Dr Wingnut

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  • Django Fest

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    Yesterday afternoon we went to the Uptown Row Django Fest over in Minneapolis.  We saw the Twin Cities Hot Club and The Hot Club du Suede with Connie Evingson; all of which were excellent.  There was a large turnout — I didn’t know there were that many people who like hot club music.  Also at…

  • What’s your innate political ideology?

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    You’ll be asked just 10 questions, and then it instantly tells you where you stand politically.  It shows your position as a red dot on a “political map” so you’ll see exactly where you score.The most interesting thing about the quiz is that it goes beyond the Democrat, Republican or Independent.  The quiz has gotten…

  • Happy Anniversary to the Big Easy

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    There are four stages of denial:It won’t happen.If it does happen, it won’t happen to me.If it does happen to me, it won’t be that bad.If it happens to me and it’s bad, there’s nothing I can do to stop it anyway.Erick Holdeman, director of emergency managmement for Seattle’s King County, in Time, Katrina: One…

  • This morning

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    Woke up this morning after having a bad dream; just pissed.My wife, son, and mother had been storing toilet paper in the tank of the toilet.  There was wet soggy tissue everywhere… It was cloging up the holes around the rim.  No one seemed to think that it was a problem, but it was a…

  • Origins of common expressions

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    Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey.  The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days.  Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial.  They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around…

  • How will you die?

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    According to this diagram in the August 2006 issue of National Geographic there is a one in one (100%) chance that you will die.  Along with that revelation, it shows in a beautifully rendered diagram — that I think Edward Tufte would approve — your other mortality choice chances.

  • Horoscope

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    My birthday horoscope on 4 July, by Holiday MathisYour enchanting presence attracts all kinds of interest in you this year.  Prospective employers and romatntic hopefuls pose tantalizing offers this month.  August represents a move toward a creative approach to your work.  November shows you being whisked away (or doing the whisking yourself).  Romance with Taurus…