February 2009
January 2009
I’d been weaning off the pain meds but my leg chose today to remind me who’s boss. At least the weather is gorgeous.
air mouse + 24” monitor / stuck in bed with a broken leg = big win (http://tinyurl.com/bapoty)
“I wish I had the balls to first spend six long years madly cheering on an Iraq...”
– Taibbi - Flat N All That (via sconover)
OMG burrito nom nom nom
“Told ya so.”
– Tim Burke, chairman of the Hamilton County Democratic Party as well as chairman of the Hamilton County Board of Elections
Only one voter fraud case found | Cincinnati Enquirer | Cincinnati.Com
I welcome the immanent apocalypse! My mom is on Twitter! (Hi @marychaffee!)
“John Mica (R-FL), ranking member of the Tranportation Committee and the...”
– Nadler transit amendment passes on voice vote
“Advocates for greater investment in public works projects have expressed...”
– U.S. Infrastructure Is in Dire Straits, Report Says - NYTimes.com
“There’s one morning call that gives new meaning to talking heads. Politico...”
– ‘Washington’s Longest-Running Conversation’ - The Daily Beast (via sconover)
4bidden Fruit →
playing Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe — great silly fun
Other than “Rear Window,” what movies should I rent for an “I broke my leg” movie night?
“Reflecting the vast diversity of our national media, Richard Cohen now joins...”
– Richard Cohen fulfills the role of the American journalist - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
uploading more broken leg pix to http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexchaffee/sets/72157612841983653/ (the pix aren’t broken, the leg is)
WatchWhere’s the infrastructure? (Rachel Maddow)
Sitting outside! At Dolores cafe! Crutches and all. Nice to feel the sun on my unwashed hair.
“Kendell said that all the leaders of the No on 8 campaign “wanted to have...”
– Wockner: No on 8: ‘We messed up’
“This is William Kristol’s last column.” http://bit.ly/13x1F
“This is William Kristol’s last column.”
– The Washington Monthly
“Psychometricians have known since the end of the 19th century that height is...”
– Why men are more intelligent than women | Psychology Today Blogs
“It would appear, then, that one cannot be coherently religious and scientific at...”
– Jerry Coyne
Pharyngula: Coyne on the compatibility of science and religion
WatchBlack Dynamite
“Just as vinyl records gave rise to scratching and skipping, analog TV created a...”
– Say Goodbye to Analog TV - TIME
“I Got 99 Problems But a Bush Ain’t One.”
– Jay-Z, performing at the DC Armory’s Obama Staff Ball
FiveThirtyEight.com: Politics Done Right: The End of the Beginning
“We are now in a world in which endorsing gay marriage can actually be a...”
– TPMDC | Talking Points Memo | Gillibrand Inches Leftward, Now Supports Gay Marriage
“The president has a BlackBerry through a compromise that allows him to stay in...”
– Obama Keeps His Blackberry in a Hard-Fought E-Victory - NYTimes.com
“How could a famous stickler for grammar have bungled that 35-word passage, among...”
– Steven Pinker - Oaf of Office - NYTimes.com
Finally a valid "Dog Bites Man" story →
“Former French President Chirac Hospitalized After Mauling by his Clinically Depressed Poodle”
via The Plank
“We’re going to try to seat Al Franken.”
– Sen. Harry Reid
i made this. you play this. we are enemies →
Best platformer ever. See also Game, Game, Game, and Again Game.
“And it all leads me to wonder what it would be like to write a videogame in...”
– ads without products
Thanks for all the get well @’s! Yes, slipping in the bathroom is an embarrassingly aged way to fracture one’s tibia and fibula.
Final 4 of morphine on board; now awaiting ride to fill percocet script. Who says the health care system is broken?
Finally tweeting: I slipped and fractured my leg in the bathroom this morning. By this afternoon I’ll be a titanium-enhanced cyborg!
Advice to hospital guests:if you want a good nights’ sleep, bring (or request) earplugs.