From the monthly archives:

June 2007

Asshat/talent Ratio

by Frank Paynter on June 30, 2007

Jess at hüdwnkdnoted this week that in the field of cake baking her asshat/talent ratio is high enough that if she was rude to you a slice of her cake would make you forget.

Is there anybody out there to whom I owe cake this month?

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Joy First

by Frank Paynter on June 29, 2007

Joy goes on trial July 9th for her participation in this demonstration of conscience. Joy says, “Seven of us were arrested in the Hart Senate Office Building one hour after the Senate voted to give Bush $100 billion in supplemental funding to continue the war. We will use the trial as another opportunity to speak out against the war.”

There is a party in Madison on the 7th, a send-off celebration before Joy goes on trial.

[tags]first joy, Joy First, how many more must die, arrest cheney, arrest bush, arrest feinstein, illegal war without end[/tags]

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Tree-o, tree-ee-ee-o…

June 29, 2007

Daylight come and me wanna go home.
I bought my first Palm Pilot many years ago. It’s in the bottom of an old briefcase somewhere, useless, with a battery that’s probably corroded. I know it’s not charged. Power handling turned me off from the unit when the unit turned off for me. [...]

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Ordinary guy

June 28, 2007

A lot of what I write is voiced like it was spoken by my dear Aunt Hentic. That’s because I’m as simple as she is. Auntie waxes eloquent below in a comment about preparing brown bag lunches. But is that what it’s really about? I don’t know.
Last night I [...]

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Happy Birthday Mr. Noded

June 27, 2007

It’s James Roberts’ birthday. Stop in and wish a him a good one. I did, and I found out about the new Gibson novel! Thanks jr!
[tags]jr, James Roberts, duly noded, pretty pictures, william gibson, spook country[/tags]
                 

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ornery Fellow

June 26, 2007

I received a letter today from the Chairman of the Sociology Department at the University of Wisconsin. It said, among other things,
Dear Mr. Paynter:
On behalf of the Department of Sociology of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I would like to offer an invitation as an Honorary Fellow in our department from July 1, 2007 through [...]

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Mandarin 2.0

June 26, 2007

This from Jim Zellmer today…  strangely appropriate in the absence of Mandarin 1.0.
                 

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Missing Meg…

June 26, 2007

 
House of Mandarin
It’s been a year since she left us.  Here are the patches from her quilt.
 
 
 

                 

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