Category: Bites

Carnival #14 is up, residing for the special holiday edition at Universe.
And no, I didn’t remember to send in a piece, but nobody is actually surprised by that anymore, are they?

Carnival #13 is up at Ideas and at Blogcritics! And I forgot to send in an entry again!
All is normal with the universe.

Carnival #11 is up, and still on tour. This week, circus comes to Amish Tech Support — although most would argue it never really left…

Brand new blogger “zzyzx” dropped me a kind note last week and declared himself to be neither liberal nor conservative, and asked my advice on conservative voices in the Blogosphere who I respected (which I provided). He’s just getting started and finding his blog voice, so check him out — he’s got the right attitude, for sure.

Boy, Kaus sure is the shit out of the Times these days, isn’t he?
“Flooding the zone”, indeed.

Hey! I nearly missed this week’s Carnival of the Vanities, over at A Small Victory this week.

Lair Simon has picked up on my Commandment of Blogging meme and decided to go for a complete set of ten. He’s only got seven so far, but is looking for more, so go help him out.

Entertaining and educational: the multitalented Lair Simon has Hanukkah FAQ for us stupid gentiles. Sample:
Why doesn’t Hanukkah start on the same day every year?
It does. You’re just using the wrong calendar, asshole.

Bill Quick a theory as to why the Bush administration appears to be taking its long, sweet time dealing with Iraq. It’s a good one.

Great from Glenn: “In truth, the ‘strength’ of Al Qaeda is like the ‘strength’ of Ted Bundy. It’s not that they’re especially formidable, they’re just willing to do things that other people aren’t…”

Stephen Den Beste us to a new, super-hardy breed of rice developed by Cornell scientists, and to the European stupidity that will likely prevent it from being used to alleviate starvation.

Congratulations to Sasha and Andrew their engagement!
Well, we’ve now had first blogger-to-reader engagement (Spoons), and now the first blogger-to-blogger engagement.
You know what has to be next: first literal Blogchild!
Get crackin’, folks — and bonus points if you name the kid ‘Pyra’.

South Knox Bubba has moved to new digs: you can now find him his shiny new site here (http:// southknoxbubba.net/ skblog/).

Carnival of the Vanities #10 is up! Go check out bloggers self-selected best at Hraka and Blogcritics.

As of 5:00pm PST, Endeavor has successfully launched and made its preliminary orbit. TTLB wishes the crew good fortune, a successful mission, and a safe return home.

Shuttle launch looks like a go for tonight — in just about 25 minutes (4:50 PM PST). Tune in via the links below to watch & wish the crew a safe journey.

Launch is now scheduled for 4:50 PM Saturday (today). As another note, I had better luck streaming video from yesterday than NASA itself; you can also check this page for a whole list of possible sites to stream from.

Crap. They just scrubbed the launch; bad weather at the abort sites in Spain. Sounds like they’re going to try again tomorrow night.

There’s a shuttle launch scheduled for today, although they are worried about a weather delay. Current launch time is 5:15pm PST; see for info and here for a live NASA TV feed which will (presumably) carry the launch.
WARNING! I posted the time incorrectly the first time around; the launch is 5:15pm PST, not EST. Sorry about that….

Hey Steven — what exactly have you got woman doing in bed? Just asking.