for better or worse: a eulogy of sorts for a comic strip (or: hulllooo zeeba neighbah!)

We take a break from vacation blogging to talk about an important event of cultural significance, one that will be talked about at dinner tables and coffee shops today.
No, no, I’m not talking about the fact that Sarah Palin apparently eats babies for breakfast along with her moose smoothies and state trooper [...]

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for better or worse: a eulogy of sorts for a comic strip (or: hulllooo zeeba neighbah!)

We take a break from vacation blogging to talk about an important event of cultural significance, one that will be talked about at dinner tables and coffee shops today.
No, no, I’m not talking about the fact that Sarah Palin apparently eats babies for breakfast along with her moose smoothies and state trooper [...]

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vacation pictures!

And only about 1/4 of them!

I am only on day two, have not even begun to write the blog post that I want to about this strip. The pictures I uploaded so far are here. There are descriptions and stories and what not, should you be interested.

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home

That was what you would call a whirlwind vacation. We packed so much into seven days (five, really – I don’t count flying days) that we came exhausted and glad to have three days to recover before we head back to work.
Sacramento, Lincoln, North Lake Tahoe, Tahoe-Donner, Truckee, Tahoe City, South Lake Tahoe, Zephyr [...]

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going back to cali

Todd hates when I call his state Cali. But this song has been running through my head all day.
The dog is packed up for a stay at my cousins’ house, where she will vacation with her two favorite Labs. The kids have been given the “I trust you, don’t make me not trust you anymore” [...]

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what a difference four years makes

Talk about extremes.
Four years ago I was non stop blogging about the election, full of piss and vinegar and frothing with a near-manic zealousness. I had a press pass to the RNC, and was running Command Post at full election steam.
Four years later, don’t even know when the RNC is. I [...]

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where you get to obliterate the bands you hate

Had a little fun with this on Fark, so I thought I’d ask you -
If you could erase any five bands/artists from music history, who would you choose?
Difficulty: “but if you erased (insert band here) then all your favorite bands wouldn’t exist” is not a valid answer. We’re talking fantasy here.
My answers were:
Bruce SpringsteenAerosmithVan HagarThe [...]

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poll: deep fried love

Next week, I will be attending the Sacramento State Fair. My sole purpose of going to this fair (ok, besides the opportunity to put my new wide angle lens to good use) is to experience the deep fried goodness of Chicken Charlie.
Now, I am not really big on fried foods, but the novelty of some [...]

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new PJM article – PETA becomes a parody of itself

Ok, PETA has been considered a parody for a long time.
This one is really about extreme activist groups like PETA, ELF, etc. and how a kinder, gentler message might get more people to listen to their point of view.
Here.

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for art la flamme: revisiting the review of revenge of the sith

Art La Flamme put a lot of effort into reviewing all six Star Wars movies. We got to twittering about the Jedi and whatnot, and I told him I would repost my review of Revenge of the Sith, to counter his very creative review.
This was originally written May 20, 2005, about three minutes after returning [...]

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