Now a misnomer

My head just feels full these days.  Like the idea of keeping an open mind will mean that things might start falling out.  Full with school (just how do I get that PCR to work?).  Full with thoughts of my cats (will putting Thor back on the duck/pea food re-cure his fur pulling?).  Full with [...]

Bailey’s Irish Cream – an update

Turns out my post from last year on Bailey’s Irish Cream is my top viewed post. So for the sake of my curiousity, I thought I’d revisit the topic to see if Bailey’s is/was still off limits. Courtesy of their “Product and Company Information” page, we get this gem: So for the time being, it [...]

This is NOT what democracy looks like

This is NOT what democracy looks like. Yesterday when I left work on the 5:30 bus, things on the political front were kind of quiet. But I arrived home to a fire storm. Yesterday, our senate republicans created a new committee, it met, voted on a modified version of the budget repair bill, and then [...]

What can you do?

Rather than sit and needlessly argue with idiots on the internet about things that we in the end agree about, I thought I’d come up with a constructive list of things people can do rather than needlessly arguing on the internet. To keep it shorter, I’m going to make it specifically about the issues here [...]

For your viewing pleasure

As a fan of Jon Stewart, I hate to say it, but he did a shitty job covering whats happening in WI. And who ever does his research needs to do a little better of a job. Our senators left because they CAN’T FILIBUSTER. Last week the state assembly tried to pull a fast one [...]

Riots in Madison ;)

There are a couple of videos up on youtube that I think really speak to what is going on here in Madison. This passionate plea from Representative Gordon Hintz gives me chills. To hear that the Republicans aren’t even following the rules of democracy makes me sick. Eight Republican senators are currently eligible for recall [...]

Finding more info

At this point, I just can’t keep up with the information coming out. So I suggest you check out PolitiFact and Sunshine Review to find more information. And I also highly suggest looking through a few subreddits: r/madisonwi and r/wisconsin. People there have been doing a good job keeping up with the news and pointing [...]

Fun in politics

There are 19 Republican senators and 14 Democratic senators that sit in the Wisconsin state senate. In order to vote, there must be 20 senators present. All 14 Democratic senators (and supposedly 2 Republicans) are missing. Rumor has it they may have left the state. TIL: In ‘the old days’, when representatives wanted to block [...]

More

Mark Pocan is my State representative. He rocks. Even he says Scott Walker is acting kind of like Ballon Boy.

Political activism – getting the facts down

Our public schools are CLOSED today due to a massive teacher call out. The University’s budget site actually has some helpful links that provide (at least for me) some much needed information. My favorite: Biddy is saying tuition remission will NOT be affected by Walker’s Budget Repair Bill. I took a screen shot, just in [...]

Baileys Irish Cream

I drooled a little bit today over a recipe for Irish Cream Gluten-Free Pear Crisp For Two. But something tickled the back of my memory about Baileys Irish Cream. A quick google search just increased that confusion. Over the past 5 years, it’s been called gluten free, and then not. So I contact the company [...]

maintenance

I still haven’t settled on a look for this blog. As I’m unlikely to want to do any of my own behind the scenes coding, I’m stuck with prepackaged layouts and looks from wordpress. So, please forgive me over the next little bit while I play around with looks and setups.

Updated blog roll and recovering from nonprimal

After a night of very nonprimal eating and merry making, I’m actually feeling somewhat okay. Bizarrely, I woke up feeling fine, but am now feeling less fine a couple of hours later. And like I could use a nap. This weekend, in some order or another, should include me starting a second worm bin (or [...]