Craig’s apparently done with the whole blogging thing. That’s too bad, I really enjoyed it during the relatively short time I’ve read it regularly.
UPDATE: I should also point out that Craig, through his YAMB posts, brought my blog to the attention of the community of Montana bloggers (and other blogs to my attention), exposing me […]

I can’t really improve on what Matt said, so I’ll just repeat it: Thank you.
In particular, my friend Raleigh Smith, who died on December 23rd, 2004, in Iraq. R.I.P.

Well, the Missoulian published a pretty stupid letter today. On the plus side, it’s very short. On the minus side, it’s not particularly crazy or interesting. Here it is:
Freedom of expression goes both ways
It is said that 86 percent of Americans believe in God. Therefore, it is very hard to understand why there is such […]

It feels strange to me to put up a post saying it’s my birthday. But, it’s not like blogging is a humble enterprise anyway. However, I do have a comment to make:
As I learned from Heliologue the other day, being awake for 21 hours straight is equivalent to being legally drunk. Since it’s a little […]

Portable MP3 player edition:
The Mars Volta - Tira Me A Las Aranas
System of a Down - Darts
Spineshank - Forgotten
Dimension Zero - Slow Silence
Epoch of Unlight - The End of All
Black Sabbath - Changes
Rapture - I Am Complete
Bloodbath - Cry My Name
Frantic Bleep - Curtainraiser
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Come to Daddy

Over at WorldNetDaily, there’s an article on evolution by Brannon Howse. Despite having an interesting name, he trots out tired anti-evolution arguments and rhetoric:
In the now-famous Scopes trial of 1925, the American Civil Liberties Union defended the teaching of evolution in public schools. True educational freedom, Clarence Darrow argued, requires the teaching of both theistic […]

This is old, but I just read it and it’s pretty bizarre:
Judicial Fight Prompts Duelling, Distorted Ads
On the other side, the liberal People for the American Way released an ad May 3 attacking both Owen and Brown. The PFAW ad says of Brown, “She’s so radical that she says, with programs like Social Security […]

So, it looks like a compromise has been reached on judicial filibusters. The agreement is:

Under the terms, Democrats agreed to allow final confirmation votes for Priscilla Owen, Janice Rogers Brown and William Pryor, named to appeals court seats. There is “no commitment to vote for or against” the filibuster against two other conservatives named to […]

This is odd:
The octogenarian legislator, rising in defense of the filibuster, displayed a larger-than-life poster of Ian McDiarmid playing the evil Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in the just-released film “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.”
“In a far-off universe, in this film, the leader of the Senate breaks the rules to give himself and his supporters more […]

The Haunted - 99
Carcass - Embodiment
Vehemence - Darkness is Comfort
Testament - Low
Porcupine Tree - Shesmovedon
Soilwork - Blind Eye Halo
Sigur Rós - Syndir Guos (Opinberun Frelsarans)
Dark Tranquillity - The Wonders at Your Feet
Led Zeppelin - Hot Dog
Arsis - Maddening Disdain