This is water. . . .

I don't know about you, but I needed this today:

Gay Marriage, Straight Marriage—What Difference Does It Make?

Via MoveOn.org

Friday Random 10 + 1

Once again, a random sampling of my iMac's music files, picking by the robot who does the iTunes DJ selections. Enjoy the list:

Dirty Looks/Electric Six/I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master
Play Your Part (Pt. 1)/Girl Talk/Feed The Animals
World Keeps Turning/Tom Waits/Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Clawhammer Medley/Steve Martin/The Crow: New Songs For The 5 String Banjo
Morning Dew/Jeff Beck/Truth
Play In The Sunshine/Prince/Sign O The Times
The Warning/Nine Inch Nails/Year Zero
White Rabbit (Mono Single Version)/Jefferson Airplane/Surrealistic Pillow [Bonus Tracks]
The Needle And The Damage Done/Duran, Duran/So Good They Named Them Twice
All the Way to Louisville/Ronny Elliot/Hep
Door Number Three/Steve Goodman/Jessie's JIG & Other Favorites

Quote for the Day (Lower Case Initialed Poet Division)

"Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense." - ee cummings

A present you can make book on

Tom Tommorrow's web site is my browser's home page, so my grand daughter was introduced to his characters Sparky and Blinky at a very young age. When I heard he had produced a children's book starring these two, The Very Silly Mayor, I knew what at least one of her Christmas presents would be. And, as you can see, it was a good choice:

Oh, and grandpa likes it too!

Short and sweet

(Via zefrank)

Some things don't need a lot of time . . . just a whole lifetime:

Last Day Dream [HD] from Chris Milk on Vimeo.

At what point do conservatives grow up? Oh, they don't . . . .

You've seen this:



Now look at this:



Oh my! (Via Alternet)

Quote for the Day (Cynical Division)

Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come. - Matt Groening

Self portrait

One of the blessings and constant amazements of my life has been my grand daughter. She is so funny, bold, loving, and just plain wonderful that I am always feeling blessed to have her in my life.  She visited us over the Thanksgiving holiday, and it was a great time to share with her.

At one point she came out to the computer room by herself, and when I came out to join her she had already opened my iMac's PhotoBooth program and started taking pictures of herself. She had seen me do this once or twice, and at five years old she is a sponge for learning how to work things. The photo here is one she took on her own before I got to the scene. 

Is it any wonder that she is my ice cream mint honey heart?

Quote for the Day (Comedian Division)

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that! - Tom Lehrer