Just popping up to note that Jim DeMint (R - S.C.) thinks it's more important to keep unions out of the TSA than to keep terrorists off our airplanes.

Medical alert dog

I'm intrigued that there's a dog in this story that can warn her owner that she's got a migraine coming on.

Free Custom Graph Paper

I thought I'd put this up before, but apparently not.

Here's a source for home-printable custom graph paper, but if you're just looking for a good paper for drawing things by inches and feet, this is the graph paper I use, sized just right for an 8 ft. by 11ft. space.

It figures that I would finally get around to putting this up just as I'm starting to teach myself Sketchup.

Coming of Age in the Aughts

I really enjoyed this essay from Courtney Martin. I'm not a Christian anymore, and there was much in my church upbringing that I was glad to jettison, but there was a consistent thread that the world does not love those who do good, and that to continue to do good in spite of the world requires strength of character, will, and resolve. I'm an obstinate little bugger, so that message always resonated with me.

Of course, that's a common thread in pop culture as well, so maybe I just got it from X-men comics.

The "Kill the Bill" lefties

Eh.

It's possible that they're just that pissed off, and are throwing a tantrum. But we already know that part of why Lieberman was so opposed to the Medicare buy-in was because Anthony Weiner (D - NY) thought it was a good idea. So maybe they're just acting like they hate the health care bill so that we can get it past Lieberman, et al.