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Jan 10, 2009
Photography

Kiwi

Day 10 of 365.

Jan 10, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Hey Norm, want some cheese with your whine?

Somebody should stop by Surdyk’s and pick up a nice gouda or brie for Norm. From TPM: Norm Coleman is complaining that the Senate's decision to close his offices after his term expired -- leaving the seat vacant while Coleman challenges the electi...

Jan 09, 2009
Photography

Cara Cara

An organic cara cara navel orange. Day 9 of 365. See it bigger.

Jan 08, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Your Daily Norm Coleman Update

My least favorite former Senator of recent memory, Norm Coleman, got a little kick in the groin today when the Senate phonebook was published without his name in it. In other news, Alan Mathiowetz of Edina, MN is my new favorite person with his ...

Jan 08, 2009
Miscellaneous

With you always

A few questions regarding this linked image from jesus-withyoualways.com. why does Jesus have a nasty little pencil moustache? why does this girl look like some sort of slug monster? why does Jesus look like he's offering this little slug mons...

Jan 08, 2009
Media

Coraline

Looks super-cool. Check out the trailer: You can also pick up the original Neil Gaiman graphic novel from Amazon.

Jan 08, 2009
Technology Zoon Politikon

Announcing the NYTimes Congress API

The initial release exposes four types of data: a list of members for a given Congress and chamber, details of a specific roll-call vote, biographical and role information about a specific member of Congress, and a member’s most recent positions o...

Jan 07, 2009
Seattle

Wetter than usual

Seattle is wetter than usual today. It’s been raining since last night, and some areas around here are expected to receive 10-20” before it’s all over. Needless to say, this amount of rainfall is way above the minimum level required for flooding a...

Jan 07, 2009
Music

The Most Unwanted Song

Head on over to the Slog and listen to the song; there’s an embedded music player at the bottom of the blog entry. This thing is totally, awesomely terrible. If you can tolerate it for 30 seconds, listen to the portion from about 5:40 - 6:10. It’...