tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182029392024-03-13T09:13:43.328-06:00RENEGADE CRAFTERSSecuring the future of liberty through crafting.
Crafters gather monthly for food and friendship. And crafting, of course.codown2earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052362782422250376noreply@blogger.comBlogger825125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-36437803971279611672009-11-02T08:00:00.002-07:002009-11-02T08:09:09.147-07:00A Brilliant Meal for Fall!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpcEGhguQ5869rLwG7d4A_9vy5X4HMfyqu_5iT-HlcAFOZvPUGsiIyL2VpK1JSuo-4bwzAaxGcXxMCfW6Xw9tRj1LLeoFe5SEIZjqezg-X-gsP29w3Zepbf0b195qKL3wDlDn/s1600-h/DSC02334.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpcEGhguQ5869rLwG7d4A_9vy5X4HMfyqu_5iT-HlcAFOZvPUGsiIyL2VpK1JSuo-4bwzAaxGcXxMCfW6Xw9tRj1LLeoFe5SEIZjqezg-X-gsP29w3Zepbf0b195qKL3wDlDn/s320/DSC02334.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399522685186206818" /></a><br /><br />This lovely is stuffed with Mexican ingredients--tortillas, sour cream, roasted chiles, tomatillo sauce, roasted chicken, cheese, and generous seasoning--and roasted for 2 hours. Scraping down the cooked insides of this Baby Blue Hubbard yielded a delicious dish!InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-77470938244919460702009-02-01T15:20:00.003-07:002009-02-01T15:25:32.014-07:00facebook kills the blog?I know I'm over it. Status updates, wall posts, notes, and other random updates that are automatically generated when the crafters haven't fixed their privacy settings on Facebook, keep me plenty up-to-date. I'm signing off the blog. It is just too much for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-32569032010536188312009-01-04T20:51:00.011-07:002009-01-04T22:06:40.537-07:00Get Ready to Garden!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIJPRi0wNOoKmX20IlW1q-LHDmZH8_CRcQwQhyphenhyphenrLtWAeOIzTVRxWjj4QMHN2ZsshMsjaSwsFbuhAMKTwzwiizY54uFpEZAZQM41646MEYfPingMwUBjziidgUILYzK9OBPX2i/s1600-h/dept_veg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 86px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIJPRi0wNOoKmX20IlW1q-LHDmZH8_CRcQwQhyphenhyphenrLtWAeOIzTVRxWjj4QMHN2ZsshMsjaSwsFbuhAMKTwzwiizY54uFpEZAZQM41646MEYfPingMwUBjziidgUILYzK9OBPX2i/s320/dept_veg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287671663631331458" /></a><br /><br />So you don't have to, I've linked pages of catalogs I'm ordering from this year:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kitchengardenseeds.com/">Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds</a><span style=""> </span>Good herb & Asian greens selections; no photos<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.seedsavers.org/">Seed Savers Exchange</a><span style=""> </span>Great pics, lots of organics<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://rareseeds.com/">Baker Creek Heirloom</a><span style=""> </span>Heirloom, huge selections (8 pages of tomatoes), not much growing info, not all depicted<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.johnnyseeds.com/home.aspx?ct=HG">Johnny's<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span style=""> </span>Organized by category, good growing info</span><o:p></o:p></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.stokeseeds.com/cgi-bin/StokesSeeds.storefront">Stokes</a><span style=""> </span>Commercial catalog has a ton of growing info and mostly hybrids<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.seedsofchange.com/">Seeds of Change</a><span style=""> </span>I'm ticked because they increased packet prices 50 cents--nearly a 20% increase; NM farm that grows organics</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.thechilewoman.com/">The Chile Woman</a><span style=""> </span>My friend Susan ships transplants of chiles, peppers, tomatoes & tomatillos, $3 per plant</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> And if you want to see my veggie wishlist, it's <span style="font-style: italic;">growing </span>& <a href="http://heirloomgarden.wetpaint.com/page/Vegetables/file">posted</a> at <a href="http://heirloomgarden.wetpaint.com/page/Vegetables">my new garden produce wiki</a>.InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-58947108054869219642009-01-02T10:14:00.002-07:002009-01-02T10:16:41.117-07:00More on the Food EconomyWrapping up the <a href="http://renegadecrafters.blogspot.com/2008/10/fix-food-economy.html">previous post</a> of the NYT article, his books, and prior rumored nomination to Secretary of Ag, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11282008/watch.html">Bill Moyers interviews Michael Pollan.</a>InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-11190865123180418632008-12-30T16:17:00.001-07:002008-12-30T16:19:36.165-07:00Culinary delights from 1974or ... reconsider that new year's diet. These are just plain priceless. