I finished reading Iron Council yesterday. It is quite possibly the weirdest book I have ever read. (If it’s not then one of the two other books by China Mieville that I’ve read is the weirdest.) For most of the time I was reading it I alternated between, “What the hell?” and “Ewwww gross!” But [...]

Fascinating. I absolutely love living on planet Earth. In the more than fifty years I’ve been here it still hasn’t run out of new things for me to discover. Thanks, Andrea.

This is a civilized nation with civilized institutions, despite all the hyperbole. And it’ll be quite all right, thank you. — here I’m sure some think wrapping our politicians in dough, boiling before searing them and serving them with sour cream and chopped bacon would be slightly more than a propos. — there

I’m going to step things up a bit and go through two three categories today. Again, I’m only linking to those blogs about which I have something specific to say but they’re all good. You can see the whole list on the Okie Blog Awards page BEST HUMOR BLOG Bee Spot – I got excited [...]

I hate when I dream I have CDs that don’t exist. I dream original cover art and everything. What’s really annoying about it is that I almost always realize that I’m dreaming but I think that I really do own the CDs that I’m dreaming about and I’ll think, “I’m going to listen to that [...]

But I’m not going to buy. What is it with women and shoes? I admit it; I have the crazy shoe gene. I wear sensible shoes but that doesn’t mean I don’t see totally ridiculous shoes and want them really really bad. Right now I am in love with this shoe. (in brown) There’s no [...]

A Go Green guide for Hollywood – Hilarious, though very political and a bit mean. (via AMCGLTD) Creating healthy spaces – Interesting research. Unusual and creative games – I especially like the first two images. I’m not a game person but I think I might like some of these. Cashing in on Obama’s popularity – [...]

Looking at a few of the Okie Blog Award nominees in the Family Blog category. I expected this to be another difficult category to comment on because I’m not that much into family blogs. I sort of feel a little bad about that. I feel like I should like family blogs because I have a [...]

I’m afraid I have been somewhat less than properly dedicated in my blogging responsibilities. I have failed to complain about the weather these last two days and there is weather to complain about. Yesterday we had light freezing rain. Today sleet has been falling all day. You know… I am a bit annoyed. I think [...]

Hmmm…. strange. I guess I need to figure out that Twitter thing. I visited the page for Capt. Malcolm Reynolds. There appears to be some kind of conversation going on but I’m not sure who’s talking to who (whom?) or what they’re talking about. Hey, there’s even a page for Jubal Early. That’s… a little [...]

Grinning Stones – weird and fun A cool vintage Coca-Cola ad Martin Wittfooth – amazing fantasy natural history paintings. I love these! (via Phantasmaphile) 700 Years of Scientific Illustration – Wonderful. Hundreds of images. (via Plep)

This is very cute.

Folk America is an “outsider art” site. (Thanks Bifurcated Rivets) I am intrigued by this sort of thing. I hesitate to say some of these paintings look like they were done by a six-year-old, not so much because I don’t want to look like a philistine Oklahoma yokel but because I hate when people dismiss [...]

Barak Obama has been our president for an entire week. A lot has been happening but no big surprises. Overall I’m pleased with the job he’s doing so far though I disagree with some specifics. Time for my (long, boring) review. The Economic Stimulus Package – There is no plan so great that Congress won’t [...]

A big “thank you” to the Girl Scouts of America for giving me the incentive I needed to pass up your cookies this year. Already, for the past few years they haven’t been as good as they used to be but I kept buying, even though I had to pay $3.50 for cookies that were [...]

Unusual Architecture is a website with lots of photos of strange-looking buildings both public and private. I love the Ideal Palace. Isn’t that awesome? I can see myself living in a place like that. The Nautilus House is very cute and colorful. Looks small though. This thing is quite interesting. And I like the Mind [...]

The Tucker convertible. This will be interesting to anyone who’s into automobile history. I’m not all that much into it myself but still I think this is a very interesting find. I think I have seen a Tucker somewhere, in a museum, but I can’t remember where.

Continuing my look at the Okie Blog Award nominees. Next on the list are the political blogs. Hmmm… I was tempted to skip these. I have started out this project mentioning only those about which I have something to say and I don’t have much if anything to say about political blogs. But to be [...]

Top 25 Fattest and Top 25 Fittest Cities – Both Oklahoma City and Tulsa made the Fattest list. Oklahoma City is fatter than Tulsa. I’m not surprised. They always come in ahead of Tulsa on everything. In this case though, I don’t think Tulsa will feel bad about not keeping up with OKC.

I saw a version of this quiz several years ago. Found this one at AMCGLTD. My result: My Political ViewsI am a center-left moderate social libertarianLeft: 1.78, Libertarian: 1.12Political Spectrum Quiz My Foreign Policy ViewsScore: 0.44Political Spectrum Quiz My Culture War StanceScore: -1.34Political Spectrum Quiz That’s probably pretty close to right. I think I might [...]

I guess I need to take back my earlier complaint. Quite a few people have found their way here via the Okie Blog Awards page. Welcome and thanks. I’m a little embarrassed also because I was nominated in the Best Commentary category but except for a couple of posts about the Inauguration I haven’t been [...]

Awesome:

Obama is not the wind, he is the grass bending. He is a symbol of what WE are, not some godlike giant. — here Folks I have never done this before. That is wait all night to watch the inaugural ceremony of a leader of a foreign country but last night I did that. — [...]

I finally have the tumbling blocks quilt all put together and I’m ready to start my favorite part: the actual quilting. I am a completely self-taught quilter and I have to admit that sometimes I don’t quite know what I’m doing. How is one supposed to pin all the layers together if one has neither [...]