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Samuel ALito was confirmed today to replace Sandar Day O’Connor as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The 58 - 42 vote was almost pureply a party-line vote, with Republican Senator Chafee the only GOP “No” vote and Democratic Senators Byrd, Conrad, Johnson, and Nelson (Nebraska) voting yes.
It was the most partisan […]

In light of this past weekend’s Gasparilla festivities, some folks might think Tampa has an an unhealthy cult-like obession with pirates. But it’s all in good fun. (Especially when Peter Sarsgaard hosts SNL!

Sticks of Fire has just the shirt for you!

Recall my post the other day about “ink by the barrel“?
That post was more prescient than my football picks. Tiff’s story got picked up by the Consumerist, Instapundit, and Doc Searls.
She’s gotten more eyeballs in three days than I’ve gotten total since I started blogging more than six years ago. And 90% of […]

Chuck Norris can bend irony into balloon-animal shapes.

There’s an old saying, Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel. I don’t know the original author, but it sounds like Mark Twain to me.
Now imagine that the ink-buyers in question are a pack of howling-mad bloggers. Their ink is free, you see. They can just keep […]

One out of two ain’t bad. I was right about the sharp pointy teeth of the Seahawks, but I’m thinking when they get that uniform makeover they might want to go all the way and just rename the team the Seattle Shawn Alexanders. Or the Seattle They-Whose-Running-Game-Cannot-Be-Stopped.
I was glad to be […]

For what they’re worth, my predictions:
1. Even though I’d like to see the Steelers prevail, I suspect the Broncos will maximize their home field advantage and take the AFC Championship in a close one - 30 - 27.
2. The Panthers have to the NFC Championship before, but the Seahawks are a buzzsaw this […]

It seems that the celebration of an important and historic American figure brings out the weirdest of howl-at-the-moon tendencies in Democrats. On the one hand, we’ve got New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who claimed that the hurricanes were God’s way of punishing America and blacks in particular. Moving seamlessly from his Pat Robertson […]

Jeff’s first weekly column at WizBang describes the formation of his political conscience. It’s not so much that the Republicans won him over, but how the Democrats pushed him out.
I believe that personal responsibility is a cardinal virtue, but I believe that society must sometimes protect us from ourselves. I believe that free […]

Some Cal-Tech student set a new world record for solving the Rubik’s Cube - 11.13 seconds.
Here’s the AP headline:
Rubik’s world record: 3 cubed plus 2.13 seconds

Three cubed? That’s 27. Three squared would be nine… plus 2.13 seconds getting you to the 11.13.
An impressive feat for new record holder Leyan Lo, […]

Some people think the number thirteen is unlucky. Some people think Friday the 13th is doubly unlucky.
Not me.
I was born on a Friday 13th more than three decades ago. It’s always been my lucky day.
That’s all for now… I’m off to buy some lottery tickets.

There is unmistakable irony in having Samuel Alito’s views on racial and gender equality questioned by a group as diverse as the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Thanks to Jon Stewart for reminding me of the Committee’s commitment to a diverse America.

The Alito hearings took a particularly nasty turn this week when Senator Kennedy used his 30 minutes of questioning time to attack the nominee for the positions taken by a group - Concerned Alumni of Princeton - he once belonged to. No one, including Senator Kennedy, believes that Judge Alito had anything to do […]

Poor little thing. Apparently this USC Cheerleader got confused during the Rose Bowl and celebrated when Texas punched it in.
From Wizard of Odds via Deadspin.
(I don’t know if this is authentic but it sure looks like it.)

I got my Florida Bar News yesterday and while flipping through it this morning I have discovered that the Bar’s Board of Governors has voted to condemn the practice of viewing metadata in electronic files even though it does not fully understand exactly what that means.
If you’re unfamiliar with metadata, you are not alone. Several […]

The front page has a new look and a whole bunch more functionality. It used to be a menu and nothing more; now the menu is moved to the side to allow for all kinds of content. The page now features:

The latest headlines from this weblog
A short description of the page
My recent posts […]

Others have done a much better job than I could of summing up today’s news about the new Intel-based Mac hardware, so I’ll just nod vaguely in Cupertino’s direction and go about my day.
Except for this.
It’ll run Windows. We think we’re in love.
Windows. Seriously. Running Windows on an Apple machine is like going […]

The Apple Store takes a smoke break during the Steve Jobs keynote.

Having a toddler in day care is like running Windows 98 without a firewall - you’re guaranteed to catch a nasty bug, one that lasts long, totally shuts your system down, and recurs every few months or so.
I’ve pretty much been sick since August.
Now comes word that my efforts to relieve my symptoms may be […]

Plumbers and homeowners alike know the joys of modern low-flow toilets - the ones that require a plumber’s helper at the ready in every water closet. Many even know that the current double-flush regime is the result of careful Congressional deliberation about how best to rid your toilet bowl of its contents.
But I didn’t […]