Prometheus 6

That's the conclusion I've come to today.

Not on that note but because of it, I would like to thank my friend the ex-lion tamer for his stories from the language barrier.

I actually thought of this myself today.

Why are you pretending this is news...or that you didn't help?

As more and more families and students who place a premium on education flee to the alternatives of charter and selective-enrollment schools, who will be left behind in the neighborhood public high schools?

No one...that's the whole point. 

I gotta tell you, I'm not feeling fear...(se that Slate article I linked above)

Monday and Tuesday will probably be spotty around here. I'll be in Washington D.C., listening to speeches by our three Prezinental candidates and NOT checking email. Tuesday will be the thinnest day because I'll be heading back to Nycnyusa in the middle of it instead of on its nether end.

Good night folks...EARLY start tomorrow. 

I meant to. If I didn't, I'm sorry.

Here's another one I saw this weekend.

Feel free to add stuff to the list...that worked out pretty well last time.

I saw a neon sign in a deli recently advertising something I though HAD to be a joke. But it wasn't. It sounded so gross, I'm linking a page of reviews before I even tell you what it is.

I guess you'd call it a mixed drink. Clamato...that's clam juice, the fluid extracted by crushing a rather slimy living being, mixed with tomato juice...and Budweiser beer. In one can. I think there's lime in it too, at least the neon sign had this greenish section. They call it Chelada, which I discover is short for Michelada. And I know folks get funky with their brewing; there a couple of Sam Adams varieties for which I keep a ten foot pole around that I use not to touch them.

But clam juice?

Is there a human on the planet that can make fresh clam juice and drink it? Why would you put that in beer? Even Budweiser.

Taking the day off for no reason at all.

I'm going to a thing about media production using open source software. There's folks you could ask about that already, but I want to see the current state of affairs without actually doing any work testing and such. So that's where I'll be this afternoon. Anonymous comments will, of course, be delayed.

LATER: Good thing I doublechecked...I was going to be two hours early...

Someone at Power Line Forum got their hands on The Care and Feeding of White Folks and is using it to goad the members. To which I can only say...

Hi, fellas! When you're done with Care and Feeding I suggest Frequently Asked Questions About "U-People". And IF you're inclined to comment here, that's cool as long as your intent is to discuss, not just to offend.

Yes, we can tell the difference.

Oh, and if you do not have a new argument, don't bother...we've heard all your classics.

Any interesting posts, articles, blogs I ought to know about? Speak now or hold your peace until I find you..

(I'm serious, so I'm sticking this to the top of the page for a day)

(Later: Still at the top...it's gonna be a slow day...)

Today I started two fairly lengthy post, the last one on my lack of enthusiam about Sen. Obama's speech, that I screwed up and lost. My trackball has those page back/page forward buttons...we must insure those evil devices are not on any future equipment.

Yet I do not screw up like that in general. Over the last two days I lost about five posts in exactly the same manner. And they were all pretty much on the same topic.

Now I got stuff to do today, finally closing out the case of my brother's death in goddamn December. Maybe that is distracting me. I think I have another problem, though. I fundamentally do not believe America will ever be shed of its racism. On the other hand, believing otherwise is sometimes the only defense against...insanity? rage?

Meanwhile, Conservative commentary is proof they're all on crack. Um, crystal meth. Bah. 

Anyway, I need to get back to that stuff sometime today, meanwhile here's an open thread. 

Because I may bail on ya for the rest of the day...haven't decided yet.

Believe it or not, more here. 

I'm feeling vaguely repelled by all things electronic this morning.

Just sayin'

This might be long and I really don't know if this is something folks can comment on, so you can treat this as an open thread.

One of the things I do quarterly is kick out for my daughter's textbooks. Since she started letting me know she could use some help, anyway...she's the stubbornly independant type. This year, one day before hitting the campus bookstore, he face exploded. A major dental thing...there was no way she could leave the house. So I went to pick up her books for her. No biggie...I'm paying anyway so I was going anyway. I just go by myself, is all.

