October 17, 2008

The new face of McCarthyism: Meet Michelle Bachman, McCain spokesperson.

See if you can get through all 2 minutes and 43 seconds of this.

The 6th district of Minnesota sent Ms. Bachmann to Congress. She’s actually calling for an investigation into which of us in the country and in Congress are “pro-America” and which are “anti-America.”  Sound familiar?
Well, guess what? She’s currently running [...]

October 17, 2008

Dali meets Gaudi meets Kate

I’m commemorating the loss of my summer’s worth of photographs with a series of new pieces.  Look for these techniques in the classes in Mexico and Detroit (coming soon.)

October 17, 2008

Rowr

October 17, 2008

The shock might be too much for Chicago Democrats to withstand

Because for the first time in history, the Chicago Tribune has endorsed a Democrat for President. An excerpt:
We have known Obama since he entered politics a dozen years ago. We have watched him, worked with him, argued with him as he rose from an effective state senator to an inspiring U.S. senator to the Democratic [...]

October 17, 2008

Hummingbirds

We’ve been loaded with hummers all season, and these pretty Broad Bills are always around. My feeder is in a spiky lemon tree, so they feel safe and sit on the branches. 

photo by Firefly Forest
I find them unbearably cute, tiny little universes of action and color. The feeder is right outside the bedroom window, and the [...]

October 17, 2008

Boy am I with Nate Silver

on the focus group squigglies. I hate having the opinions of 10-20 “undecided voters” front and center on the screen while I am trying to watch a debate as an independent human being. I’ve taken to CSpan for debate watching- not only do they show a consistent split-screen, so that you can watch the speaker [...]

October 17, 2008

McCain went on Letterman last night

And Dave asked the obvious question: Why keep jawing on about Ayers, who committed his crimes when Obama was 8 years old, and who has been a responsible citizen since Obama has known him, when you hang with G. Gordon Liddy, who has fired a gun in a full courtroom, served time for the Watergate [...]

October 17, 2008

My favorite Photoshops

of yesterday’s bizarre zombie photos: