http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/ It's a great big world out there...and I am in The Green Egg driving through it! en-us Copyright 2010 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:26:55 -0700 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:56:58 -0700 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The following photograph was sent me this morning from moveon.org. It is shocking, horrifying, and positively heartbreaking: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, East Grand Terre Island, LA, 6/3/10 It's easy to rage against BP and the oil industry for their greed, total... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2010/06/i_too_take_resp.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2010/06/i_too_take_resp.html The Environment Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:26:55 -0700 It only took a Kansas jury 37 minutes to pass down a guilty verdict in the first degree murder trial of Scott Roeder. Now the media can finally stop calling him an "activist" and call him what he is, a... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2010/01/scott_roeder_fo.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2010/01/scott_roeder_fo.html Human Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:49:56 -0700 The new York State Senate yesterday voted 38-to-24 against legalizing marriage for gay couples. It was a shitty day for equality, a shitty day for civil liberties, and a shitty day for the state in which I was born (the... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2009/12/really_new_york.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2009/12/really_new_york.html political Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:58:04 -0700 Here's my question for the day: Why is it that the right wing, anti-health care people do not want us to have control over our lives? Why is it, exactly, that we're not permitted to talk with our doctors about... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2009/08/why_does_the_ri.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2009/08/why_does_the_ri.html political Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:32:34 -0700 I just laughed so hard watching the literal interpretation of Total Eclipse of the Heart that I actually fell off my chair and banged my chin on the dining room table. Hard. And I was still laughing. Don't you just... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2009/06/total_eclipse_o.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2009/06/total_eclipse_o.html fun Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:01:55 -0700 As most of you know, I have a thing for cows. They are noble creatures who provide us with a steady stream (no pun intended) of protein and they have the softest mouths I have ever stroked. Jim sent the... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2009/03/happy_cowsbette.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2009/03/happy_cowsbette.html fun Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:47:54 -0700 Jesus, I am such a sap sometimes. I saw this on cute overload today and wanted to share it. Love!... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/12/lurve.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/12/lurve.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:43:07 -0700 If you have ever wondered what it would be like to be a tiny ant standing in the direct blast of a hair dryer, I do believe the last 24 hours in Nederland would be a close approximation. Unrelenting, sustained... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/11/at_last_the_win.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/11/at_last_the_win.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:46:08 -0700 The day has finally arrived for all Americans to step up to the plate and swing for history. We've been registered to vote in record numbers this year and there is a giddy fever of enthusiasm and hope that... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/11/today_is_the_da.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/11/today_is_the_da.html political Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:27:02 -0700 I have been working, for the last month, on a new online writing project to be split from the one you're currently reading. I've named it The Flutter Effect. A journal for daily social commentary and political critique, it's my... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/10/the_flutter_eff.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/10/the_flutter_eff.html political Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:33:59 -0700 There was a beautiful Op-Ed piece by Susan Straight in yesterday's Los Angeles Times that I wanted to share with you just in case you missed it. I feel so lucky to be alive during such a time in American... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/10/living_through.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/10/living_through.html Human Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:30:33 -0700 After performing yesterday at Unity Church during their two morning services, Jim and I hauled ass up to Fort Collins in the hope that we would be able to get in to see Barack Obama speak at CSU. You can... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/10/my_new_favorite.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/10/my_new_favorite.html fun Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:09:25 -0700 Joe The Plumber sure has proved to be a useful hack for the GOP. This evening, during one of the weakest interviews ever aired on CNN, She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named was asked whether she thought Barack Obama was a socialist. Her reply? That... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/10/beth_the_singer.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/10/beth_the_singer.html political Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:45:32 -0700 According to Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager, liberal feminists dislike She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named because she is “very attractive,” “very competent,” and “very happy”. I shit you not. So basically, liberal feminists are catty, petty, jealous, and inherently unhappy. Wow. I do not... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/10/according_to_th.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/10/according_to_th.html political Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:53:00 -0700 At first I thought this was actually a satirical video. I wish I had been right: How in god's name are we going to heal this nation? Any ideas?... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/10/still_think_she.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/10/still_think_she.html Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:55:31 -0700