Wonk the Vote coined that term above, PAD, and I think most of us are feeling exhausted and disgusted with the news of late, so for tonight I just have one cartoon for you, and then y’all have at it in the comments. Outrage Fatigue And with that, please enjoy your Monday Evening. This is [...]Similar News >>

But he is still with us, you know. Those who have touched us never really leave us. He was like a priest or a Boy Scout leader that way.   We’ll keep Yutsano in our thoughts for his surgery tomorrow, and congratulations to J.W. Hammer on the engagement! And I just remembered my own news—I’m [...]Similar News >>

Wonk the Vote coined that term above, PAD, and I think most of us are feeling exhausted and disgusted with the news of late, so for tonight I just have one cartoon for you, and then y’all have at it in the comments. Outrage Fatigue And with that, please enjoy your Monday Evening. This is [...]Similar News >>

How many eggs does a mammal have to lay to get some attention around here? Those damn platypodes always hog the puggle limelight. As commenter jl notes, someone needs to speak up for the echidna, the forgotten monotreme.Similar News >>

Who’s doing what for the moms in their lives? I made a large fresh fruit salad, some of which I sauteed in butter for breakfast, and we have steaks to grill for later. We went out to dinner last night because she hates lines. I cook breakfast two or three times a week and dinner [...]Similar News >>

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A penny for your cyber-thoughts. Nature news reports the story, “African land grabs hinder sustainable development — Sales of forest land to corporations are dispossessing inhabitants and harming ecosystems”: A scramble to buy African land is threatening the continent’s sustainable development, according to reports launched today at the Royal Society in London. Of the 203 [...]Similar News >>

It’s all over the internetz, but I found this image at Charlie Pierce’s place. As Mr. Pierce very fairly points out, Eric “Etch-A-Sketch” Fehrnstrom has fiercely repudiated the provenance of this flyer. (And Fehrnstrom is an honorable man; so are they all, all honorable men…) Paul Constant points out that Kerry Healey is still defending [...]Similar News >>

Just checking in- have a co-worker in working on a project, and now we are cooking a feast- artichoke carbonera, ribeyes, tomatoes with red onion and gorgonzola and balsalmic, and a multiple mushroom, shallot, and parsnip sautee. Also too, wine and Boz Scaggs. I win.Similar News >>

Two very drunk middle aged men cranking Queen and singing falsetto. It’s seriously the saddest fucking thing ever.Similar News >>

This post contains spoilers through the May 10 episode of Community. I should start this off by saying how pleased I am by Community‘s renewal, even at thirteen episodes rather than a full season. It’s really nice to see this wonderful, experimental little show that’s been so marvelously dedicated to exploring the boundaries of television’s [...]Similar News >>

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(Tom Toles via GoComics.com) According to the Spousal Unit “paalegg” is Norwegian for “anything that can go in a sandwich”. Here’s a collection of bite-sized random items that tickled my palate. The RonPaulistas continue to harass the GOP primary gatekeepers, and Mr. Pierce at Esquire has his suspicions as to why: I am gradually coming [...]Similar News >>