Archive for July 2007

The monthlies.

• Point Pinole Sunset

  While the Senate debates the children’s health insurance program (the lesser know CHiP), I’ll post some fluff. A photo from last night’s walk with Haley at Point Pinole…

• reyonthehill does dc :: White House

  Chapter 20: White House Finishing the tour of the nation’s capital with the White House is classy, you must admit.

• In the News

  - Republicans may duck the questions from the American people as the two leading GOP candidates — Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani — cite scheduling conflicts as the reason they can’t make the proposed YouTube debate. Just admit it, you don’t want to make an ass out of yourself, like some of the democrats did. [...]

• Rove: Can’t Touch This

  Jon Stewart on the subpoena of Karl Rove…

• No Jokey Matter

  Looking back, I realize now, that the first contact that I had had with suicide bombings, or at least suicide bombing attempts (and terrorism in general), was not the nine-eleven or Oklahoma City attacks, but instead was every Sunday morning with Jokey Smurf. Image: BlueBuddies.com

• 250 Meg Show Cancelled

  Well, I am all-but-done with Vimeo. I shouldn’t say “all-but-done” when I am simply done. Although Vimeo is much better than YouTube and others, the service has now established itself as a “community,” and that is not what I’m looking for. I feel that converting my video files myself to flv and hosting them gives [...]

• reyonthehill does dc :: Washington Monument

  Chapter 19: Washington Monument The Washington Monument provides great views of the National Mall.

• In the News

  - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “has told environmentalists she supports raising fuel economy standards to at least 35 miles per gallon and requiring utilities to generate 20 percent of their power from renewable sources such as wind, solar or biomass by 2020.” Unfortunately, the energy bill being voted on doesn’t include either. A do-nothing Congress? [...]

• Bonds Countdown

  Staying on top of my pursuit of Bonds… Number of Giants games from now until August 22: 23 (8 home, 15 road) Number of home runs for Bonds to tie the record: 1Number of home runs for Bonds to break the record: 2 Umh, I do not like my odds. They can only improve, right?

• reyonthehill does dc :: Smithsonian

  Chapter 18: Smithsonian The Smithsonian museums were a real disappointment on our short trip to DC.

• reyonthehill does dc :: Street

  Chapter 17: Street While looking for somewhere to eat, I take time to make some introductions to the vlog series.

• 1461

  Today marks the 1461st day of blogging. When I started, the Iraq war had been recently declared “mission accomplished” by the president. And now, the Iraq war still continues. Maybe the new slogan for the blog should be, “reyonthehill, blogging until the Iraq war is over.” (And maybe I’ll have this side job for a [...]

• Bonds Countdown

  On Wednesday, August 22, I will be attending the Cubs-Giants game at AT&T Park in San Francisco. If Barry Bonds gets in a slump, pulls a groin, or whatever, I may have a chance to witness either his record-tying or record-breaking home runs, or even better, both. Number of Giants games from now until August [...]

• Late Afternoon Politoon

  Toles on Bush’s formative reasoning… Image: Yahoo!

• reyonthehill does dc :: Courthouse

  Chapter 16: Courthouse My brother’s legacy in Washington will most likely be the U.S. Courthouse.

• In the News

  - The Federal government trampled on states’ rights as the DEA raided Los Angeles medical marijuana clinics. “The bust netted five arrests, large quantities of marijuana and cash, and even pot brownies and cookies.“ – The nation’s top cop lied again to Congress, and “senators [now] consider whether a perjury investigation should be opened.“ – [...]

• Evolving Pope

  Only with today’s conservative rhetoric in the U.S. could the Pope be considered mainstream, and on the issue of evolution, of all things. Today the Pope conceded that “there is much scientific proof in favor of evolution, which appears as a reality that we must see and which enriches our understanding of life and being [...]

• reyonthehill does dc :: Fools

  Chapter 15: Fools Protesters should get attention, especially if they look like fools.

• In the News

  - The amount of deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan are so numerous that the military is unable to hold memorial “services after each death, [and instead, plan to hold them] collectively once a month.“ – There is an (unauthorized) rogue fundraising effort called “Californians for Obama” that has raided thousands, with zero dollars going to [...]

• Huffington Post’s Cryptic Spell-Check

  Umh, The Huffington Post isn’t dat gud wiht speling eether. “Crpytic…” (Story on the right.) Image: Huffington Post

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