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Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

Weirdness Watch

A heads-up to my much-beloved readers: some time tonight or tomorrow I plan to upgrade this blog from WordPress 2.0.5 to WordPress 2.2.1. I don’t anticipate any problems, but there’s always a chance things will go wrong.
So, if you can’t reach the blog, or if you can but it’s obviously having problems, hang tight…and […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Apologies For The Several-Day Posting Gap…

…but I’ve been on vacation in Lake Tahoe (and now a couple of days in the far less scenic Reno) for my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary. Lake Tahoe is a true thing of beauty, of that you can be assured. I’ve had absolutely no contact with the outside world, and wouldn’t know what to blog […]

10 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Evan Bayh by Mark

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Crass Commercial Interlude

I’ve added a store, powered through Amazon.com (they handle the checkout, delivery, etc., so it’s totally safe, and I don’t get to see your credit-card info). You can see it in the navigation links below the site logo above, by Archives, Links, Odds, etc.
Why should you go there? Well, it’s true I make a very […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

A Code Of Conduct - Why Bother?

Here’s my problem with the blogger “Code of Conduct” that’s floating around: those that need it won’t sign on to it, and those that don’t need it - well, they don’t need it.
Sorry - Wall Street Journal notwithstanding, and even given the sorry state of discourse in much of the blogosphere, free speech wins the […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Friday, April 6th, 2007

So Here’s The Deal…

Once again, thanks to all of you for your kind words and your patience as I took a little break. Enough of my readers indicated they will stay with a less aggressive posting schedule that I’ve decided to start putting up posts again soon, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow, and though I’ll try to update as […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Just Checking In…

I’m still on hiatus (see below), but I wanted you all to know I’m gratified by your responses, and rest assured the blog will return shortly and I will keep it going, though I’m still absorbing your suggestions. Thanks for your input and well wishes.
I guess the biggest news of the last few days has […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

And Now, The End Is Near…

…though neither I nor my blog face the final curtain. Some changes are afoot, though, as Decision ’08 enters a new phase. I am going to go ‘dark’ / go on hiatus / take a blogging vacation for a few days, while I ponder the future, and I’d like your opinion on where […]

32 Comments » - Posted in Pajamas Media, Navel-Gazing by Mark

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

The ‘Virtue’ Of Righteous Anger

Good piece by George Will looking at the trendiness of anger, that is to say, the newfound belief that perpetual anger is somehow a sign of character:
Many people who loathe George W. Bush have adopted what Peter Wood describes as “ecstatic anger as a mode of political action.” Anger often is, Wood says, “a spectacle […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, POTUS, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

Monday, March 5th, 2007

An Open Letter re:Coulter

Found this at Captain Ed’s, and felt it was good enough to reprint in its entirety. It’s an open letter from many conservative bloggers to the organizers of CPAC:
Conservatism treats humans as they are, as moral creatures possessing rational minds and capable of discerning right from wrong. There comes a time when we must speak […]

15 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Elephants, Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports by Mark

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Well, I’m Back…

…and did not post today because airport wireless coverage absolutely sucks (I could detect at least four ostensibly ‘free’ wireless networks during this trip - and never successfully connected to any of them - and yes, my wireless adapter is working quite well, thank you).
Nevertheless, I had a much needed rest from work and a […]

No Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Have I Told You Lately…

…that I love you?
Seriously, you guys, I can’t tell how much I appreciate my commenters here. I’ve spent the last day or so swimming the swamps of Greenwald’s comment section and it’s just pure, unadulterated hate and bile spewing from every orifice (how’s that for a visual?).
I make two vows to you here and now: […]

8 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Obama Coming To Town

A crowd of several thousand is expected Friday afternoon at Auditorium Shores here in Austin for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Details are here…the location has free wi-fi, so I considered going and liveblogging, but it’s right in the middle of the workday, alas, so I probably won’t…
Nevertheless, Obama is probably the only Democrat who […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Barack Obama, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

A Comment Left About Me At Glenn Greenwald’s Blog

Mark Coffey, Coward and Traitor.
The entire responsibility for the debacle in Iraq can be laid at the little turned-in feet of Mark Coffey, who knew what needed to be done, how long it would take, how to do it, and what victory would look like, and did nothing.
Thanks for nothing Mark. You betrayed your country, […]

7 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

Monday, February 19th, 2007

The Average Person Tells Two Lies Every Ten Minutes

I once dated a girl who insisted that she didn’t lie. When I told her that she did, in fact, lie, and that her statement that she didn’t lie was, in fact, also a lie, she wasn’t amused (but I was right…I’m single again, but I was right).
That story comes to mind when I read […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, PlameGate by Mark

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

The End Of Sunday Fun?

Well, it appears that almost all of my clips (mostly Frank Sinatra, but also varoius other musical greats) that I’ve highlighted on the irregular Sunday Fun feature have been yanked from YouTube. Seems Google’s got some crazy idea that copyrights need to be enforced. Amateur footage still goes, I guess, so I may still be able to […]

7 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports by Mark

Friday, February 9th, 2007

The Overgrown Adolescents Among Us…

…who dreamed of a lovely young actress competing with Lynda Carter as the new Wonder Woman of our dreams have been dealt a severe setback.
Or am I speaking to an audience of one here?
Ahem…well…carry on, then…

2 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports by Mark

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

About That Straw Poll Widget

Several of you have had problems with it; I have, too, particularly in Firefox. I played around with some alternate placements, as you may have noticed if you visited here in the last few minutes. I wasn’t happy with any of them.
I’ll keep working at it, but for now, it’s going to stay where it […]

No Comments » - Posted in Pajamas Media, Navel-Gazing by Mark

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Yeah! I’m All Caught Up!

Okay, I put back the 15 or so posts I lost due to the hacker (sans comments - I’ll try to restore some of those tomorrow, but as I said previously, many of them are just lost, unfortunately).
So, back to business as usual (I hope) tomorrow. Thanks again for your support and patience…

4 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Okay, So One More Note About The Hack

I am going to restore at least the text of the missing posts and assign them to the right days, but I’m not sure about the links (that might be kind of tough to reconstruct in some cases). I might be able to restore some of your comments on those posts, too, based on my […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Good News, Bad News

Well, I got hacked earlier, if you missed the excitement, and as you can see below, I lost about a day and a half’s worth of stuff.
That’s the bad news (and a note to the hacker - I’d be expecting a nasty letter from a law firm in your near future).
The good news far outweighs […]