RIP: Larry Norman (1947-2008)

I just found out that Larry Norman died a few days ago.  (wikipedia  his website  Reuters obit).
He was the original Christian rocker.   My brother turned me on to him with the release of his 1981 Something New Under the Son.  I remember really liking it. A few years ago I ordered the album off [...]

Land of the free

How often do I have to hear it?  The US is the freest country on the planet they tell me.  If I have to hear it one more time I may pull out the little hair that I have left.
Today the NY Times is reporting that one in every hundred American adults are locked up. [...]

Welcome to the show, Mr. Nader.

Finally,  a candidate that I can get behind.  And to listen to the so-called lefties rant against him makes me hope that he throws the election to McCain.
Had the dems paid lip service to a progressive agenda, I am certain he would not be running.  But they have failed to do so.  The dems have [...]

KDE Gets Some Mint Loving

Great to read over at the Linux Mint Blog that the KDE community edition will be getting more respect.
For those who are unaware, the Linux Mint KDE CE is maintained by community member Boo from Australia.  Unlike Kubuntu, this KDE edition is put together with the same love as goes into the main edition–it is [...]

What we need to ask the candidates…

Will you close Guantanamo?  Will you end the secret renditions?  Is water boarding torture?  Will you end torture?  Do you believe in unilateral first strikes based on a hunch?  Will we join Kyoto or its successor?  Will we reinstate the ABM?  Will we hold off deploying an anti missile system until we know it works?  [...]

My New Site

This post is to get away from all of the videos that I have been posting lately and to draw your attention to my new site, Gyration: A Tribute to the Golden Age of Russian Literature.
I have enough of it posted that I feel good about making this announcement.
The Golden Age of Russian Lit was [...]

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