Maggie Jochild on the Group News Blog reports on Lawrence Lessig’s address at Netroots Nation. Apparently quite the barn-burner. Jochild’s first-hand observations of how pharmaceutical company swag changed things at a cancer clinic she worked for are quite apropos.
Yay! This is good news. I’ve wanted satellite radio forever but could not decide between the providers (and, to be fair, balked at the monthly subscription price … though people who have it say it is totally worth it). I wonder when the first interoperable receiver will hit the market?
From Alexandria, Virginia, comes news of a new pedicure treatment that uses garra rufa, or doctor fish, to “nibble” dead skin from feet.
As usual, entrepreneurs are a step ahead of government regulators:
State regulations make no provision for regulating fish pedicures. But the county health department — which does regulate pools — required the salon to [...]
(Via Pastor Dan at Street Prophets, currently tearing up the joint at Netroots Nation)
I should really offer this without comment. I love and adore the idea and have signed up for the email list. I may even participate in a project. But the idea of organizing one has tapped into all my [...]
Screed-writing is an art that many political writers never catch on to, substituting bluster and bombast for a real live, take no prisoners, hang-on-while-the-g-force-overpowers-your-facial-muscles rant, demonstrated in its full glory by Twisty of I Blame the Patriarchy:
Certainly the English language, which is chock full-o many excellent words, can accommodate, for the amelioration of poetry or [...]
The spouse and I actually had this discussion in the car over the weekend. I was arguing rather strenuously, as Jonathan Schwarz does here, that if we had implemented Carter’s energy policy rather than electing Reagan in 1980, the country would be in far better shape. The spouse didn’t disagree, exactly, but allowed [...]
… “HOW BAD IS IT?” A topic that Bob Somerby of the Daily Howler is always ready to analyze:
In today’s Times, David Carr writes another worthwhile media column, examining the press corps’ reaction to the Obamakids’ interview. We were struck by this passage:
CARR (7/14/08): Malia was more than ready for her moment, gushing about [...]
From Portland, Oregon, more evidence that the commons are not only uncivil, they’re downright dangerous:
Bicyclist attacks driver “McAtee picked up his bike and used it to strike Yates’ car, and when Yates got out of the Subaru, McAtee used his two-wheeler to strike Yates.”
Driver attacks bicyclist So the driver was drunk, and he chased, terrorized, [...]
I recently, and somewhat reluctantly, removed a left-wing political humor blog from my personal “daily visit” blog list because I got tired of the constant, cheap-shot “John McCain is old” jokes. Seems to me that if I want the political discourse elevated to issues instead of personalities, I have to walk my talk.
By the [...]
It’s OK to be a girl nerd as long as you’re hot.
Blogger girls gone wild.
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