Pistol packing pip-squeak

This is me, age 3 or 4, pretending to be Annie Oakley. So I wasn’t always anti-gun.

My big haul from Big Lots

Yesterday I went to Big Lots on an errand for my Mom. While there I of course perused their bargain bin of DVDs and books. Here’s what I got:

Book:
Courting Justice (memoir by hotshot attorney David Boies)
DVDs:
Casa de los Babys (John Sayles)
The Science of Sleep (Michael Gondry, who also wrote Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind … read more »

Siskel and Ebert outtakes

Oh. My. God. This had me wiping tears off my cheeks AND my keyboard, it’s so hilarious. Maybe to fully appreciate it, you had to have watched them religiously for years like I did, enjoying the tension between the two movie lovers who couldn’t seem to agree on anything.
I often wondered what they talked … read more »

Bruce Gagnon on Endless War

New England United Antiwar Conference MIT Jan 30, 2010
Panel #1 The Drive Towards Empire and Endless War
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network
I worked with Bruce in his early days as a nuclear freeze activist in Orlando, Florida. He was a pretty good speaker and budding leader, though I had some minor issues with his style, but … read more »

Concert to benefit Peace House & Church of the Open Arms

Checkered Past Concert
Batch says “Poignant, playful and sweetly subversive with warm harmonies – acoustic music that zings!”
WHAT: Benefit Concert for Peace House & Church of the Open Arms
COST: Free Admission – (freewill donations during concert gratefully accepted)
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 13, 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 for
refreshments & … read more »

The poster boy of the Roberts Court

I don’t know about you, but I don’t mouth words when I’m thinking. When I mouth words, slowly and carefully enough to be easily deciphered by non-professionals, I very much intend to be seen.
… the behavior of Justice Alito at last night’s State of the Union address — visibly shaking his head and mouthing the … read more »

Today’s book haul

I went to Barnes and Noble today to buy a PHP tutorial.
Well, you know how it is. I also came home with:

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, which I’ve been wanting to read since it came out and got rave reviews with J.D. Salinger mentioned repeatedly.
Mountains Beyond Mountains:The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, … read more »

A new look. Whatdaya think?

I’ve switched to a new theme, which I think is a bit cleaner and easier to navigate. I’m still tweaking it a bit, so don’t be surprised to see things get added, subtracted, moved or (temporarily) broken. If you find something not working as you think it should, a poke in my direction would be … read more »