NEW CONTENT! [ Links to updates to new content posted in any of my various "Flatland Almanack" blogs. One of functions of this meta-blog is to indicate when any of the related blogs are updated (and to provide a link)]
QUIDDITIES & ODDITIES [Isn't it AMAZING?]
- A plague of butterflies in Texas
- Oooh, Pretty Crop Circles! 3 August 2006.
- Magnificent UK Site---"Atmospheric Optics" 4 August 2006.
- In "How Stuff Works: Myth and Fact About the Bermuda Triangle, plus a digression and a personal anecdote concerning the Brown Mountain Lights. 5 August 2006.
- Welcome, Three New Planets; Will the Woolly Mammal Be Revived; and Booting Up the Brain. 17 August 2006.
- Asteroid Busters! 18 August 2006.
- Rejuvenations & Interventions. 20 August 2006.
- The [literal] music of the spheres; how Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" indirectly led to the recovery of one of the important missing NASA tapes. 21 August 2006.
- Whales. Awww. How mated killer whales make up after a fight. 23 August 2006.
- Good news about tea; ALSO why the "Veronica's veil" is [seriously] NOTHING LIKE THE TURN SHROUD. 24 August 2006.
- Free downloadable books on google; new dinosaurs, the controversy over the existence of hobbits, and the snacking habits of ancient birds; Edward Gorey & The Beastly Baby. 30 August 2006.
REALITY BITES
- Sweet. Other People's Pasttimes--grocery bag sandals?
- Nasty Aftertaste: Some unpleasant & irritating bits of news from 11 August 2006.
- Painful to Swallow, 11 August 2006: Facts About British Culture. Also: "Islamic fascists?" Note to the President'sspeechwriters: Consult a thesaurus or a history book. Wrong connotation.
- Spewing Out the Whole Cup of Joe, 12 August 2006: All Together Now! Even I can't carry on defending him, at least as a Democrat. 12 August 2006.
- Sweet & Sour, with a Caustic Aftertaste. The actually not necessarily all that reassuring triumph of civil liberties over domestic spying; progressive bloggers voice their (in my opinion, spurious) doubts about the reality of the foiled terrorist plot; Republicans for Lieberman?; the woes of Katherine Harris. 17 August 2006.
- The Raw Taste. Celebrities Against Terrorism; Israel; and the connection. 18 August 2006.
- Bitter Bad. Haditha. 19 August 2006.
- Hard to Swallow. My fellow Dems keep cranking out the conspiracy theories. On this point, not feeling them. 19 August 2006.
- Mmm, cupcakes. Reflections on Joel Stein's piece in this week's Time. And [finally] the return of Real Time with Bill Maher. 22 August 2006.
- It's an OUTRAGE! They're taking away PLUTO! You BASTARDS. 24 August 2006.
- Res Ipsa Loquitur: The Sayings of Katherine Harris. Sometimes it's better just to let them speak for themselves. 24 August 2006.
- Eating her words; eating their losses. Katherine Harris explains; New Orleans waits. 27 August 2006.
- To Congressional Democrats: For God's Sake, REPRESENT. 28 August 2006. Hello? Hello? Is there anyone there?
THE FLATLAND CHRONICLES PART 2 [CURRENT JOURNAL]
- 2 August 2006 [ringing in the first change---the beginning of another gigantic web-related undertaking: this]
- 3 August 2006 [It starts or seems to]
- 5 August 2006 [I vent some frustration, fairly mildly. Also: notes about my personal saint, "Miss Manners" (Judith Martin) and my friend Frannie.
- 6 August 2006 [I still can't stop talking about Mel Gibson---why? I was never a fan. Anyway, it's here]
- 8 August 2006 [I forget an important anniversay. Fortunately, so does Nick].
- 10 August 2006 [the terror plot that was foiled in England, irritation at both political parties (including my own), sadness---destined not to last----at the reaction to Lieberman's defeat, even though I wanted Lamont the same as everyone else]
- 11 August 2006 [more frustration at my own Dems, though destined not to last. I am Queen, King, and Jack of the flip-floppers and proud of it!]
- 20 August 2006. Deploring the absence of any fire in my belly (other than that produced by occasional acid reflux]. I will always pull my punches.
- 21 August 2006. On the restoration of civility. I flip-flop around about that for a bit. Nevertheless, I'm right and you all KNOW it.
- 22 August 2006. More of the same. Many rhetorical questions.
- 23 August 2006. Thoughts on watching When the Levees Broke, plus a kickass idea for a new reality show.
- 29 August 2006. Ambivalence about the beginning of the next round of work; more praise for Gordon Ramsay; a tearful farewell to Deadwood (which should NEVER have been cancelled.)
THE FLATLAND CHRONICLES PART 1 [IMPORTED FROM PREVIOUS BLOG, "THE FLATLAND ORACLES." Some of the links may send you to the older blog, which will send you straight back here. I imported them for the sake of thoroughness only.]
- 20 June 2006. The beginning of an undertaking I'd never have undertaken if I'd known how damn long it would take.
- 22 June 2006. An essay on presents and their perils, praise for the divinely inspired website, Cute Overload.
- 23 June 2006. Bite me, Republicans in Good Faith! (Just kidding, Mom!)
- 30 June 2006. I am forced to read aloud and am embarrassed by it. Nick does so and is rightfully praised.
- 4 July 2006. Happy birthday to America!
- 5 July 2006. Here's hoping everyone ELSE had a glorious 4th. My hamster died. <Sniff> RIP, little dude! I was also brought down by the news of a VERY CRUEL POLL in England.
- 6 July 2006. Reflections on the Death of Ken Lay. Seriously, my fellow Dems. Seriously: seriously. Jesus. Also: my mother's campaign on behalf of the American flag.
- 7 July 2006. Season of Mould & Cat 3 hurricanes. That my love for Florida is real is demonstrated by the fact that I go right on loving it right through the summer. Speaking of New Orleans, some concerns about Lake Okeechobee.
- 8 July 2006. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMMA! Also: some thoughts about the gnostic gospels and alternative Christianity and the alt-Jesus.
- 9 July 2006. Blogging; why? Also: praise for Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.
- 10 July 2006. Too much internetting makes Damozel loopier than ever. [Had I but known]. ALSO: a documentary about Jesus.
- 13 July 2006. I attend a writing class, where I am made to Read Aloud.
- 16 July 2006 part 1. My brief stint at the Top of the Pops [Salon's top 100].
- 16 July 2006 part 2. Some random thoughts on angels. Mr Rumcove administers a correction.
- 19 July 2006. I swear not to comment on Israel's invasion of Lebanon and then proceed to do so.
- 20 July 2006 [part 1]. Stuff about blogging, specifically google rankings.
- 20 July 2006 [part 2]. More collected advice for amateur bloggers like me.
- 22 July 2006. From "The Culture Gutter," a list of familiar TV and film cliches.
- 31 July 2006. Reflections on reflections. Some agonizing.
- 1 August 2006. I agonize further how to feel over events I can't control and rethink my thoughts about Israel and my previous rethinkings of them.
