Yearly Archives: 2005

I’m feline down today

Stupid Wisconsin. If this passes, I will boycott you. I mean it.

ETA: I guess I’m already boycotting South Dakota and Minnesota. And I get what they’re saying about the birds, but neuter and release is the best solution to that. You know how parents say to kids, “Only take it if you’re going to eat it?” I say that to hunters.

land of the free

Have we really become so paranoid? Is the official government response to a foreign visitor asking to see the President to “knock him down, blow up his luggage, and charge him with resisting arrest”:http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4930070,00.html? I know I shouldn’t be surprised, but it still makes me sad.

Was the Pope a Gambling Man?

I sure hope so. Otherwise, this is just wrong: “Place your bets!”:http://www.oddschecker.com/betting/mode/o/card/specials-politics/odds/124960x/sid/240720 If you decide to throw your hat into the ring, I don’t think I want to know.

(I put this under “Religion” but it could just as easily be culture, or even reference, if you are so inclined to visit our friendly web-bookie again…)

now at a delocation near you

Looking for an independent café nearby? Use the “Starbucks Delocator”:http://www.delocator.net/ to find one, or add your favorite to the database. (I was surprised to find that Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is actually a transnational corporation. Learn something new every day!)