Ooooh man, you tease! I go to Fred Flare, and there they are - the Retro valentines for which I have searched for years! SOLD OUT. Oooh, the pain. The pain.

Sorry C. Can I interest you in a pair of pink Jackie Os instead?

Beating a dead horse here, I know, but for those of you like me who didn't get a chance to see Jesus Camp, it is available for rental now. I recomend it highly, especially for those of you who didn't grow up in an evangelical christian family or neighborhood. The type of religious practices depicted in the film, except the "tongues" stuff, where I grew up (Union City/College Park) were not the exception, they were the rule. So beware things like initiatives for taking Bible study classes as an elective. It's the one of the best documentary films I've ever seen, definitely the best for '06, even better than Inconvenient Truth, IMO.

OK, I've added Jesus Camp to our Netflicks queue, but I'll probably have to watch it alone.

I also added "Who Killed the Electric Car?", which I've heard is great.

How are you Joost? Does it work on the PPC Macs but not the Intel ones?

And from the Cart-Before-the-Horse file, I'm still hoping to improve our FirstLife communications tactics before I go galavanting off with the flying pigs and talking dragons -- though planning meetings in SecondLife would at leat mean not having to drive anywhere to waste time!
http://getafirstlife.com/

Guess I'm in the stone ages here, I haven't tried Netflix. Forgot about the Electric car movie, gotta see that one too.

Carter rolled the bathroom today, while mommy showered and daddy was comatose.

Berzerko, I'm thinking Netflicks would be great for rural areas. You guys should give it a try.

Shelby, did you sign up as a joost™ beta tester?

Not sure which is funnier, Carter rolling the bathroom or getafirstlife.

Love the Jackie O's - I may order the black ones. But, man, those valentines are awesome. Boo hoo.

FirstLife is creepy... Says she who met and changed her life for someone she met on eWorld...

Special prize for anyone who can name the central gathering place on eWorld...

er, I meant SecondLife is creepy. Getafirstlife is hilarious... LOL Access your closet to build your first life look. heheh.

No, I like my TV the old fashioned way. And the currently fashioned (Netflix/Ballbuster On Demand) way. And the recently cutting edge (YouTube/Blip.TV) way. Joost's crappy FAQ didn't convince me in the slightest that I want to watch a bunch of cycling and auto-resetting channels while typing things into search and chat windows. Does it come with a free prescription of Ritalin? I mean, I'm a fan of many things Web2.0, but damnit, people, slow down and think.

The guy from joost was on the first panel at DLD. He reeled me in somehow. I've been waiting for interactive tv for years, but it's sort of becoming the flying jet packs of communication.

Catherine, don't forget in FirstLife you can fornicate using your actual genitals!

Hey and speaking for fornication, I'd like to remind any Young Dems not "in the know" to start saving up $80. Snow crab, baby.

What is about pirates? Any day you see someone dressed up like a pirate is a good day. And if it's children, a great day. But, WTF? Are those "Target" bandanas?

Here it is:

http://bp2.blogger.com/_clgMzI0-w8Y/RcNXrF5ZnSI/AAAAAAAAAAk/FohX9WsW384/s1600-h/020207_0731a.jpg

This is what happened the last time Dad fell asleep at the switch:

http://bp2.blogger.com/_clgMzI0-w8Y/RcNYQF5ZnVI/AAAAAAAAAA8/HLteLmDw7QI/s1600-h/011507_1606a.jpg

I'm listening to the "Where are the Editors" video from DLD, and Arianna just said they have 24 hour comment moderators and 34 employees at HuffPo.

Aye! Check out the pirate name generator:
http://www.piratequiz.com/

Yours truly,

Mad Charity Kidd

Wonder how the kids in DC are doing? Bernita said she had her picture taken with Obama and Melissa had hers taken with Wesley Clark. Send pics people!

Morning all! Mommy thinks Bezerko needs a nanny more than Carter does. The boy is just spirited! True, he spirited all of our toilet off the roll and onto the floor, but seriously who doesn't have the urge to do that from time to time?

Oh, and I prefer to be known by my pirate name from now on please:
Your pirate name is:
Iron Mary Rackham

A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

Poor Wilson has apparently reached his goal of interviewing everyone in Georgia and now has to reach down to the D list. Guess who's getting interviewed next week.

Love Carter's black and white striped outfit - he looks like a ... PIRATE!

Can't wait to hear whatz 'goin own with Grift.

And from my "look what the cat dragged in" file, YET another Cellblock. No, I will not STFU about Cellblock. I made one for the YDA meeting which I guess might as well include some good DNC crap, too. I know Juliana's gizmo takes pictures, I used it last Saturday night on the gga07 one.
http://cellblock.com/watch.htm?id=1457

STFU: '08.

The Fred Flare Valentine's site... wow, it's like a flashback to 3rd grade. Loving it!

Also, Carter is the cutest baby ever.

Gallup Poll is suspect...What?...No Libertarians?

D-list? Pshaw! Wait til you see his new web site. Not that I would know anything about that...

If only, IRE, if only.

There's Melissa and Wesley! Thanks Shelby.

Here's another one Shelby. In an odd twist, some of the people from DLD sat on a tech panel at Davos. It's almost an hour, but worth it.

http://smashingtelly.com/2007/01/31/the-impact-of-web-20-at-davos/

Not just for Shelby really, but all the geek peeps.

The latest from filthy prostitutes for road building interests, GDOT's Harold Linnekohl, David Doss and Mike Evans. Have some cajones, elected GA Dem's. It's been years since anyone in the party has shown a spine, and that means ALL OF YOU! Call them out for this idiotic idea that would cost every GA taxpayer!

http://www.atlantamagazine.com/blogs/entry.php?id=659
Road Hog lobby licks chops over tunnel bonanza
Posted by Doug Monroe at 11:52 AM on February 3, 2007

The roadbuilding lobby (http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:20401)
that has enriched itself while fighting off future transportation alternatives for metro Atlanta has a new $5-billion boondoggle:
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2007/02/05/story4.html.

State transportation leaders are embracing the idea that a toll tunnel may be the No. 1 solution to Atlanta's traffic congestion, building momentum for what could be Georgia's most ambitious transportation project since the founding of the interstate system.

Among them are state transportation board Chairman Mike Evans; Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Commissioner Harold Linnenkohl; and Jeff Mullis, chairman of the state Senate transportation committee.

The Atlanta Business Chronicle has a firewall, so you can't read the rest of the story. Basically, the public-private six-lane, eight-mile toll tunnel would extend from Ga. 400 to I-675 -- sort of an underground version of the old plan to ram Ga. 400 all the way through town. The plan is designed to relieve congestion on the strangled Downtown Connector.

"Tunneling is very much an viable option, and an option that will work," said [State Transportation Board member David] Doss. "There's no way you could add six lanes to the Connector for $5 billion." ...

There are downsides to the concept. Although subterranean construction would not disrupt Atlanta neighborhoods nearly as much as an above-ground road, the tunnel would require emergency exits and ventilation to the surface.

Residents in swanky Buckhead and other areas might not take kindly to large holes suddenly being cut in their yards and streets.

Not to mention the fact that you could have a comprehensive network of commuter rail for less than half that price. But, God forbid, that wouldn't line the pockets of the roadbuilders who control the state. And let's not forget Boston's Big Dig, which is horribly over budget and -- oh, yeah -- had a chunk of the ceiling fall down and kill a woman. The important thing, though, was that a lot of Yankee roadbuilders got really rich on that one.

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