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html">Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-41245501386572701092008-12-25T21:04:00.002-07:002008-12-25T21:07:03.291-07:00Merry New YearAnd a toast to such lovely food-loving wits who share this space, and who, as it was put, have an insatiable intellectual curiousity for life and its components!<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />And on to 2009--what will the future of the RC blog hold? A death knell? Conversion to Twitter? Ads? Actual crafting?InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-5008946297662849802008-12-23T17:42:00.002-07:002008-12-23T17:55:03.243-07:00I have to admit to totally loving this.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PQDKPfaIywg/SVGF6fHosKI/AAAAAAAAAL4/MJs3qOi9GMc/s1600-h/Big_3_Ad.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PQDKPfaIywg/SVGF6fHosKI/AAAAAAAAAL4/MJs3qOi9GMc/s320/Big_3_Ad.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283151077714735266" /></a> <br /><br />The fine print: "You probably thought it was smart to buy a foreign import of superior quality, with better mileage and resale value. Maybe you thought that years of market share loss might prod us into rethinking our process and redesigning our products with better quality in mind. But you forgot one thing: We spend a shitload of money on lobbyists. So now you’re out $25 billion, plus the cost of your Subaru. Maybe next time you’ll buy American like a real man. Either way, we’re cool."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-73170244665675121082008-12-11T20:30:00.002-07:002008-12-11T20:33:09.047-07:00Blog Debut of SMT<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PQDKPfaIywg/SUHbDogvmjI/AAAAAAAAALw/mToBwmQPUls/s1600-h/SMT+Blog+debut.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PQDKPfaIywg/SUHbDogvmjI/AAAAAAAAALw/mToBwmQPUls/s320/SMT+Blog+debut.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278741093715778098" /></a><br />I had to do it. SMT, the child of CD2E & Jeepboy, is just too cute not to post. Congrats to the newest blog family. She is adorable and we can't wait to find out the person she turns in to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-9689791942233149132008-12-11T10:07:00.003-07:002008-12-11T10:10:45.033-07:00The Internet is Turning My Brain into a Pretzel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqC1muJoVEvHrHXbYskvwCttYPHcus-Dju6ulhQZhZ-0-dbDWVzCYbCPqivwQ5KlNTd5QZ5e_lb1pjueMTpLsM62VocWSZ6WVvmClhQi1BSZwKfZgNErfcPBaRoAxDSApVYnlk/s1600-h/obamatwin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqC1muJoVEvHrHXbYskvwCttYPHcus-Dju6ulhQZhZ-0-dbDWVzCYbCPqivwQ5KlNTd5QZ5e_lb1pjueMTpLsM62VocWSZ6WVvmClhQi1BSZwKfZgNErfcPBaRoAxDSApVYnlk/s200/obamatwin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278580572986203106" /></a><br />If you follow the right people on <a href="www.twitter.com">Twitter</a>, this was in your stream today:<br /><br />Obama's Twin Lives in Ecuador<br /><br />...not to mention lots of other useless? info. Catch me there on travel stuff at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/VirtualHostel">VirtualHostel</a>InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-90290778660090067962008-12-10T15:11:00.006-07:002008-12-10T15:43:59.388-07:00Politicians are scumbags<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0">"Machine-style Politics is the only honest form of government."</a> At least no one is shocked that the politicians are corrupt.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickroll">What?</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-80337766936522508302008-12-10T13:15:00.001-07:002008-12-10T13:17:31.796-07:00Freelancers Union to Create Health Insurance CompanyYou've heard about the Freelancers Union here; now there's more news to report:<br /><br />Freelancers Union Starts Health Insurance Company <br />Frustrated with rising premiums, the Freelancers Union, a charity that has long provided health coverage to self-employed workers, is creating its own health-insurance company with $17-million contributed from a group of philanthropies including the Rockefeller Foundation, New York State Health Foundation, and the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/12/10/freelancers-union-takes-health-insurance-in-house/">reports The Wall Street Journal.</a><br /><br />The company, Freelancers Insurance, will craft plans around members’ feedback and outsource each part of the plan administration to the most efficient bidder, says Sara Horowitz, executive director of the Freelancers Union.InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-85480710714357825212008-11-25T10:24:00.003-07:002008-11-25T10:29:48.744-07:00News from the Mothership<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfX9Txzfqtl4J_pIfmc98-Wu4cR4yC__T0qVgT5RtMQRMMwRNnL9yd5XBjKniwToqMUAXTOVFM4WrGLLRLlNi2CGQcw37-I9x80BreYOw2pmlRE7QCAS78RkVH94mYTJGfJz56w/s1600-h/web_invite.