Archive for March 2005

The question is more than just the name of a cool old song by “The Stranglers”. Every so often, I wonder where our heroes come from and where they go when their stewards pass on.

At the beginning of March, I wrote about how Spring was coming in more like a kitten than a Lion.
Now that Spring is actually here, of course, the Weather.com forecast for Bellingham looks like this…

…for the foreseeable future.
How could I get so suckered? I fall for this every year! I get one glimpse […]

I think there’s something almost sexy when a medium is at it’s best talking about itself…

Steamboy almost doesn’t run out of you-know-what…
I was a big fan of Japanese filmaker Katsuhiro Otomo’s famous feature-length animation, Akira. Even almost 20 years later, that film’s amazing visual style, interwoven story and massive-scale events still holds up against newer, long-form animated films, in my opinion. (Roger Ebert’s review of Steamboy is much more critical […]

According to People’s Daily Online, US researchers have determined that neither global terrorism nor global warming are the primary threat to mankind. Yet, you wouldn’t know it from this article:
Octopus found to “walk” on two arms
Two kinds of Indian Ocean octopus are found to “walk” on two of their arms while using the other six […]

Welcome to our new home - oddly familiar, yet different.
Be sure to update your bookmarks and links or else we’ll get cranky, and you don’t want us cranky.
Our new home will not look very different at first, but our liberation from Blogger has indeed been acheived. We will be making some changes over the next […]

transcendental floss is in the process of a double switch. tf will be switching its blogware from Blogger to WordPress and moving from blogspot to a domain to call its own, transcendentalfloss.com.
Within the next week, heck, maybe later today, the move will be considered complete. Gonzo will post an official announcement.

‘we the people’ have crossed over. we’re now in a place where the federal government is all-powerful.
a place where the dead are declared alive because the Government says so.
displaying their omnipotence, republicans stuck a feeding tube into the withered body of a brain-dead woman, and called it good.
“I will continue to stand on the side […]

once, before he blew his brains out, kurt cobain said “…mother nature is a whore.”
there’s probably no connection, but the u.s. senate confirmed nature’s status today, voting to drill the arctic national wildlife refuge like a cheap hooker.
“We’ve got to use our technology to over time evolve away from reliance upon oil and gas, and […]

Yesterday, the Washington State Senate, in a 28-18 vote, passed a bill that would slap drivers with a $101 dollar fine if they have cell phones to their ears when pulled over for other violations.
Embarrassingly for Democrats, Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlach, was an opponent of the bill, and told the AP:
“This is really big brother. […]

There needs to be a nice independent relationship between the White House and the press.
- george w. bush
in the last 4 years the bush administration has spent $254 million in taxpayer money to churn out fake video news releases. the government accountability office (gao) subsequently found these pieces to be “covert propaganda,” illegal in this […]

Disclaimer: Incredibly, the title of this post is the actual headline from the link provided. However, the actual text of the article has been edited for optimum comedic impact. (Or should that be optimal comedic impact?)
Green Day Album Brings Boy Out Of Coma
03/14/2005 10:00 AM, LAUNCH
LAUNCH Radio Networks
A Welsh boy emerged from a coma after […]

Read what my medal says: “Courage.” Ain’t it the truth? Ain’t it the truth?

a recent google search of “cowardly liar” turned up the adjacent image.
exquisitely apt, don’tcha think? because no matter how you dress him up, the underlying truth remains: george w. bush is yellow.
there’s no other way to characterize a man who goes so […]

It was quite a moving sight to see row after row of bright red jackets joining in memorial services for the four young RCMP officers who lost their lives.
To quote the CBC web site:
Thousands of police officers, mourners and dignitaries gathered inside an Edmonton pavilion to honour Constables Peter Schiemann, Leo Johnston, Anthony Gordon and […]