14 ears of corn, 3-4 tomatoes, 2 cucumbers, a handful of serranos and jalapenos, 6 ounces of yellow tomatoes and a random eggplant. Also: Scooter has been hell on the wildlife this spring, more than any other year so when I found this little guy hidden in our Copper Canyon daisy, I knew he was …
Tyler at Marginal Revolution channels Matt Yglesias one of the more odious portions of the Waxman-Markey bill recently passed in the House, specifically the threat of tariffs on countries who don’t play along with our unserious climate change game. Even Obama says trade protections are a bad idea in this little game. For those not …
“The plot behind the endlessly-long series of explosions that Megan Fox’s rack is forced to endure is impossible to relate or understand.” From Choire Sicha at The Awl, writing a review digital flogging of the new Transformers movie. Good times. I can’t possibly do justice to the whole review so you should just go read …
Rarely does Congress get to do something so sweeping as what they are doing today. It’s usually destruction through evolution as small little things get introduced over time. But not today. Today, they are voting on the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade bill, better known as The American Clean Energy and Security Act. This bill will …
Michael Jackson is dead. Which is strange because if there was ever a strange, girl-like pop star that I thought would live forever it would be him. He was a musical genius for 15-20 years and then an eccentric pedophile for another 15 or so. Quite a career. From the CNN article, Reverend Al Sharpton: …
That’s all I need. Regardless, I’ve signed up for an online fiction writing class that started today. I’ve been toying with the idea for quite awhile and finally took the plunge. I’m not exactly sure what I plan to get out of it other than an impetus for regularly writing “something”. I’ve discovered that my …
I wonder how all those high tech workers feel after having supported Obama so strongly during the election only to find out that he wants to do things like regulate venture capital firms with over $30 million in managed money. This covers most of the VC firms out there and means that they would have …
I don’t know whether this is sublime, grotesque or outrageous but I do know it’s hilarious. It also involves Helen Hunt on a nasty acid trip, Hall and Oates singing with a cat and sweet, sweet ending. Don’t worry though, Keyboard Cat doesn’t involve handicap people falling down an escalator this time.
It’s getting damn hot lately so it’s a lot easier to write about the garden than actually, you know, garden. So while it’s not technically summer yet, here’s a little taste of what’s been going in The Experiment’s home garden. For the first time, I’m tracking yields as a way to objectively compare changes and …
Conor at The American Scene has a post up trying to clarify this Ross Douthat editorial. They are both interesting reads. I find that any discussion of abortion, much like that of text editors (VIM Roolz!) and of religion, is dominated in large part by two very virulent, angry constituencies who typically try to yell …