Beer and evolution

Courtesy of Shakespeare’s Sister.  (Yes, you have to fill out the Guinness web form, but it’s worth it.)

Just checking

From xoverboard:
For those of your keeping score, here’s the current tally:

Things that are putting American soldiers in harm’s way
Things that are not putting American soldiers in harm’s way

Flag burning
The Geneva Conventions
Questioning both the morality and legality of torture
Suggesting an eventual timetable for withdrawal
Disclosing numerous covert and possibly-illegal acts of spying by the U.S. Government on [...]

BiddyBuddies Alert!

If you’ve been a regular listener to Check This Out!, you should be familiar with The Lascivious Biddies.  I’m going to get to see them live!  My SO and I will be taking a vacation to NYC in July, where the Biddies will be playing at Mo Pitkins on July 22.

Wikimania 2006

Here’s the latest conference I’ve decided I have to attend:

Wikimania 2006, the second annual international Wikimedia conference, will be held August 4–6 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, within the Harvard Law School campus. Both a scientific conference and a community event, Wikimania brings together members of the various Wikimedia projects in order to exchange ideas, build relationships, [...]

Could it be? Are some Dems growing a spine?

From Atrios:
Biden on Blitzer:

DICK CHENEY, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The worst possible thing we could do is what the Democrats are suggesting, and no matter how you carve it, you can call it anything you want, but basically, it is packing it in, going home, persuading and convincing and validating the theory that [...]

The internet is the greatest thing ever created

From xoverboard:

The internet is the greatest thing ever created
Via reader Louisa McMurray: Hitler Cats - a weblog devoted to cats who look like Hitler.
You know, the internet is really the only place in the universe that promises you anything and actually delivers.

The Vacation from Hell

One of my favorite podcasts is Croncast, featuring Kris and Betsy from Naperville, Illinois.  Their chemistry is hilarious, and I love hearing baby Maggie gurgling as she sits on Betsy's lap during the recording.  So my heart ached for them as I listened to their four-part account of their vacation from hell.  (Acts 1, 2, [...]

What it feels like to be food

At Cute Overload.

GOP hack Mehlman on Daily Show

Stewart: You're the guy–I have sympathy for you because you're the guy who has to spray perfume on these turds. You know what I mean? You're the guy that has to go out and like no matter what (garbled) It's not an easy job. I mean what happened to these guys…
See the clip at Crooks and Liars. 
When an [...]

Send Lauren to BlogHer

If you're reading this blog, and you don't already read Feministe and Pandagon, go subscribe right now.
Then help Lauren, founder of Feministe, go to the BlogHer Conference. 
If you’ve spent much time reading feminist-oriented blogs in the last few years, you almost certainly know who Lauren is. Lauren has been a feminist blogger longer than many [...]