The GOP ticket’s appalling contempt for knowledge and learning.

Great article by Christopher Hichens on Sarah Palin’s War on Science

This is what the Republican Party has done to us this year: It has placed within reach of the Oval Office a woman who is a religious fanatic and a proud, boastful ignoramus.

Ron Howard’s Call to Action

See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die

With special appearance of Andy Griffith and Henry Winkler

Colin Powell – Endorses Barack Obama

I have always been an independent voter and it makes me wonder who exactly is the Republican party trying to represent. Clearly Colin Powell wants none of this bullocks and has endorsed Barack Obama.

Sean

Beirt mhac

In Irish “beirt mhac” means two sons. In our case, it comes out for us as “beirt mhac, dhá bhliana eadarthu” or “two boys, two years apart”. And oh what a challenge that can be in the car, in the house, anywhere they can argue. It doesn’t stop does it?

Learning is a lifelong passion

“To walk, we have to lean forward,” from the writings of Robin Skynner, “lose our balance, and begin to fall. We let go constantly of the previous stability, falling all the time, trusting that we will find a succession of new stabilities with each step. Our experience of the past, and of those dear to us, is not lost at all, but remains richly within us.”

John Cleese (Monty Python): On the new funniest Palin

Debate preparation

Funny interactive flash video of the VP debate preparation here.

Sean

Leaving notes

I remember one year at KU, I had three roommates. One of them was from Nebraska and really liked his whole milk. Well we got groceries all together to save money. The problem was the Nebraskan would drink through our 2% Milk first. Finally we had to write with a marker in bold black script 2% 2% 2% on our plastic milk bottles to keep him from drinking them. He was a big guy and he had this tiny girl friend. They were quite a fun pair – except for his drinking my milk!!!

There is a funny website I saw linked on Dana’s blog. Check it out.

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/

Sean

Mindy Smith – wonderful artist

She is one of my most favorite female vocalists. I love to listen to live concert clips.

Sean

Matt Damon: Palin rise is like a "really bad Disney movie"

“I need to know if she really thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago. That’s important.. I want to know that, I really do. Because she’s going to have the nuclear codes. I want to know if she thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago. Or if she banned books or tried to ban books. I mean, we can’t have that.”

Sean