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Sen. Grassley likes diversity, non sequiturs.

Senator Chuck Grassley and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin: A match made in GOP Heaven.

OTM Recap, 5/15: Out of my brain on the 5:15

OTM Recap: Out of my brain on the 5:15 from Radio Sweethearts on Vimeo. In this post I mention the story about Wolfram Alpha. Here’s that link. It’s not too often I’ll be doing this, as my current computer is way slower than Kerry’s, and lacks a built-in camera. Have a good week.

NPR’s “Wait Wait” grapples with its dark history

You know, I was a supporter of Barack Obama well before he ever ran for president. Not because of his positions (which, happily, I do mostly agree with), but because–unlike almost every other politician in history–he actually has a sense of humor about himself not relegated to the stage of “Saturday Night Live.” I only [...]

Better start swimming, or you’ll sink like a stone.

You’ve heard the news by now. If you’ve got any sense in you, you’ve jumped up and down a couple times with some sense of excitement or frustration. No one, it seems had it in them to stand still last night. And yes, I’m as relieved as anyone else to just know that Bob Garfield [...]

If we could make energy from Beer, the debates would fix the oil crisis.

We’ve been playing the Presidential debate drinking game. So we’re drifting, topically, and my typing ability is waning. Meanwhile, Kerry just started knitting with five needles. He passes to the man, and boom goes the dynamite. (It should be noted that this video is exactly why we are both proud to be graduates of Ball [...]

Wherein her racism makes me want to punch an old lady.

I was going to write about something positive. It would make me happy to write about salmon portraits again. A couple readers made some great suggestions for new posts, and we fully plan on taking those tips. But this is simply too important to ignore. NPR had the great idea to gather black and white [...]