Once again, the best. webcomic. ever. expresses beautifully something that I didn’t even know I wanted to express:
See the rest of this comic. (I tried to link the panel above, but it just refused…)
a new year, (hopefully) a new political landscape
Just in case anyone forgot the 2006 election results, a USAToday poll reminds us: Americans want Democrats, not Bush, at helm. Our number-one priority? To paraphrase:
“Get the heck out of Iraq.” Seems plain enough to me.
the voice of god and other pranks
I love The Onion: The Voice of God Revealed to be . . .
Blue Origin reveals its rocketship
From MSNBC, via Boing Boing:
After years of working behind closed doors and locked gates, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has finally lifted the curtain that shrouded Blue Origin, his space tourism venture.
Among the goodies now displayed on Blue Origin’s Web site are photos and videos from the venture’s maiden test flight in November, as seen from the ground as well as a rocket-cam … pictures from the West Texas launch range and Blue Origin’s production facility in a Seattle suburb … and even the Blue Origin coat of arms, emblazoned with the motto “Gradatim Ferociter” (Step by Step, Courageously).
New Year Issues
Anyone else relate? From the comic strip “Preteena.”
