20081230   

Ween

Michael considered fate at 16:02   |   Permalink   |   Post a Comment

Gene, of Ween (not to be confused with Dean), is a fairly prolific photographer.

And through this NPR interview of the duo, I learned that the name of the band is a combination of "wus" (as in wussy) and "peen" (as in, uh.. peenis).

        20081228   

New fixed 50mm at work

Michael considered fate at 19:21   |   Permalink   |   Post a Comment

---

Comment posted by  cunctation @ 12/29/2008 1:03 PM:

Niiice. Santa was good to you afterall. Also, that cat is such a camera slut... 

---

Comment posted by  Michael @ 1/05/2009 3:27 PM:

Which cat? B&W, or Orange Ronnie? 

        20081213   

Mini-Ice Storm, Ought 8

Michael considered fate at 03:01   |   Permalink   |   Post a Comment

        20081212   

Unofficial NPR Podcasts

Michael considered fate at 13:13   |   Permalink   |   Post a Comment

If you've had problems finding podcasts for the shows you enjoy on NPR, check out the independent site Public Radio Podcasts which has RSS feeds for a lotta lotta good stuff. You can even subscribe to feeds for individual reporters, like Mexico City Correspondent Jason Beaubien, who grew up in the same small town as I (though he is quite a bit older).

        20081211   

Michael considered fate at 14:41   |   Permalink   |   Post a Comment

Mini-sodes of Seinfeld, meet Dr. Katz's squiggle-vision. Squiggle-vision, meet Seinfeld: Seinimation (youtube).

Inconceivable!

Michael considered fate at 13:59   |   Permalink   |   Post a Comment

As the end of the year approaches, I'm sure you've seen your fair share of dumb "top ten" lists predicting everything from flying cars to a republican administration in 2012 (if we even make it that far).. how about taking a look at the flip side, instead?

The top ten worst predictions of 2008, according to Foreign Policy. The first one is a good for a guffaw:

“If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she’s going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to her, then. … Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now.” —William Kristol, Fox News Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006

        20081208   

Another Katydid, I swear, she really did

Michael considered fate at 00:06   |   Permalink   |   Post a Comment

Funny, that the pink katydid just came up recently, as I came across this just now: The “dying” leaf-mimic katydid.

        20081207   

Trapped - Mental Illness in American's Prisons

Michael considered fate at 16:10   |   Permalink   |   Post a Comment

Our prisons are not only over-run (The prison population in the USA exceeds 2 million, higher than that officially reported by any other country, as a percentage of total population) but they are over-run by the mentally-ill, as well:

A 2006 report by the U.S. Department of Justice shows that the number of Americans with mental illnesses incarcerated in the nation’s prisons and jails is disproportionately high. Almost 555,000 people with mental illness are incarcerated while fewer than 55,000 are being treated in designated mental health hospitals.

Watch the (somewhat disturbing) brief video here.