Here’s what I guess you could call a “time lapse” panoramic shot of our kitchen that has been flattened out. In other words the left side of the picture connects to the right side. It shows our kitchen from start to finish during the canning process. Click the photo for a bigger version.It shows the tomatoes on the cupboard ready […]

A year ago, a family member returned from Iraq. She was a Major there, involved in moving detainees around, usually at night with no lights on the vehicles. During her time there we believe she was raped by a superior officer though no charges were ever brought. Conversations with her about the “War in Iraq” were difficult at best. Time […]

Cross-posted at the Daily Kos. Last week I penned a Letter to the Editor to the Dexter Leader, my local newspaper and part of Heritage Newspapers. Heritage Newspapers is, from their webpage: ..an award winning publishing group that consists of 11-suburban publications (9 weekly, 1 twice-weekly and 1 tri-weekly publication) in southeastern Michigan with a circulation of over 316,850. […] […]

Headlines from the news media. Diaries at the Daily Kos. Chain emails from conservatives. From all of these fronts we’re getting the message “Barack Obama is losing the health care reform debate”. I say he’s NOT. Decidedly NOT. There’s been a sea change in the whole health care reform debate and I don’t think many of us have even noticed […]

Ping Tung EggplantsOriginally uploaded by acsavage Mrs. E (aka, my wife) knocks one out of the (photographic) park again. These are Ping Tung eggplants from our garden but what she sees in them and what I see in them are two entirely different things. An artist’s eye is a marvel to behold. Click the photo for a larger version. I’m […]

Well, it’s been a cool, wet summer which is great for some things and not-so-great for others. We’re up to about 35 quarts of canned maters which is behind where we were last year but the cool weather has really slowed the ripening process (maters like HOT weather, for sure.) However, peppers (hot and sweet varieties) seem to be doing […]

Sometimes cartoons ARE better at explaining things. This video by Andy Lubershane does a spectacular job of spelling out what I think should be the painfully obvious reasons why universal health care for Americans is the way we should be doing things. I’m just sayin’…

Don’t ask me why but this makes me smile: Attention, Kmart shoppers: The blue light special is back. The venerable discounter is reviving the legendary sales tactic on Saturdays to bolster sales and lure shoppers who have migrated to other big box retailers, said Tom Aiello, spokesman for Sears Holding Corp., which owns Kmart. Maybe it’s because of the Pavlovian […]

I highly commend your attention to the DeSmogBlog blog entry “Leaked Memo: Oil Lobby Launches Fake ‘Grassroots’ Campaign”. According to a leaked memo obtained by Greenpeace, the Big Oil lobby is planning an anti-climate change legislation astroturf campaign modeled on the one conducted by health insurance companies to combat health care reform. Event venues have already been selected and plans […]

I have another Huffington Post piece up today. It’s about an amazingly douchey guy from St. Louis named Kenneth Gladney. St. Louis Teabag Protester Lies about Medical Coverage to Solicit “Donations” I’m just sayin’…

I have a new article up at the Huffington Post, a rewrite of my Daily Kos diary on John Dingell’s health care town hall meeting last week. Raucous Politics — Rep. John Dingell Calmly Faces “The Screamers” I’m just sayin’…