[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Daddy, there are two Miss Stephanies. Stephanie from school, and Stephanie from downtown. Loyette
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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] I never knew the police were so involved in Botanic Gardens event planning.
[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] The chickens come home to roost (literally).
We are John Galt, my precious
I’ve never read Atlas Shrugged, so I don’t have a dog in the fight that this quote may create — I just think it’s funny: There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes,… Read more »
Mix & match toys
I’m having a little too much fun setting this up…
“His eyes filled with tears.”
An inside account of the government shutdown negotiations, and John Boehner’s role at the center of them. I’ve already given you the money quote. Meanwhile, a look ahead to the impending debt ceiling battle. Let me be the first to say, “#PANIC!”
Demolition porn
The demolition of the old Stapleton Airport parking lot continues apace. Kind of cool. Wider view below.
In the great green room…
Due to my Twitter hiatus, I can’t retweet this tweet by @pourmecoffee — so I’ll blog it and blockquote it instead: Goodnight moon. Goodnight Boehner, goodnight Reid. Goodnight Bachmann, goodnight Trump’s hair, goodnight morons everywhere. LOL!!! By the way, you can consider this an open thread on the impending government shutdown if you want. I don’t really have anything much… Read more »
The VCU “riot”
Brilliant video of the VCU “riot” after the Butler loss. (Warning: profanity!) Doesn’t look like much of a riot, really — more like idiotic, and somewhat dangerous, but mostly non-destructive, drunken revelry — but maybe that’s the soundtrack talking. Anyway, great video, courtesy of Mondial Creative Labs on Vimeo.
OMG FRAUD IN WISCONSIN!!!!! (not)
King County, Washington, meet Waukesha County, Wisconsin: In one explosive stroke Thursday, the clerk in a Republican stronghold tilted the tight Supreme Court race in favor of Justice David Prosser by recovering thousands of untallied votes for the incumbent. Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said Thursday that she failed to save on her computer and then report 14,315 votes in… Read more »