use this form to contact me long-form blogging at The Kibitzer my Twitter pageTumblr (3.0; @phantasmagorical)http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/<a href="http://thekibitzer.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/what-the-gods-would-destroy-they-first-make-trendy/">What the gods would destroy they first make trendy.</a>http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43267652http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43267652Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:59:05 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/3FkOJttNFbrix7c4RAX7yRKi_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Paul Davis, accompanying the op-ed “<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/opinion/23smith.html?th&emc=th">Harvest the Sun - From Space</a>” by O. Glenn Smith.http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43264923http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43264923Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:30:18 -0400<a href="http://thekibitzer.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/turns-out-im-a-democrat/">Turns out I’m a Democrat.</a>http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43245404http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43245404Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:41:19 -0400About that Smart Car - it was the first time I’ve ever seen one in the flesh, not bush. Jott’s transcription isn’t always perfect.http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43198302http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43198302Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:27:20 -0400Behind a Smart Car(?) from Virginia. First time I’ve ever seen one in the bush. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5oqz4t">http://tinyurl.com/5oqz4t</a>http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43198303http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43198303Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:27:20 -0400<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/opinion/22brooks.html?th&emc=th">The Culture of Debt - David Brooks</a>http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43157895http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43157895Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:25:53 -0400<a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/22/cho.autism.uproar.cnn">Michael Savage is such a lovely man.</a>http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43156229http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43156229Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:03:43 -0400<a href="http://thekibitzer.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/as-paul-harvey-would-say-we-are-not-one-world/">As Paul Harvey would say: “We are not one world.”</a>http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43134810http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43134810Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:51:33 -0400<a href="http://thekibitzer.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/more-drilling-is-not-the-solution/">More drilling is not the solution.</a>http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43127018http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/43127018Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:45:38 -0400Hot Doug’s in Chicago makes the ultimate encased meat. Until I can return I’ve found a reasonable supermarket substitute: Bistro Sensations.http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42912622http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42912622Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:18:58 -0400I fixed the toilet on the first try! And for $2.97 and 5 minutes work. That’s a record for me.http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42912626http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42912626Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:18:58 -0400The Dark Knight - best superhero movie ever. Now to sleep. It’s 12:45, which is about 3 hours past my bedtime.http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42912629http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42912629Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:18:58 -0400On page 62 of The Shack. OK so far, but he needs an editor. He wrote 4 pgs of trivial details about a park. Sounded like a travel guide.http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42912617http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42912617Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:18:57 -0400Jazzed about going to watch The Dark Knight at the drive-in tonight. The second movie is Journey to the Center of the Earth. Meh.http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42767035http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42767035Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:23:05 -0400<a href="http://thekibitzer.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/cant-leave-well-enough-alone/">Can’t leave well enough alone.</a>http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42754722http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42754722Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:47:24 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/adc3MSS5Ydc&ap=%2526fmt%3D18"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/adc3MSS5Ydc&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Time for Some Campaignin’ (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/jibjab">jibjab</a>)http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42751974http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42751974Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:09:59 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/3FkOJttNFbksg04fQOMJPezB_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42748720http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42748720Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:22:00 -0400Listening to Cash’s “The Man Comes Around,” one of my favorite albums.http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42662014http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42662014Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:18:25 -0400About 10-15,000 bikers are rolling in for the ABATE Boogie about 3 miles down the road. Lots of roaring bikes. <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6oq3ov">http://tinyurl.com/6oq3ov</a>http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42662015http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42662015Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:18:25 -0400Eating a gloriously juicy peach from the farmers’ market.http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42517828http://phantasmagorical.tumblr.com/post/42517828Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:51:02 -0400