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What's for Dinner? Pizza! Baseball! Bonus Teabag Recipe!
I make pizza when it's hot outdoors. The time involved is also roughly equal to watching a major league baseball game. Just as a good baseball game comes down to, at its most basic, a ball, a bat,...
View ArticleHealthy Minds, Healthy Bodies: Mt Hood Gets Stimulated 3x!
What good does it do to spend federal money in particular places? Let's explore the impact of federal spending in one awesome place, Mount Hood, just above the Columbia River, an hour or so east of...
View ArticleAction alert? Proposed federal insurance czar will hurt consumers
The AP is reporting that large property insurers might finally get what they've been wet-dreaming about for years: one set of federal regulations rather than the current patchwork of 50 states'...
View ArticleJunior Statespeople of America Report: The Kids Are All Right!
"Democracy is not a spectator sport!" Neither is being asked to chaperone 24 high school kids on 24 hours' notice to a convention of 1200 aspiring politicans. Reporting from the Junior Statesmen...
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Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies: Thoughts on a Hotel Treadmill
This past weekend I was stuck in a hotel and had to use the treadmill to get a workout. I hate treadmills! This treadmill is a state of the art Precor. I still hate treadmills! It even has its own...
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Peep Show: Chicks Discover Grass!
They grow up so fast! One day they're just innocent little newborn girls, so small you can hold them in your hand, and not very much later they're running around in a fast crowd all crazy because...
View ArticleHealthy Minds, Healthy Bodies: 50 Miles with Great Vigah!
Ever tried a Kennedy Walk? Can you hike 50 miles in one day? It's a great challenge for a Democratic activist: honor one of our great Presidents while knowing that you're in prime physical marching...
View ArticleBREAKING -- Obama's Not Changing Bush's Polar Bear Rule.
I am ill. I donated, fought for, and voted for Obama because I thought he could repeal all the stupid pigheaded wrong decisions of the Bush Administration, most especially on global warming. Now the...
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Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies: Yosemite's Secrets, UPDATED to add gun news
So you want to know the secrets of this park? You're planning a trip this summer to camp in Yosemite Valley*? You want to see the prettiest waterfalls**? You're planning to drive to your campsite,...
View ArticleContract with California, 2010: in case we're not FUBAR yet!
Yesterday I was polled by a research center on behalf of a group that may call itself the Contract with California (shades of Newt Gingrich!). A group with sufficient money to commission a poll is...
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Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies: Fuss Re Oil Leases at Arches NP?
Arches National Park and its environs has been generating a lot of news lately. In December 2008, Tim DeChristopher sabotaged the Bush administration's midnight auctions of oil and gas leases near...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner: All American BBQ Food for Racists
You're hosting, or attending, a BBQ for red state neighbors? Here's some classic all-American food. Appetizer: Chips and Salsa (MEXICO). 12 ounces (2 medium-small round or 4 or 5 plum) ripe tomatoes...
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