Local judge removes 5-year-old from grandparents to live with mom and known child abuser. “Local” being in Michigan, with the child being moved to Utah with a mother who had never been part of her life. This particular case involves Troy, the grandfather in question, who’s contributed to the ABC Wednesday team. He’s not thrilled with the way the actual story came out – I’ve seldom liked stories I’ve appeared in myself – but the “justice system” is SO wrongheaded in this case, which, as I’ve linked to before, is not an isolated incident.
KunstlerCast #215: Nicole Foss Interview. Economic contraction and the fate of the nation.
Blogger Alvin McEwen has published a booklet called How They See Us: Unmasking the Religious Right War on Gay America, which deftly exposes the most common anti-gay propaganda. Also, conservatives file amicus brief in a case before the Supreme Court; they are supporting the plaintiffs in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the challenge to California’s anti-gay marriage referendum.
How Joe E. Ross (of Car 54) is NOT like Donald Trump or Michele Bachmann.
I mentioned Melanie LAST month; I COULD mention her weekly. This month, she talks about 17 years of defying death and fulfilling longed-for dreams, and for futures that are better than what we have known.
Jaquandor: On Snark and his eleven years (!) in Blogistan. Not only that, he answered some of my questions!
Amy’s 600th post is about Frickin’ Frackers.
Euthanizing gay dogs for Jesus.
Arthur remembers C. Everett Koop, the former Surgeon General, “an unlikely ally in the fight against HIV/AIDS.”
Shooting Parrots, on juries: “Has it come to the point where a group of citizens have failed to grasp the basics of the legal system or even a working understanding of the English language?”
Roger Ebert “took after” his aunt Martha.
Recovered suitcases from an insane asylum; this is a Kickstarter project I backed.
Why does bottled water have an expiration date? We HAVE some 2007 water in our emergency kit. Hmm.
I want THESE people to move my stuff; too bad they are in Japan.
One of many reasons why people hate Disney: Disney Refuses To Allow Epilogue To Appear In The Don Rosa Collection. You may not know the name, but if you ever read the Disney ducks, you’ve probably seen his work. The publisher Egmont has agreed to publish a link to career-end.donrosa.de in the final volume, which leads to the now unpublished text, a scathing indictment of compensation practices. (Mark Evanier clarifies this, but does not dispute, in Rosa’s case.)
A fine letter to DC Comics objecting to the hiring of hatemonger Orson Scott Card to write some Superman comics.
Eddie Campbell’s Rules of Comic Book Comprehension.
Colleen Doran, comic artist, says: Fandom, You Deserve Better Friends.
Library prof bops doc who K.O.’d comic book industry.
You can NOW hear my buddy, comic book artist Steve Bissette blather [his word] with Robin at Inkstuds: PART 1 and PART 2. Steve also noted on Facebook: “Note to self: NEVER FORGET this tweet from “Neil Gaiman @neilhimself My #gatewaycomic was Alan Moore & @SRBissette’s Swamp Thing in 1984. I had stopped reading comics. They hooked me back.” Sunday, Feb. 10, 12:23 PM.”
In 1896 William George Crush created the second-largest ‘city’ in Texas, only to deliberately demolish it overnight in a publicity stunt that went catastrophically wrong.
Internet Explorer usage and the US murder rate.
Sesame Street takes on Downton Abbey.
uJigsawArt Jigsaw Puzzle iPhone App & iPad App, designed by Deborah, my friend since 1977.
Must note that Tim O’Toole, my choir buddy, has two books in the Amazon.com pipeline, on Kindle. Two paperbacks are available at their Create Space subsidiary: THE AMERICAN POPE and SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS. Haven’t read them yet, but I will, probably the pope book first.
An archeological history of the Beatles?
A BUNCH O’ MUSIC
Dustbury remembers Shadow Morton.
Allons à Lafayette is the first Cajun song ever recorded.
I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop – JIM JACKSON (1927). Ragtime Blues Guitar.
Chuck Miller’s The Ease of Vocalese and musical references to chess.
George Gershwin plays a piano version of “Rhapsody in Blue”.
Young@Heart Chorus performs I Put a Spell on You by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.
The theme song to the Road Runner cartoon show, in Korean.
Adam Warrock songs. I especially like the Doctor Who song. The store I worked at for many years carried the novels, but I never read them and have only seen one entire episode.
Thanks for the link!!!
Euthanizing gay dogs…disturbing.
thanks for the shout-out!