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272648621895983074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 246px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfX9Txzfqtl4J_pIfmc98-Wu4cR4yC__T0qVgT5RtMQRMMwRNnL9yd5XBjKniwToqMUAXTOVFM4WrGLLRLlNi2CGQcw37-I9x80BreYOw2pmlRE7QCAS78RkVH94mYTJGfJz56w/s400/web_invite.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>We will be closed for moving on December 1st & 2nd please plan your visit & Holiday Party planning around that time. We have a huge grand opening planned for December 3rd in our new location (right next door) and hope that you can join us for the event. We will be having lots of prizes to enter to win. The party starts at 10:00 a.m.<br /><br /><div></div></div>codown2earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052362782422250376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-64271280424591397672008-11-24T09:40:00.002-07:002008-11-24T09:46:11.140-07:00Stale Blog<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lrKUu17wgyG1p7gpTtuArkBhWCXpNce3rQxyxuf1s0PoHJdURQZoxCkU61jYKI317SQPxTnDuLTEi_6UczcPVqlBxnb6wuhpDVZmGv3I5GkViWxlZ6nPzdHWdVLdhoEZTIIUJA/s1600-h/tumbleweed.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272265713763446114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 82px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lrKUu17wgyG1p7gpTtuArkBhWCXpNce3rQxyxuf1s0PoHJdURQZoxCkU61jYKI317SQPxTnDuLTEi_6UczcPVqlBxnb6wuhpDVZmGv3I5GkViWxlZ6nPzdHWdVLdhoEZTIIUJA/s400/tumbleweed.jpg" border="0" /></a> But I don't have the energy to contribute more than a picture of tumbleweed. Hopefully someone else has more energy than I do. We are as lame as Enjoy Every Sandwich these days.<br /><div></div>codown2earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052362782422250376noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-90657008253061014832008-11-13T09:14:00.004-07:002008-11-13T09:33:56.220-07:00Big Red F talent on the small screen<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7n3q-yGXw7LkBTKEV3-JHZOKHN3WvTYlBn1El1ukM0fMksrwEtAejKg36FYTPajRRuHNEOLjkGtWsC74wOfkOyV1uZg4hCHBpTaq6imc6-JJCcILqw4AMX1YSmxXKXUJSPNZ-w/s1600-h/feature_cast.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268178146909056466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7n3q-yGXw7LkBTKEV3-JHZOKHN3WvTYlBn1El1ukM0fMksrwEtAejKg36FYTPajRRuHNEOLjkGtWsC74wOfkOyV1uZg4hCHBpTaq6imc6-JJCcILqw4AMX1YSmxXKXUJSPNZ-w/s400/feature_cast.jpg" border="0" /></a> So last night was the start of the new season of <a href="http://centrolatinkitchen.com/TopChef/tabid/344/Default.aspx">Top Chef</a> and what a joyous surprise to see there are two Big Red F chefs (albeit, from Boulder) in the competition. They didn't mention a connection between the two during last nights episode nor do I recall seeing them on screen together. He is from Jax Boulder. She is from Centro... on the same block in Boulder. Of course there were 17 chefs last night (now 15) including two culinary school buddies a group that has dubbed themselves "Team Rainbow" (what gays on Bravo... um, totally expected!) I love Top Chef anyway but having folks from my most favorite local restaurant group in the mix just makes it all the more appealing! For the un-cabled, I think you can catch up on line.<br /><br />They are in NYC this season. Last night they had to draw knives and venture into the different neighborhoods and prepare a meal inspired by that neighborhood's signature culture. Hosea won his head to head with Russian fare. Both made the final cut to move onto next week.codown2earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052362782422250376noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-1061398988857241642008-11-09T14:48:00.001-07:002008-11-09T14:49:49.220-07:00Holiday Gift FairsSmall, no entry fee gift fairs:<br /><br />Nov. 14-16: <a href="http://www.botanicgardens.org/content/holiday-sale ">DBG Holiday Sale</a> + plants, 9-6PM except 5PM on Sat. and 3PM on Sun.