth to live offspring like a mammal does. Skinks in the mountainous region of New South Wales have almost entirely moved to live birth. But the same species […]
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March in August
One more on Beck and then I'll stop. Comment from Metafilter: "Beck's eventual humiliating scandal is going to be spectacular… But this dude is just beyond ego. He's messianic. So was Jimmy Swaggart. And between his Murdoch-funded carnival act and his con game with Goldline he's just as greedy if not more. The man is […]
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Glenn Beck does remind us of the Civil Rights Era — that is- the people who hated Martin Luther Kin
Handy chart comparing the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King- Jr. and Glenn Beck. http://cdn.crooksandliars.com/files/vfs/2010/08/Beck-MLK_flow-chart.jpg Glenn Beck does remind us of the Civil Rights Era — that is- the people who hated Martin Luther Kin