Archives for July 1, 2009
GJ’s Bar and Hangout
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 …One day Tashina asked to speak to me privately. “Honey, what do you do to get rid of crabs. Crotch crabs. Just tell me what to do and don’t tell anyone we had this little conversation, ‘kay?” I told her what to do. Later that same day, Ron cornered me alone in the foyer. “Hey,…
Good Bye Mladen Sekulovich
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 A.K.A. Karl Malden. It may be that most people who know Karl Malden remember him from Streets (with a young rookie named Michael Douglas), but of course, he had an illustrious acting career outside of that well known and ground breaking TV series. Speaking of Malden’s original Czech last name …. as Alfred Hitchcock would…
NASA, Japan Release Most Complete Topographic Map of Earth
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 From a NASA Press Release: NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft.
What is The Survivor’s Club?
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 At least, Survivor’s Club is a web site, certainly it is a marketing strategy for a book, and it may be a sort of middle-class-privilaged-heteronormative Christian mission. Or just modern Internet voyeurism. You be the judge. Have a look at the web site. The videos are … interesting. (And they have some interesting endorsements.)
Police Chief: “That Faggot Had It Coming”
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 From Dan Savage: Most residents of Fort Worth have never even seen the inside of a gay bar. Fort Worth’s police chief Jeff Halstead is counting on that fact–counting on the average person’s ignorance about gay bars and certain stereotypes about gay men–to get a half a dozen Forth Worth police officers off the hook…
Have you heard of Charles Darwin?
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 If so, and if you are an American, you are in the majority. But 16% of your fellow Americans have not. If you are a citizen of the UK, where Darwin lived and stuff, 9% of your fellow citizens have not. Shocking. These are perhaps the least noticed but in my view most amazing results…
Silence is only beginning
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 Silence Is The Enemy is Seeking Volunteers. Click here.
Ulysses Solar-Polar Spacecraft Put To Sleep
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 A press release from NASA: Ulysses, a joint NASA and European Space Agency mission, officially ceased operations today, after receiving commands from ground controllers to do so. The spacecraft, which operated for more than 18 years, charted the unexplored regions of space above the poles of the sun.
Are you a nature nerd?
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 Well, I am, and so is Betsy: When I was growing up, there were two distinct types of people: the cool people and the nerds. The cool people were the football players, the cheerleaders, and anyone in a rock band. The nerds were the ones who got good grades, wore black rimmed glasses and were…
Michele Bachmann wins award!
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 On Countdown! The “Best Petard To Be Hoist Upon Later Award!”
Finally, Open Access Government
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Although the initial launch of Data.gov provides a limited portion of the rich variety of Federal datasets presently available, we invite you to actively participate in shaping the future of Data.gov…
MSNBC: Time to retire Buchanan (an open letter)
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 Dear MSNBC, I know it is appropriate to have a range of opinions among the talking heads representing a news agency, and MSNBC certainly does have a range. Pat Buchanan, regular commentator on two or three MSNBC news shows, probably serves at the most conservative individual in the MSNBC panoply. But he has to go…
Hey, where the heck did June go????
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 This was a very interesting month for blogging. I produced an average number of posts (ca 250), but with a twist: I reposted more old posts than I usually do, but I also wrote more words of original full blown essays than I usually do. I think that may be a good mix, because I…
Mail Order Brides and Hypergyny
Posted by Greg Laden on July 1, 2009 Seymour had a mail order bride and he was very proud. Seymour was a night watchman that I got to know because I was forever lurking around at night, passing through alarmed doors and making a nuisance of myself and, usually, keeping just one step ahead of Seymour, who’s main objective in life was to…
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