<br /><br />Nov.14-16: Fair Trade Gifts, Park Hill Congregational, 26th/Leyden, 3-7PM, 9AM-4PM & 11:30-3PM<br /><br />Nov. 15-16: <a href="http://giftsforyule.com/ ">Artisans </a>at Phipps Mansion, 3400 Belcaro Dr.,12-6PM and 11-4PM<br /><br />Dec. 5-7: Women’s Bean Project, 9AM-2PM<br /><br />Dec. 6: Young Americans Bank Entrepreneurs: 10-2, 3550 E. 1st Ave. (12/13 in Belmar)InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-63951089008963266932008-11-07T17:14:00.002-07:002008-11-07T17:30:39.889-07:00Vent: ComcastComcast needs a freaking IT governance framework for support. In english, please? They need a standard troubleshooting process for problems. <br /><br />We have had the same problem all week but every technicians has their own theory on the cause. The tech earlier this week was certain it was a splitter issue. The guy I have somehow managed to talk to multiple times on the phone is certain it is a bad modem yet the tech who came this afternoon to replace the modem, he decided it must be the wiring from the telephone pole and refused to replace the modem. I think the problem is that they aren't truly cross trained across TV, internet, and phone so folks just pick what they know to replace. (JB thinks each tech gets paid more for certain task and that is all they do.) <br /><br />GRRRHHHHHH... So if I appear to hang up on you- it is not personal. It just means I am still in Comcast Tech Support hell.codown2earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052362782422250376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-53542358286176515772008-11-06T14:10:00.002-07:002008-11-07T15:47:54.158-07:00Still Crying...<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96581933">At 109, Slave's Daughter Revels In Historic Vote</a><br /><br />Oh, THAT was yesterday. <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/resources/selectedarticles/obama05.cfm">Here's today's,</a> an address by Barack Obama to the 2005 American Library Association conference.InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-85207297898006487202008-11-05T21:35:00.003-07:002008-11-05T21:45:53.956-07:0063% is a DSorry to be a downer, but <a href="http://elections.gmu.edu/Blog.html">figures are coming out</a> (and I did my own election night math in a messy spreadsheet that isn't as scientific as the pontificators) that around 63% of eligible voters actually voted.<br /><br />That's barely a passing grade. And it's sadly one of the highest turnouts ever. <br /><br />So for all of the newly registered voters, there's the cashier at Target who didn't have time before she rushed to class that morning, the pessimistic father who feels disenfranchised from all systems, and those who didn't even access multitudinous voter registration opps.<br /><br />Obviously, many people feel disenfranchised from the political system. Or something else is going on.<br />What to do? Who? Why?<br /><br />Where were the other two-thirds?? I'm going to have to hope that none of them were women, or maybe they'd just as soon that we didn't have the right to vote.InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-28210249534815642008-11-04T04:52:00.003-07:002008-11-04T04:54:46.044-07:00War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.Plan to watch on Wednesday: <a href="http://www.thenma.org/blogs/index.php/theveteransvoice/2008/08/12/pbs_documentary_medal_of_honor_examines_">Medal of Honor</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cmohs.org/images/medal4_efficient.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 166px;" src="http://www.cmohs.org/images/medal4_efficient.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />From the time the first speaker at September's screening took the floor until we left the street with busloads of some of the 103 living recipients of the Medal of Honor, tears streamed down my face back in September when we saw the premier of the upcoming PBS documentary, "Medal of Honor."<br /><br />Out of Ken Burns' production company comes another poignant personalization of American history. For me, the unfathomable position of serving in the military, let alone going to unbelievably compassionate lengths at the risk of your own life, makes many of these men--and a Dr. Elizabeth Walter from the Civil War--other-worldly to me in a different sense than as heroes.<br /><br />Perhaps with a true insight to pacifist views, the filmmakers relate the accounts of actual pacificists and conscientious objectors who ended up serving, and being among some of the recipients, 60 of whom live in Colorado. Anyone who watches with a keen mind and bit of patriotism will be indignant that the rage against immigration goes on after countless soldiers have gone on to forego their own country for the sake of ours. The film profiles three immigrants who fought despite being imprisoned for their heritage, entering the country illegally, or facing discrimination right up unto the circumstances that brought him into the line of fire.<br /><br />I cannot imagine ever being in these shoes, or asking someone else to be in a situation where they would be faced with these choices, yet nor can I imagine in any way the benefits of killing another human, freedoms be damned. Really. There are other ways. The benefits cannot be greater than these costs.