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Politics and Wonderland

Politics and Wonderland

With election season in full swing, the word “caucus” has become ubiquitous in the news.  I first learned the word when I read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, many, many years ago. ‘What I was going to say,’ said the Dodo in

jamie February 23, 2016 just for fun, personal, political, word of the day No Comments Read more

And It’s Not Coming Back, Either.

(With apologies to Monty Python and anyone else who’s already worked this gag on this subject.) Dear Mr. President, Once again this week you have spoken of bipartisanship, and how you still see the possibility of bipartisan cooperation in addressing

jamie December 1, 2010 political No Comments Read more

It’s Not April 1 Yet, Is It?

From the AP wire: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush, dispatching Vice President Dick Cheney to the Middle East, said the goal is to get Israelis and Palestinians to hold firm to the promises they’ve made toward peace. Bush said Monday

jamie March 10, 2008April 28, 2008 political No Comments Read more

This is just too much …

This is the sort of news story that just gets me so mad. When I get really mad at a story on the radio, I’ve been known to start yelling back at it. I can’t do that here, but I’m

jamie January 9, 2008June 18, 2008 political No Comments Read more

Sanity Check

From the CNN.com article with the latest updates on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force promo that went awry: […] In Portland, police Sgt. Brian Schmautz said officers had no plans to remove any of the signs, so long as they

jamie February 1, 2007May 5, 2008 political No Comments Read more

From the “You Just Knew This Was Coming” Dept:

“Smilin’ Bob” firm ran $100 million scam Now if only the indictment had included an injunction getting those wretched, wretched commercials off the air …

jamie September 21, 2006May 5, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

“I will be myself as a grown-up. I wouldn’t be anything else.” –Taiga Endo, age 5, answering the question “what do you want to be when you grow up?” I want to be a knitter. I want to play the

jamie March 24, 2006May 5, 2008 personal No Comments Read more

I hope Andromeda is far enough away …

The New York Times editorial: Let’s see. The vice president of the United States accidentally shot someone while bird-hunting on a Texas ranch. It took the White House nearly 24 hours to share that information with the rest of the

jamie February 14, 2006May 5, 2008 political No Comments Read more

How to Kill a Radio Network

Well … this tears it. I’ve been losing interest — losing faith, in many ways — in Air America Radio over the past few months. First Katherine Lampher gets driven off Al Franken’s show, leaving Al to drive his no-longer-funny

jamie January 31, 2006May 5, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Quote For the Moment

“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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    Monday Meme #50 — Harry Potter
    My penultimate Monday Meme honors the way the whole Harry Potter phenomenon got started: the opening line of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, published just 20 years ago.

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