sidetrackedery

(From September 28, 2009)

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends' LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: This is useful: Uses for coffee filters, from

poor_skills.
:: This recipe for Chocolate Brownie Cobbler from

mhael.
:: From @MilitaryAvenue, Remains of Civil War Soldier Return Home on Anniversary Rest in peace, soldier. (from militaryavenue.com)
:: From IAVA, Lawmakers agree on use of advance VA funds (from navytimes.com)
:: Also from IAVA, Biden Pushes Iraqi Leaders On Vote Law, Oil-Bid Perks (from washingtonpost.com)
:: Another from IAVA, Soldier to receive Medal of Honor posthumously today (from Sept. 17, from military.com)
:: One more from IAVA: Afghanistan's Other Front (from nytimes.com)
:: From HuffPo, The Sad, Shocking Truth About How Women Are Feeling.
:: And from the above link, What's Happening To Women's Happiness? *sigh*
:: Via HuffPo, Anxious Kids at Risk for Obesity in Adulthood. Well, fuck. (from forbes.com)
:: From time.com, the much-talked about Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America? Yep, but if his media pimps are gonna keep him on the air/in print/online, he's got a right to be there. And not from any phony-baloney "god," from the Constitution. He's sure abusing the privilege of the TV show, the radio show, and the books, though.
:: From HuffPo, New TIME Cover on Glenn Beck Ignores Facts, and Worse.
:: Also from HuffPo, Bob Cesca: With a Health Care Plan This Insane, Who Needs Wingnuts? Right on, Mr. Cesca.
:: From the above link, The Baucus Bill: The Worst Policy in the Bill, and Possibly in the World Wait, a housewife looking for asecond job? What'd the first one be, then? (from voices.washingtonpost.com)
:: Another from HuffPo: Mitchell Bard: Baucus Debacle Shows Why Democrats Have to Stop Trying to Woo Republican Lawmakers.

orbitaldiamonds

(From September 13, 2009)

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends' LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From the awesome artist

quirkybird, her comic Bite Me! :D Go read it!
:: From

queer_theory, the blogs 69 Love Songs, Illustrated and Feasting on Art. :)
:: Heehee. From a link in an

atheism comment thread, the Cult of Cthulu. :P
:: From a friend on Yahoo! IM, Pangender on Wikipedia, from there to Genderqueer.
:: From Genderqueer, United Genders of the Universe, Gender Queer Revolution, Genderfork.com, and Polygender.co.uk, and thus I felt a little less alone. Not exactly androgynous myself, but I do rebel against rigid gender roles.
:: Wow. From CNN Politics, Wilson calls White House to Apologize.
:: This is something Fizzy showed me. It's the last piece from the NYT reporter in Afghanistan who was killed. 'I would not leave Afghanistan'
:: From

poor_skills, this and this on Amish Friendship Bread starters and recipes. :)
:: From another

poor_skills comment thread, Paula Burch's All About Hand Dyeing. :D
:: From @milblogging, Wisconsin Troops: A World Away, But Maybe A Little Bit Closer Than You Thing with the Power of a Military Blog :) (from milblogging.com)
:: From

greencow, Waking up Canadian (youtube)
:: HAHAHAHAHAHA! From Fizzy via Gtalk, Chris Franklin - Bloke Famous Aussie comedian Chris Franklin doing a parody of Meredith Brooks's "Bitch." (youtube)
:: Heehee. Fizzy just showed me this to show Chris: Super Mario man: 20 years and still chasing Princess Peach. XD (from theage.com.au)
:: From

quirkybird, the Stumpdown Comics Fest 2009! (Yes, it already happened.):: Another from Fizzy: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' :D (from news.bbc.co.uk)

orbitaldiamonds

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends' LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From this post in

ohnotheydidnt, Antiziganism, or prejudice against the Romani people (otherwise known as Gypsies).
:: **flees

stupid_free and

ohnotheydidnt for the ~~relative sanity~~ less-fuckity of my flist**
:: My goodness, this is awesome. From

outercourse in a

nacho_cheese comment thread, Los Colorados: Hot & ColdIs so cute!
:: From

iisz in

atheism, A Pale Blue Dot. YouTube vids here and here. :D
:: From the YouTube site of that second video, subtitle.in! Like the Braille Printer, another duh, of course it'd be out there kind of awesome thing. :D
:: This gem from

colbertobsessed:

Oh, and Glenn Beck is fucking insane, but I think we all know that already, lol. I saw that clip of him weeping for his country. HOLY MOO COW. Really? I mean, really?