<br /><br />Airs November 5 on a PBS station near you.InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-36394928853415547712008-11-03T14:05:00.002-07:002008-11-03T14:08:54.789-07:00Free Stuff for Voters<a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2008/11/04/election-day-freebies-abound-for-voters-starbucks-krispy-kreme/">Other Freebies here...</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtximQ4OSYCBG172ymWZjz6ZALFjsrPjv26LcJxZ0mszbsl0TsoqUZz5UQCD7lsx0jI81sfgaNuiGc3V9aqVwDyMDG4CTEEufYUAiu_LqaNXAvgs_5UYO1DgsncaPfOV_Y0HxEDg/s1600-h/sbux_vote_email_body_03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264540382731942978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 285px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtximQ4OSYCBG172ymWZjz6ZALFjsrPjv26LcJxZ0mszbsl0TsoqUZz5UQCD7lsx0jI81sfgaNuiGc3V9aqVwDyMDG4CTEEufYUAiu_LqaNXAvgs_5UYO1DgsncaPfOV_Y0HxEDg/s400/sbux_vote_email_body_03.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>codown2earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052362782422250376noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-49676339421610047912008-11-03T12:06:00.003-07:002008-11-03T12:10:56.170-07:00Are you kidding?!We have a long way to go to improve this country. Tomorrow is just a small step, and here's just one example of how much work there is to do:<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110301255.html?hpid=moreheadlines"><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Stevens Juror Dismissed, Lied About Father's Death</span></a><br />She said she did not expect the trial to last so long and had purchased her airline tickets and tickets to the Breeders' Cup months ago. <br />U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan declined to sanction the juror.InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-68627744976756497872008-10-31T11:05:00.002-06:002008-10-31T11:12:55.115-06:00Samantha Bee on McCain and abortion<embed FlashVars='videoId=189749' src='http://www.indecision2008.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml' quality='high' bgcolor='#cccccc' width='332' height='316' name='comedy_central_player' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='always' allownetworking='external' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></embed>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-3331999239092055152008-10-31T10:24:00.005-06:002008-10-31T10:28:28.742-06:00"Barack Obama will win: It's all in 'The West Wing'."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/10/30/arts/television/wing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 114px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/10/30/arts/television/wing.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Remember how sweet the victory of Jimmy Smits' Matthew Santos was over Alan Alda's Arnold Vinnick in the wonderful fantasy world of <span style="font-style:italic;">West Wing</span>?!<br /><br />It's all true, as it turns out: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/arts/television/30wing.html?em">NYT</a>InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-3980424147884313902008-10-25T10:02:00.006-06:002008-10-25T10:46:29.795-06:00Movies that feed the addictionI, like most of you, am a total junkie for political news these days. I watch and read things that make me scream and rant and lie awake at night, and I keep watching and reading them. I'm obsessed. So our two most recent movie outings fed that obsession, but with different outcomes.<br /><br />We drove 80 miles last weekend to Gainesville to see "Religulous". I did enjoy it quite a bit. I don't share all of Bill Maher's views on religion, but it did crystalize for me how fervently I resent the role that extreme religious beliefs play in our world. And I laughed a bunch. Totally worth the 80 mile drive. Except that last night we went to see "W" and discovered that "Religulous" is now playing here in Jax. Oh well, Gainesville has a Chipotle, so it was still worth it.<br /><br />Seeing "W" was a different story. The parts that could be humorous won't be for another decade or so (if the world is able to recover somewhat by then). It is an absurdity that W is our president, but the destruction it has caused and continues to cause made the movie unbearable for us. And the thought that we could live through more of this idiocy with McCain/Palin made me ill. Maybe that was the point. Ugh.Lula Maehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18251934033500659974noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18202939.post-4295515449555291882008-10-23T18:45:00.000-06:002008-11-05T21:35:05.739-07:00Happy Obama ReggaeEspecially for RNesta!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zxn9jhypHfo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zxn9jhypHfo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>InfoChefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787623017146974213noreply@blogger.com0