Dylan on the radio

Do you have XM radio or DirecTV? If so Dylan is your DJ. Check him out. I love Dylan, despite his misogynistic hardcore fundie ways, I think he’s a genius.
I am overjoyed to report that the Rays beat the Red Sox again tonight, at Fenway Park. Ah, the sweetness. And the Phillies are up 2-0 [...]

I have a hard time seeing owls in the wild.

In fact, I’m sorry to say that I have never seen one. I can’t imagine how this can be the case, but there it is. It’s part of my fascination with owls, how they avoid me. Here is an elf owl that came to the Firefly back yard in Tucson, in the summer of ‘05. [...]

This article by Land Of Enchantment

deserves a wider audience.
Take a look at this long, long list of Republicans running for office right now. They are declining to ID as Republican on their web sites, and many of them have chosen to put the word “Independent” on their header, to confuse voters. Almost as if it were a consensus among them; [...]

Finally!

I’m going to see Man On Wire.

I’ll give you a review tomorrow.

Terri reminds me… In Philly’s defense

“Yes, Flyers fans booed Santa off the ice.  (And Eagles fans once pelted him with snowballs.)  
But they also booed Sarah Palin this past weekend. “
I watched the video of the Flyers opener, and it looked like a pretty mixed reaction to me. But people who were there say that she was very poorly received. [...]

The election is now 22 days away.

And things are looking good. Paul Krugman just won a Nobel prize for his work in economics, and this comes at a good time for his credibility, as he patiently explains and re-explains why John McCain has no freaking clue about how to fix this mess. Obama is being advised by Warren Buffett, of course, [...]

Brr!

It’s freaking cold here in Tucson. Out of the blue, it’s winter.
(How did I get here? This is not my beautiful weather!)
I have been sleeping with the bedroom door open, which is the major perk of fall, and I knew it was cold when I woke up shivering yesterday, but today I actually exerted myself [...]