:: From

ontd_political to

ms_treesap's userpics to

nextjuly to Rappin' Rudd vs. Hip-hop Howard HAHAHAHA "What up my diggers!" (youtube)
:: From @BWBooks, 'Reading Rainbow' Reaches Its Final Chapter I know I've posted another link about this, but it's still sad. (from npr.org)
:: THIS EPIC FANART OF KEITH AND RACHEL by

jesidres, found at the Aug. 28 Shenanigans Friday at

ontd_political.
:: From a

poor_skills comment thread, RecipeMatcher, Supercook recipe search, and CookingByNumbers.com. Very useful!
:: From

atheism, Why Fred Phelps should be left the fuck alone. tl;dr Freedom of speech includes freedom of being an asshole.
:: AWWWWW. From @lechatsavant, Ted Kennedy and Bo Obama! :D
:: SING IT. From military.com, Vets' Groups Slam 'Death Book' Claims. A bit late on the draw, but very well done.
:: And here's Tammy Duckworth laying the smackdown on Fox News Sunday. And ugh, be moar of a douche, Chris Wallace. (youtube)
:: From...I don't remember...on Twitter, US extends Blackwater Iraq contract. FAAAAAIL. (from english.aljazeera.net)

orbitaldiamonds

(From September 2, 2009. Oops, out of order!)

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends' LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From the second YouTube clip here at

olberfanns:

Joel McHale: We weren't born with wings.
Craig Ferguson: We weren't born with wheels either; you still drive a car.

:: From

landfill_sky, Birmingham Repertory Theatre: His Dark Materials Part 1 I'd so love to see that series on stage! :D
:: From a comment in one of

sideofzen's entries, How to Get Melted ChapStick Out of Clothes. Useful! (from ehow.com)
:: From

atheist, for the love of all that's cute and fluffy, The United States is NOT a Christian Nation!
:: From a

metaquotes comment thread, THE KITTY CAT DANCE. (YouTube, automatic audio, automatic AWESOME)
:: From

quirkybird, the poem How to Name Your Familiar by Erica Jong. Is lovely.
:: From @andersoncooper, Dear President Obama #221: Inch by inch ... it's a cinch ... maybe (from cnn.com)
:: This makes me cry. And it makes my blood boil. From

mil_wives, Why Are Army Recruiters Killing Themselves? ;_; (from time.com)
:: From @DonLemonFans, Protests to focus on doctor who performed 60,000 abortions *sigh* (from cnn.com)
:: From @DotGay, Linda Ronstadt's Gay Mission (from planetout.com)
:: SWEET. From @gayatheist, Referendum 71 Supporters Names & Addresses Will Be Released. :D
:: From

atheist, UMD Senate Votes to Drop Commencement Prayer Right on! :D (from wjla.com)
:: From this entry to

atheism, The End of Philosophy. I think

chron_job's commentary was better than the article. :P (from nytimes.com)
:: "Hey kids! Have you heard of NOM? And did you know that WaPo has their head up Brian Brown's ass?" From @GayRainArmy, Profile of Brian Brown, Executive Director of the National Organization for Marriage (jerk.) (from washingtonpost.com)
:: From

bisexual_world, Vermont lawmakers legalize gay marriage Marriage is a state issue. One at a time is how it should be. (from msnbc.msn.com)

orbitaldiamonds

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends' LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From

mothwentbad at

atheism: A Religious Liberal Blog: Religion in America: Not Encouraging. (from religiousliberal.blogspot.com)
:: The article mentioned in the above, There's a new power in America - atheism Well, I sure hope so. (from timesonline.co.uk)
:: While looking up internet accessibility, I found this at the BBC Disability Blog: Disability Bitch. I like her. :D
:: From

quill18 in an

atheist comment thread, "Be exellent to each other." "Party on, dudes!" (link goes to YouTube; automatic audio)
:: From

azurecobalt in an

atheist comment thread, List of fictitious atheists and agnostics (from wikipedia.org)
:: From

eh_notsomuch, Home Decorating With The Obamas Classy!
:: This gem from

metaquotes. Kitteh pwnage FTW. :)
:: From @GayRainArmy, List of Glenn Beck Sponsors/Advertisers: Dropped & Remaining Frequently updated.
:: I love this. From

metaquotes, The First Church of the Intergalactic Fruitbat Steve :D
:: From Chris via Gtalk, a Chugworth Academy comic about coloring one's hair. ^_^
:: I LOL'ed. From

metaquotes, about

rahmbamarama.
:: From

i_iz_norml, St Francis de la Sissies Awesome. (from youtube.com; automatic audio)
:: An article about

rahmbamarama! Rahm Emanuel shows mettle, preparedness Right on.
:: This is so freaking cute. From

metaquotes.:: Neato! And useful. From

pushingarock, OneLook Reverse Dictionary

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