And, of course, get one $106.00 book wrong. Not my fault, I swear. I asked for help and the staff person got the worng book for me. Ariel doesn't find this out until she starts reading the current assignment (yes, swollen face, fever and everything, she got the assignments and started working on them).

Diabetes sucks because it won't sit still. I'm compelled to adjust my insulin levels this year, and I woke up at 7 am with the second lowest blood sugar level I ever recorded. How low? I ate breakfast, took no insulin, wen't back to bed (although low didn't feel half as bad as it would have last year) and woke up with a blood sugar level on the low side of normal...five points less and it would STILL have been low.

This is going to be a light day, Black History Month not withstanding. I got two things I want to write, a couple of links I may get to, and the intention of going to ringShout's open house tonight. I was supposed to meet Eisa Ulen last News and Notes appearance but I phoned that one in...

Nasty weather today, though...my fault, I pulled some strings for tomorrow and forgot the open house today...

I just got up. I have no idea when I'll feel like looking at the news today.

I got one more thing, too short for a post, then it's breaky-time.

Why is it that when The Clintons play the race card...and you know they did...why does responding to them become a threat to fracture the Democratic Party? Why is it Blacks vs White Women instead of, "Damn, you really assed up with THAT one..." Why is Hillary's error suddenly our collective burden?

Taylor? 

Enjoy your solstice celebration.

LATER: Right forgot to show this demonstration of unthinking hypocrisy.

Libertarian, right? So Mr. Paul would have had no taxes at the time.

When Mr. Paul says he'd have had the government buy and free the slaves, I wonder how the government would buy the slaves?

You don't have to say anything to or about him. He dropped by and said something Delphic I'm not even trying to connect to the thread. First comment too, not like there was a chance for anyone's attention to wander.

I figure it must be important. So here you go. Everyone gets to say what they want, directly. I'll even approve comments on this thread I'd normally devowel.

So have at it if you like. I'm going to program for a while.

"Discriminatory?"

This costume was not discriminatory. It was RACIST. Or if you just can't get the word out of your mouth, try BIGOTED. And so was everyone who approved of it.

RACE -- CHERTOFF CLAIMS 'ZERO TOLERANCE' FOR DISCRIMINATORY HALLOWEEN COSTUME, EXCUSES MYERS'S ROLE : Julie Myers, head of Homeland Security's immigration division, has come under intense criticism for awarding "Most Original Costume" to an employee "who dressed in prison stripes, dreadlocks and dark makeup for a Halloween gathering at the agency." Myers was part of a three-judge panel that awarded the prize. Yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff appeared on MSNBC and said that he had put the employee who wore the costume on "administrative leave." He added that he has "zero tolerance" for discriminatory acts. But when it came to Myers, Chertoff refused to condemn her and indicated that she would face no punitive action: "Assistant Secretary Myers apologized for the fact that the incident occurred." Speaking to the AP, Chertoff also excused Myers's actions, stating that she "was kind of caught by surprise by this." "I know she's mortified," he added, "but I think she's doing what she needs to do at the moment." Myers is married to Chertoff's former chief of staff, John F. Wood, who is currently a U.S. attorney in Missouri. She is also the niece of former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Richard B. Myers. The agency has destroyed at least one photo of Myers with the costumed employee and has refused to let CNN see other pictures from the party.

Yes, computer death. Apparently this is the desktop's third birthday.

Yes, I have a laptop. No, it is not fully up to date. I don't have an email client set up though...

I'm not looking forward to more debt but I need a nice stationary machine. Only...Vista? And will my video capture card work? 

Yeah, this is going to really suck for a whille. 

I'm redoing something with the TV running in the background. The Science Channel. And the guy is talking about solar eclipses. He says if you stand in your back yard and wait for an eclipse to come to you, you'd probably wait an average of 350 to 400 years..but nowadays, you can watch it on television or the Internet.

And this little voice screamed out from the base of my skull, "THAT NOT THE SAME!"

It's not.  

...because I've got promises to keep.