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Wingnuts of the Week

Here’s John Avlon, introducing a new segment on “American Morning” (via Joe Gandleman at TMV):
What’s a Wingnut? It’s someone on the far-right wing or far-left wing of American politics – the professional partisans and the unhinged activists – the folks who always try to divide rather than unite. In our polarized two party system, they […]

Cars and Christians

From a comment on this morning’s post at the Chron:
“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car”
Indeed.

Sorry, Adorable Child…

… but it looks like you’re stuck with school for the rest of the scheduled year.  CNN:
Federal officials now recommend that schools stop closing when a case of swine flu is confirmed at a school, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday.
The Chronicle adds some detail:
Schools with confirmed or suspected cases of swine […]

Plumbers and Metaphors

No, this post’s title doesn’t mean what you think it does.
What I’m actually talking about is something else altogether.

Mental Health Break

I’ve now had a chance to see Caddo Pond in two seasons:  winter (late), and spring.  Spring is glorious:

And for the record:  Realtors will stop and wait while you lay down in a field of wildflowers.  Or at least, ours did.

Any time’s a good time for a mental health break.

Big Yellow Taxi

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel, a boutique,
And a swinging hot spot.

It rained in the Houston area last week.
Now, considering we’ve all been worryin’ about a drought, you’d be forgiven for thinking that to be a good thing.  But it turns out we can’t handle that much water at […]