He's BAAAAAAACCCKKK

Battlin' Bob Dornan is back in the saddle, reports the L.A. Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-me-dornan5dec05,1,5564944.story?coll=la-home-politics

genital/genital if they ask for registration

"I think Congress is a lesser place without me there" bahahAHAHAHAhaahaAAh

Things I have learned over the years (mostly job stuff)

A random sampling of Big Lessons I have learned at various jobs and other life experiences:

1. Confidence is almost everything. Do what you need to do when you need to do it, and you're right more often than you expect.

2. If something can be fixed or improved, do so immediately. Do not wait.

3. Assume that other people have something to contribute and listen to them. Don't dismiss anyone until it's been thoroughly proven that this person is useless.

4. Open anger and rudeness are weapons of last resort. Only use them when you have exhausted more polite options.

5. If you're in an organization and you need to make changes, stop and ask yourself "who else needs to know about this?" and communicate before implementing.

6. Don't ever be afraid to be forthright and open about your opinions on professional topics. It's better to suffer the consequences of public error than to hide your expertise.

7. A career is what happens to you after a series of jobs in most cases. Do not stress over your "career".

8. Treat jobs like school; a place where you learn and where you are entitled to contribute.

9. Get money and status problems out of the way at the job interview and then forget about that stuff between reviews. Doing work well is its own reward almost all the time.

10. If you hate a task or assignment, concentrate as hard as you can on doing it well. It goes by faster and gives more satisfaction if the hated work is done beautifully.

ok, off soapbox now

We found the weapons of mass destruction, guys!

Only they weren't in Iraq, they're here. Via MetaFilter.

Oklahoma City is gonna have a sequel, dammit. Crazy-ass white supremacists.

Mmm, photolust

Leica digital neato want. I have always loved the look of Leica cameras, and this is an interesting concept.

Fudged-up snow globe

Requires flash plugin. I like Christmas animations where people get injured and eaten.

http://ww12.e-tractions.com/snowglobe/globe.htm

Sink, as in titanic

The Wall St Journal today had an article (subscription only I think) about hoity toity sinks what the quality is buyin these days. $5000 sinks that weigh 250 lbs, bronze sinks that must be dried after each use,

Some quotes:

Sink changes color with water temperature, a feature the company says is therapeutic. While our panel thought it was gimmicky, one L.A. designer said she has "a few earthy clients who would consider it."

Metals are one of the newest twists on the offbeat sink, but be prepared: this one needs to be dried after every hand-washing.


But the extreme end of the market, with its weird shapes -- in this case, a glass funnel that looks like a vase -- can be a hard sell. "Ideal for making mayonnaise or displaying flowers," says Barry Sloane, a Los Angeles real estate agent. Our panel thought the 12-inch height would be okay for a powder room, but would pose ergonomic issues, like forearm banging.


Now that the looks are catching on beyond design mavens, makers are competing with ever more outlandish models -- like a $1,595 sunken pyramid from Porcher and an upcoming "upside down" sink by Sonoma Cast Stone (the water runs down an inverted bowl).

Then there's the Paradox, which is only a sink part-time. Kohler says it came up with the idea after an earlier flat sink did well for them, and this seemed like a logical next step. It's got a cast-iron plate insert that converts the sink into a countertop for when the water's not running (assuming you can lift it -- it's 13 pounds). But some of the panelists were skeptical. "I can envision the kids turning on the faucet full blast and then completely soaking their fronts," says Steve Schoffman, a Portland, Ore., architectural designer. Paradox "isn't a one-size-fits-all product," and might not be ideal for a kid's bathroom, says Nicole Langel, a product manager at Kohler.


Pictures are at http://iggy.fringehead.org/album/badsinks/

Let us go now

I thought it was super witty. Super witty. I have an 8 and a 3 and 1 on the way, we have some needs. It's a pocket pomeranian, no haircut! I think so but noone else would. Who makes this shit anyway. You can't let go of your own experience enough to generalize. C'mon, pizza pizza please? Those fish are real old.

Home is where I want to be, but I guess I'm already there.