Category Archives: Blogosphere

Sarah: at the tea party

Posted on February 7, 2010 | Comments Off on Sarah: at the tea party

palinnash2-600x400From blithering idiot to devious genius. Whew. That didn’t take long.

Via Instapundit and PJTV.

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Russian spam

Posted on February 6, 2010 | Comments Off on Russian spam

For some reason, most all of my comment spam caught by Akismet lately has been from Russia or at least been written in Russian. This is the least offensive one I’ve seen, though if I could read it I might not think so. Our onetime (long time ago, actually) Rooskie allies are coming up in the world, apparently.

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Posted in Blogosphere, Scribbles, Site building

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Up she rises

Posted on February 5, 2010 | Comments Off on Up she rises

The Brazos, that is, according to JDAllen and Bob Dunn, here and here. They ought to know, the river being in their backyards, more or less. I need to drive down off the mountain and see if Shoal Creek is rushing white-water yet.

She gets that way after all the rain we’ve been having. “Like this weather?” the fish man asked me the other day at the H-E-B. Does anybody?, I replied. He said no more. Actually, all this rain will have a good result: the Bluebonnets and other wildflowers should be really good in a few more weeks.

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Posted in Blogosphere, Rancho Roly Poly, Texana, Weather/Climate

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What time do they serve the jello?

Posted on February 4, 2010 | Comments Off on What time do they serve the jello?

Getting old means time speeds up. The days fly by, the weeks rush past, pretty soon the season you were just getting used to is being replaced by another one.  And before you know it, you’re another year older and deeper in debt. Wait. That was a song lyric. I think. What is this phenom, which isn’t relegated to the nursing home but seems to affect all oldsters? Well, there are theories.

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Watch yourself in D.C. now

Posted on February 4, 2010 | Comments Off on Watch yourself in D.C. now

Especially if you’re a well-known critic of, among other liberals, Hilarity Rodham You-know-who, the, uh, secretary of state. You’re liable to get run down by one of her minions, even if you are in the crosswalk and have the right-of-way. Coincidence? Maybe.

Via Instapundit.

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Why iPad is a joke

Posted on February 3, 2010 | Comments Off on Why iPad is a joke

It’s not just because of the name’s congruence with a certain brand of female hygiene product. The real joke is that it hasn’t got the features of a 10-year-old, ebook reader bought on eBay for $60. Which doesn’t surprise me. Apple has always been about style and buzz, not about features.

When Mrs. C. got her iPhone, she gave me her old iPod shuffle. It’s nice. I filled it to the max with Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and old swing tunes. But it’s neither as convenient (needs a computer to recharge) nor as easy-to-use (has no display to tell you what’s playing) as my old iRiver MP3 player which I bought used for $20. Haw.

UPDATE:  Well, I see the new shuffle tells you, in a voice, what the tune is and who’s playing it. But it still needs a computer to recharge.

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Goodbye cleaning industry

Posted on February 2, 2010 | Comments Off on Goodbye cleaning industry

This is cool, the first major nanotechnology product:

“In the home, spray-on glass would eliminate the need for scrubbing and make most cleaning products obsolete. Since it is available in both water-based and alcohol-based solutions, it can be used in the oven, in bathrooms, tiles, sinks, and almost every other surface in the home, and one spray is said to last a year.”

First, though, I guess we can expect a big frantic effort to stop its sale.

Via Instapundit.

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