FoolBlog http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/ en-us 2010-03-05T12:20:08-05:00 Linking Fool Friday http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2010_03.htm#001243 I have managed to avoid LFF for several weeks. Let's fix that. Hey, it snowed a whole lot! What global warming?! Al Gore must be sad! Ha ha! How original. Also, not so much. Egads, I just agreed with something... Random Web Crap Carl 2010-03-05T12:20:08-05:00 Linking Fool Friday http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2010_02.htm#001242 Deficits matter! Or, at least they've mattered since very recently. Certainly, not before 2009. Love this clip of Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly. Stewart presses O'Reilly on how, precisely, Obama is a socialist, and predictably O'Reilly comes up empty. Lastly,... Random Web Crap Carl 2010-02-12T16:12:44-05:00 Chili Nation: I've been everywhere http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2010_02.htm#001241 On Super Bowl Sunday, I made chili, as I do every year. This time out I made a chil-tamale "spread"--basically a casserole of beef tamales topped with green onions, barbecue sauce-based chili with beans, and cheese. It was good, but... Food Carl 2010-02-10T11:45:14-05:00 Ten awesome songs on my random playlist today http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2010_02.htm#001240 (Not necessarily the first ten. I'm being more selective.) Southern Culture on the Skids "Nashville Toupee" Joseph Arthur "Even Tho" Sige Sigue Sputnik "21st Century Boy" Pete Yorn "Murray" Calexico/Iron & Wine "Red Dust" John Hammond "2:19" Stiff Little Fingers... Music Carl 2010-02-10T11:13:16-05:00 Snowpocalypse II: The Reckoning http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2010_02.htm#001239 This weekend's storm has made December's original Snowpocalypse look positively quaint in comparison. For starters, last night's snow was the usual heavy, wet kind we get around here, which put a strain on all our trees and bushes. Fortunately,... Obnoxious Things Carl 2010-02-06T19:15:31-05:00 Linking Fool Friday http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2010_02.htm#001238 I'm posting this early, before I escape from the office as Snowpocalypse II descends upon us. If you're in the District, or otherwise close enough to Metro that you can still get out and about, We Love DC has a... Random Web Crap Carl 2010-02-05T10:40:51-05:00 My cousin is hell of talented http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2010_02.htm#001237 Music Carl 2010-02-02T16:57:24-05:00 Linking Fool Friday http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2010_01.htm#001236 Howdy. It's been a while. A pet peeve of mine is Republican/conservative types who shout that liberals are RUINING THIS COUNTRY and are coming to TAKE YOUR FAMILY AWAY AND EVERYTHING YOU HOLD DEAR OMG WTF. I keep looking for... Random Web Crap Carl 2010-01-29T16:41:00-05:00 Linking Fool Friday http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2010_01.htm#001235 It's been a couple weeks, and this has been in the LFF folder since after Christmas: Kung Fu Monkey's "Wait, Aren't You Scared?" I am too lazy to google this right now, but I think I linked to it the... Random Web Crap Carl 2010-01-08T16:55:54-05:00 Linking Fool Friday (Thursday Edition) http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2009_12.htm#001234 Posting a day early, as I'll be too busy picking up the girls' wrapping paper and cooking Christmas dinner tomorrow to be online. In the spirit of the holiday, did you know that just about the entire nation of Sweden... Random Web Crap Carl 2009-12-24T12:51:26-05:00 Blelvis http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2009_12.htm#001233 I was going to put this in LFF, but it deserves its own post. One of the DC blogs had a reference to Blelvis this week, and I hadn't thought of him in an age. That got me googling, and... Music Carl 2009-12-24T12:47:00-05:00 Your 2009 bigfool.com year-end mix CD http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2009_12.htm#001232 Title: Lerp derp derp 1. Superchunk "Learned to Surf" 2. Santigold "Lights Out" 3. The Broken West "Perfect Games" 4. Company of Thieves "Oscar Wilde" 5. Man Plus "A Ghost is a Ghost" 6. Metric "Sick Muse" 7. Friendly Fires... Music Carl 2009-12-18T16:04:52-05:00 Linking Fool Friday http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2009_12.htm#001231 A little something to prepare you for BEING SNOWED IN ALL DAMN WEEKEND. I don't read Fake Steve Jobs often, but this tirade on AT&T is making the rounds. He's got a point. Anyone who thinks sex discrimination is no... Random Web Crap Carl 2009-12-18T14:42:00-05:00 Linking Fool Friday http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2009_12.htm#001230 Why do so many conservatives insist that global warming is a hoax? Because it pisses off liberals, of course! Some good questions about escalating in Afghanistan. Awesome VF interview with Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil. More rock interviews should go... Random Web Crap Carl 2009-12-11T15:32:17-05:00 Tautological Foods http://www.bigfool.com/foolblog/archive/2009_12.htm#001229 I was out somewhere recently and wandered by Mrs. Fields or some other cookie shop. Amidst the usual flavors--chocolate chip, peanut butter, Heath bar crunch--there was now a cookie with little chunks of Oreo in it. I am guessing this... Food Carl 2009-12-10T13:29:28-05:00