1984

By Chris Grinter, on March 24th, 2011%

Better be careful of what you do while out in the countryside. Farms can be dangerous places, especially if you’re a photographer. Proposed legislation in Florida, titled simply “farms”, is attempting to make photography or drawings in, on or of a farm without explicit written consent a first degree FELONY (up to 30 years in . . . → Read More: 1984

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Yes, Republicans Must Hate Me Too.

By Chris Grinter, on August 4th, 2010%

Over on Myrmecos Alex Wild just brought to my attention a rather personal attack from a pair of republican senators (Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and John McCain, R-Ariz). Once again I started to comment, but given how close to home this hits, I felt a longer winded diatribe approaching…

Apparently, my job is a giant waste . . . → Read More: Yes, Republicans Must Hate Me Too.

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Time to let Texas be its own country again

By Chris Grinter, on March 13th, 2010%

As if educational standards weren’t bad enough in this country, Texas has decided to make them worse. A recent push from a conservative school board has re-written history, literally. The logic may be a bit difficult to follow, but they have attempted to “balance” history by injecting more conservative ideals (mind you, no one is . . . → Read More: Time to let Texas be its own country again

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Thankfully, I’m not a beetle

By Chris Grinter, on March 6th, 2010%

Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! OK, just kidding, but this story is a bit ridiculous. The article states that the scientists had used the voice of Limbaugh because it was “readily available”, not because they hated him. Well that turns out not to be true, they chose Rush . . . → Read More: Thankfully, I’m not a beetle

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