My boss is an old Yes fan. When I mean old Yes, I’m talking about their art-rock, 19-minute songs/compositions, and post-psychadelic album covers. Me, I’m a Trevor Rabin-era Yes fan. He moved the band out of their progressive doldrums and into the domain of pop rock. While doing that they maintained their magnificant musicianship. I [...]
BlogRunner put together another list that drops TAM down to #142 as “most influential reporters and bloggers on the web.” That’s down from #61 in an earlier analysis (I think. I can’t make heads or tails of BlogRunner’s methodology.). Intuitively, it feels better (or maybe I’m just not giving myself that much credit). There’s still [...]
The RNC offered this limerick on St. Patrick’s Day:
There once was a man from Nantucket,
Whose misstatements could fill up a bucket.
Oft the truth he has bent,
Like his “Irish descent.”
Of his record he says, “I’ll just duck it.”
“A Wee Bit of Mischief From the RNC…”
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Bummer. Kevin is taking maternity leave along with his wife.
“C-C-C-Changes“
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The SportsBlog basketball pool has only five participants. I want more. Know this, blogosphere bragging rights are on the line as well as a dozen Krispy Kremes to the leader after the Sweet Sixteen. All the details are over at SportsBlog.
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The loss of the Bush-supporting Popular Party in last Sunday’s elections is more complicated than merely capituating to Islamist terrorists. The PP tried to spin the story and lost public confidence. Initial suspicion of ETA was reasonable, but when van with detonators and a Koran tape were found the PP should have backed away. That’s [...]
Consider this latest edition the pre-NCAA basketball tournament edition. It’s also for me this is the pre-Cactus League edition since I’ll be headed down to Phoenix tomorrow to watch lots of baseball during the day (Go Brewers!) and lots of basketball at night (Go Badgers!).
Bill Hobbs doesn’t play on my sports theme, but he has [...]
Aaron’s Rantblog is hosting this week’s Bonfire of the Vanities.
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There’s something wrong with BlogRunner’s analysis of the most influential webloggers and reporters on the Web. The names at the top appear correct even if I’d change the rankings, but if you wander down to #61 you’ll find me. I’m more influential than John Hawkins, Peggy Noonan, Power Line, and OxBlog? I don’t think so. [...]
Last month, Wisconsin state law enforcement plugged into the Matrix database. Last week, they pulled that plug.
“Wisconsin, New York Unplug Matrix“
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Wisconsin is one of the competitive states Kerry and Bush will be bombarding with ads and personal appearances. The 17 others are:
Florida
New Mexico
Iowa
Oregon
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
Ohio
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Maine
Michigan
Arkansas
Washington
Arizona
West Virginia
“Candidates Narrow Focus to 18 States” [via Political Wire]
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Donald Sensing has written far more and far better than I on same-sex marriage. He has a WSJ essay (based on this post) arguing the marriage wars were lost with the introduction of the birth control pill. Sensing also has a solution to SSM: sever the church-state relationship. Think of it as a more fleshed [...]
Mark Hasty will be helping us tournament junkies. His qualification: he’s “a clergyperson who hasn’t seen a single college basketball game all season.” As long as he doesn’t pick any of the #1 seeds to lose in the first round (even St. Joe’s) he should be fine.
“Coming Attractions”
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Pakistani police defused a “huge car bomb” outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi. A 750-liter fertilizer bomb (think Oklahoma City) was found in the van. A member of the Karachi bomb squad said, “If this exploded it would have caused massive destruction.” Any upcoming elections in Pakistan we should know about?
“Huge Car Bomb Found Near [...]
