Random Thoughts

Well darn. I can't stay as mad at Comcast as I wanted. I actually got an apology note. Will wonders never cease?

Speaking of wonders, I hope hubby-Eric and I get some in the form of an end to this strike. Marysville parents rallied to support the teachers, and the district? As far as I can tell, they are still sitting on their thumbs thinking the teachers will give in. Said one parent at the rally: "I haven't heard anywhere that our administrators are taking a pay cut, so why should our teachers?"

Regarding the Marysville Teacher Strike, I seem to be getting some hits from people searching for more information. I want to remind that I am a biased fount of knowledge, as my husband is a first-year teacher for Marysville. I recommend The Marysville School District Website, The Marysville Education Association Website, Everett Herald's Marysville section, and The MSD Commons. If you know of any other good sources of information, please let me know. Thanks.

Mazal the rescued kitten is getting bigger. via Calpundit

Will Pfeifer's latest column is about new Japanese Action Flicks on DVD.

Two pages of Aquaman #15 have been posted at Comic Book Resources. Patrick Gleason's artwork is definitely different than previous Aquaman artists.

Here's a cool page of cardboard cut-out mechanisms. I particularly like the impatient hand. Check out the free stuff to try before you buy. I think I may have to make a nodding sheep for my friend Denise, if I get the time. via Scott McCloud

Slashdot reports that Galileo is going to finish its mission soon. Farewell, Galileo, you gave us quite a show.

Via The Leaky Cauldron comes not one but two versions of Harry Potter and the Philsopher's Stone in ultra-condensed format. This will literally only take you a couple of seconds to read, so go check it out. And there's more books ultra-condensed here.

Speaking of Harry, Marta has a new drawing, Petunia slips up. The moment when Petunia reveals she knows about dementors. To see Marta's latest, check out her livejournal, and the archive is at artdungeon.

Snopes.com has come clean about their recent attempts to revise their own history: "I owe Michael Moore an apology." via Atrios

What's this? A Christian actually paying attention to the Bible when it comes to political leanings? Wow... via Olsen Ross

Riverbend reports: "I just heard some interesting news! Apparently as Rumsfeld's plane was leaving Baghdad Airport to take him to Kuwait, missiles were fired at his plane and they missed! Hoping to hear more about it- but I just had to share." Wonder if you'll hear about that on Fox news?

If you have registered at the NY Times, they have an article up now about a second recording of the first plane hitting the WTC that was neglected because the person who made the tape didn't speak English. This recording is very important to investigators because it shows the first plane as it is approaching the tower, and therefore the speed of the plane might be determined from the tape, a piece of the puzzle which was missing. The tape goes on, and the man then accidently captured the second plane hitting. The NY Times site has a audio slide show that shows some of the images from the tape. via Calpundit