Piggleguss: Archive

Nov 30th

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We’ve been laughing all week about the job opening at UC Santa Cruz for a Grateful Dead Archivist. UCSC won the bidding war against Berkeley for the archive and the university is now looking for someone to help set up the museum/archive. I think it is completely fitting that UCSC is taking this on and bought some Grateful Slug t-shirts to support the effort. Still makes me laugh tho, and...

Nov 14th

Nov 8th

Power Jeans - the new business suit →

Seems like an oxymoron. I can still hear my grandmother’s scolding regarding the wearing of dungarees to social events. Then again, she couldn’t understand why I chose UC Davis for college since it was a farming school. :)

Nov 2nd

Oct 22nd

From Rabbi David Wolpe

Rabbi Shlomo Carelbach used to say that if he met a person who said “I’m a Catholic” he knew he was a Catholic. If he met a person who said “I’m a Protestant” he knew he was a Protestant. If he met a person who said “I’m a human being” he knew he was a Jew. Jews have led some of the great universalist movements of the world. They did so under...

Oct 12th

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The Simpsons mock “The Secret.” “The Answer” - “available wherever dubious quasi-scientific self-help books are sold” I love the Simpsons.

Oct 6th

Following the E-Coli Trail in Ground Beef →

Thanks to receiving this lecture from Dib years ago, I grind my own meat now. A few pulses in the food processor is all it takes and I don’t have to worry about the nasty grinders in places like the Cargill factory.

Oct 4th

I'm buying this food dehydrator

2 of 9 people found the following review helpful: Not just for foodstuffs anymore!, August 12, 2009 By W. Thomas - See all my reviews I initially purchased the Nesco American Harvest FD-1010 Gardenmaster Food Dehydrator for the purpose of drying home grown papyas. My papayas are renowned in my part of the Yukon due largely to the fact that they are...

Oct 2nd

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I’ve been thinking about making an apple pie all week, but it has been too hot. Doesn’t it look yummy?

Sep 28th

Sep 17th

Sep 16th

Don't Call Me A Cowgirl →

And she can cook, too!! Wheesh…Some things change…Some stay the same… Once again Larry at The Daily Mirror dug up something interesting from the L.A. Times archives. It’s a 1969 article about–gasp!–a female ranch hand. What’s fascinating is the way that, while discussing how she does things that aren’t traditionally considered female, the reporter describes her in ways that...

Sep 14th

“Word of the Day: Momalogues”

– Definition: Lectures by moms that must be endured in order to keep one’s peace and allowance in tact.

Sep 14th

Sep 11th

Sep 10th

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Labor Day Blues!

Sep 7th

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Mount Russell Thanks Dib, for making this great video of our trip!!

Aug 25th

Aug 19th

Fashion commentary that made me laugh

Great shoes, flattering little black dress, cool leather coat — there’s nothing remarkable here, for sure (although I wouldn’t mind borrowing the Loubs and the jacket), except that it feels like Courtney Love needs a bigger pat on the back than most of us just for completing average, everyday tasks — like successfully getting dressed in something that isn’t made of...

Aug 10th

Death Panels without the Panels

by Robert Wright (via Sullivan) What more is there to say about Sarah Palin’s now-famous claim that President Obama’s health-care plan features “death panels” that will give patients the thumbs up or thumbs down? Just that, if this were Obama’s plan, it would have more in common with our current system than you might think. In Palin’s fantasy, the death-panel “bureaucrats” were going to pick...

Aug 10th

State Park Closures - CA Parklands Newsletter

State Park Closures on the Horizon, But Where and How? We have received many questions about which state parks will be closed, and when. At this time there is not a list of parks slated for closure. State officials have indicated closures are unlikely to happen until after Labor Day, with a list of the parks targeted for closure released sometime around that date. As soon as a public list is...

Aug 7th

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24 Hours of Mt. Tallac You can turn on the photo labels at the bottom left corner of the slideshow.

Aug 4th

“[O]ur exposure to different types of music, and hence our musical literacy, has...”

– 01 Aug 2009 01:51 pm The Trouble With iPods, by Oliver Sacks discussing the neuroscience of music I love Oliver Sacks stories. He makes a lot of interesting points. This bit is in regard to his neat book, Musicophilia. You can borrow it, if ya want to. :) via Sullivan Here is a bit...

Aug 2nd

Jul 30th

Jul 29th

The Paint on the Eiffel Tower

weighs 50 tons….all by itself. wheesh! The tower weighs 7000 tons. - per Phil Liggett, TVcommentator for the Tour de France.

Jul 26th

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Jul 18th

Jul 15th

“For sure I’m going to get arsy at some riders, because, you know, I’m an...”

– The sprinter and Manxman Mark Cavendish responding to accusations of being anti-French during the Tour de France. Gotta love this guy.

Jul 15th

Jimmy Carter explains why gender equality is...

Whatever you think of Carter’s presidency, he has gotten a lot right as a citizen: “I have been a practising Christian all my life and a deacon and Bible teacher for many years. My faith is a source of strength and comfort to me, as religious beliefs are to hundreds of millions of people around the world. So my decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after...

Jul 14th

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Jul 13th

Jul 4th

pfft!

Bananastand commented on Sarah Palin: “I’m Not Wired To Operate Under The Same Old Politics As Usual”: “Wait, she’s just quitting and using senioritis as an excuse? Ridiculous.”

Jul 4th

“On the creative life — “But the work, that is another thing. The real work...”

– In honor of KTN…Go Team USA!! by my favorite loopy advice columnist, Cary Tennis @ Salon.com

Jul 3rd

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Summer project…anyone need any peppers? Seriously, do you?

Jul 2nd

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“Missouri State Representative Cynthia Davis is one tough cookie. Last week she opposed subsidizing school lunches for low income children during summer months saying, “Hunger can be a positive motivator.” This is excellent news considering 1 in 5 Missouri kids is living in hunger, so that state is due for a productivity boon.” Colbert is on it!

Jul 2nd

Jun 24th

Jun 17th

Mother’s Fight Against Junk Food Puts a School on... →

If you are one of these bat*HIT crazy moms…Stop it. Seriously, just stop.

Jun 16th

Jun 9th

Dear Pixar, Please make a movie about a girl who... →

Boy, (intended) I couldn’t agree more.

Jun 3rd

What!? E Coli Couture →

Scientists in San Diego say they have developed a process for making genetically modified E. coli bacteria consume sugar and “excrete” the key ingredient in spandex.

Jun 3rd

“i like beer, and not tellin people what to do.”

– Bjorn Schey, member of the new Facebook group, “Typical, average straight guys in favor of gay rights” http://tinyurl.com/lq7hdo

Jun 1st

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May 30th

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May 22nd

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The 8th grade graduating class has at it. Note the trash talk and the unoriginal, yet socially safe boat name.

May 22nd