Links galore

I haven't blogged in a week, citing (in my head) an investigative project to start, internship applications to finish, news to read and sleep to get. But two people replied to my last post, which made me so happy I figured it wouldn't hurt to post some more. Besides, Mike Mitchell just sent me a funny, sick link that I want to share with the world: www.furnitureporn.com.

The main reason I haven't been blogging, I think, is the post-traumatic election disorder I have. Going to Tuesday night's panel discussion didn't help --- Thomas Fitzgerald from the Philly Inquirer practically told the two bloggers on the panel, one of whom was the Wonkette (www.wonkette.com) that they should go for beers instead of, say, post exit poll results next election. He looked so far down his nose at them that he grew a double-chin.

What also didn't help was talking to Tim Green on the phone last night. His page, www.livejournal.com/users/timiathan, is a good hub for information on what he thinks "really" happened Nov. 2. He recommends www.blackboxvoting.org for studies of voter fraud and Republican-sponsored election theft. I recommend www.sorryeverybody.com for giggles if you've lost the energy to conspiracy-theorize.

Ever notice how the far right has a way with words? Its cronies will weaken pollution controls and call it Clear Skies, kiss logger's rear ends and call it Healthy Forests and give words like "conspiracy theory" the credibility of a deck of Tarot cards. Tim pointed out that the word "liberal" has been hijacked, too --- it now carries with it a connotation of craziness. Hoity toity author Anne Coulter helped the cause when her book came out earlier this year.

I have my first mini-photo skills class tomorrow. I can't wait to learn photography.