I thought Bill would post this bounty of cuteness, but he didn't. So here it is. (Warning, do not enter if you're allergic to kitten photos...)
This Friday, November 28th is Buy Nothing Day!
From the frontlines in Miami's FTAA protests:
Indeed, in today's Miami Herald, Police Chief Timoney accords himself credit for having successfully repelled the protesters who came here to "terrorize" Miami (considering $8.5 million of Bush's $87 billion Iraq budget came directly to the Miami police department, specifically to ward off us nasty traitors, this is hardly astounding news). What is disturbing is the inclusion of the term "terror," coupled with the increasing militancy with which Miami police have responded to us exercising our constitutional rights. And the television news has consistently portrayed us as violent and irrational: footage of a protester throwing a police projectile back at the riot lines was erroneously reported as evidence of activists provoking the police.
On Salon.com, a five day report by Marisa Handler: http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/11/22/miami4/index.html
(Salon requires a subscription, but you can get a free day pass by waiting through an advertisement...)
I tend to avoid learning much about the weapons we foolish humans make. I find it a depressing phenomenon that we can wipe out life so quickly but we can't just learn to get along. This disturbing little movie says that recent warfare is just nuclear war without the mushroom clouds. (Via somnambulant.)
I watched Unprecedented: the 2000 Presedential Election tonight. Freaky watching what they got away with. I sure hope the signs of activism that I've seen from down south are signals of better things to come.
On a related note, moveon.org offers Al Gore's speech about the freedoms taken by the Bush administration: http://www.moveon.org/gore/speech2.html
A boy and his computer led me to this list of generators. Make church signs, caption photos, etc. Or use the Ransom Note Generator. I like the disclaimer... "Note: Use for entertainment purposes only." Good thing they had that in there, it stopped my evil plot dead in it's tracks.
Has the sudden onslaught of fake pines and red decorations got you down? Why not plan to celebrate Buy Nothing Day and put off worrying about that other holiday...
A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in the face.." "Yes," the class said. "Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?" A little fellow shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."
Suppose I should have mentioned my little trip to the bustling metropolis of Port Hardy. Ah well. A great time was had by all. A small town Rotary Club auction is an amazing source of amusement, let me tell you.
I'll reward you for your patience with an amusing little flash commentary that Reay brought to my attention: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/endofworld.html
Spent some time working on collaborative collage with Jody today. Oh what joy I get from a few hours of mucking about with art supplies!