Archive for June, 2007

A Toast! (10)

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

     t’s actually been a busy week. Between the news, real life, and Chris Benoit, it’s been non-stop. Here in Casa del Java, we’ve spent the last two days cracking out on Resident Evil 4 for the Wii, which is deeply awesome. Also, damn the Restaurant Where I Work, damn them to hell! We just rolled [...]

Back Up And Running

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

     esterday morning, after receiving no less than three emails a day, for the last three or four days, from my webhost, reminding me to upgrade to the latest version of WordPress, I decided to do so. I followed all the instructions carefully, but, apparently, not carefully enough. I returned to the front page, after doing [...]

Darth Cheney, pt 2

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

     he Washington Post is running a series of articles about Dick Cheney, this week. The first one appeared this morning: ‘A Different Understanding With the President’:
     Just past the Oval Office, in the private dining room overlooking the South Lawn, Vice President Cheney joined President Bush at a round parquet table they shared once a week. [...]

A Toast (9): Darth Cheney Strikes Back!

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

     his toast is devoted to one person, and that person is our wonderful vice president, Darth Cheney. Check this out: Darth Cheney says, ‘Neener-neener, I don’t count!’ — The Office of Vice President Dick Cheney told an agency within the National Archives that for purposes of securing classified information, the Vice President’s office is not [...]

Humans R Dumb

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

     resident Bush vetoed a stem cell bill, again. He said, “If this legislation became law, it would compel American taxpayers, for the first time in our history, to support the deliberate destruction of human embryos. I will not allow our nation to cross this moral line.” This is the second time he’s vetoed a stem [...]

Wednesday Riddles

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

hat six letter word in the English language contains ten other words without rearranging any of its letters?
Dies half its life, lives the rest. Dances without music, breathes without breath. What is it?
Name an English word of more than 2 letters that both begins and ends with the letters “he” in that order. There are [...]

Tall Tale Tuesday: John Henry

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

     ohn Henry was a very large and powerful Black man, thought to have been born a slave in Alabama, in the 1840’s. He went on to work on the railroads, making a name for himself as the “greatest steel-driver” around. Unfortunately, the owner of the railroad introduces the new steam-powered drivers, leading John Henry to [...]

Monday Afternoon Link Dump

Monday, June 18th, 2007

     et’s see — what’s going on out in the big, wide world today? First up, we’ve got an article on the LA Times about Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. The article is only nominally about the Fantastic Four — the movie is being used as an example of “family fare”. Apparently, even though [...]

Punday Night: Visiting Count Dracula’s Castle

Monday, June 18th, 2007

     ustin Hill and Julie Hill were just married and decided to spend their honeymoon in an old beat up castle that belonged to Count Dracula.
     As they went from the airport to the Count’s Castle they encountered bad weather and poor visibility. They were also tired and heavily jet-lagged, and so Justin Hill met with a [...]

Updating

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

     irst, a quick plug for the site store, where I’m offering a few new items. Now available: a “Pirate King” t-shirt and button, a “Floppy & Toodles in 2008″ t-shirt (I drew the clowns — you can tell, because they suck.), and a creation science t-shirt and bumper sticker. The Pirate King t-shirt has a [...]