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Penduin's Pen: Mr. President, P.S.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Mr President, P.S. And now we're supposed to get behind extending various provisions in the friggin' Patriot Act? I can only hope this is all part of some bizarro, genius strategy to get the right-wing nuts in congress to throw yet another anti-Obama tantrum, and ultimately ends in these terrible ideas dying out. That wouldn't be the worst plan, actually, but this is a bit confusing for those of us who agreed with the Barack Obama we voted for. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Penduin's Pen: July 2015
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Saturday, July 04, 2015. 48-Hour Film: Enjoy the Show! Well we did it. Mike, Jed, myself, and a bunch of other very fun people got together the other weekend and dove in head-first to the Minneapolis 48 Hour Film Project. That means we drew a genre out of a hat, got assigned some required elements, wrote, shot, edited, scored, and submitted a short movie in less than two days. The nominations are set for the contest part of the event (not us! Take a look, enjoy the show (see what I did there?
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Penduin's Pen: June 2015
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Friday, June 26, 2015. So the US Supreme Court has handed down two sane rulings in as many days? What curious times we live in. Congratulations to marriages and families of all kinds! It shouldn't have taken until 2015, it shouldn't have taken a supreme court decision, it shouldn't have been such a close vote, and it certainly shouldn't have to endure the hissyfits which the ignorant will doubtlessly continue to throw. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Penduin's Pen: May 2015
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Mr President, P.S. And now we're supposed to get behind extending various provisions in the friggin' Patriot Act? I can only hope this is all part of some bizarro, genius strategy to get the right-wing nuts in congress to throw yet another anti-Obama tantrum, and ultimately ends in these terrible ideas dying out. That wouldn't be the worst plan, actually, but this is a bit confusing for those of us who agreed with the Barack Obama we voted for. Links to this post. Normally, when ...
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Penduin's Pen: April 2014
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Photo by John Johnson, creative commons by-nc-sa license. I took a walk around a nearby park last night, with my gaze mostly fixed on our old pal the moon, during its complete eclipse. I'm very tired today and my neck is as sore as it's ever been, but I'm glad to have done it. This time was pretty different. Clearer night, no company, and of course a very beautiful and somewhat rare event. No loud English accent or laughter, just my footsteps and my own thoughts.
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Penduin's Pen: November 2014
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Monday, November 03, 2014. Go and vote. Period. Moving back to a swing state in the months leading up to an election, even a midterm, has been interesting. The "news" was on here the other night and after an ages-long commercial break containing literally nothing but campaign ads, the next story was about yet another campaign ad and whether it was true. The segment after that was a few minutes of free air time for a couple of local candidates. I gassed on earlier. I've embraced the irony; the idea of kil...
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Penduin's Pen: August 2014
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014. When asked where I'm from, I've had trouble giving the expected quick answer. For the last decade, I may have traveled from my home in Utah, but I couldn't bring myself to say I was from. When we moved, I made a deal with my wife. This was for my job, and if she didn't want to live here in ten years, we could move. More than fair. That was an apartment, a house, and three cars ago. The white elephant in the room, if you'll pardon the awful mixed metaphor. Until I moved to Utah, ...
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Penduin's Pen: Halloween Artist, Revisited in Geeky Detail
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Tuesday, October 01, 2013. Halloween Artist, Revisited in Geeky Detail. A while back, I made a little toy that simulates carving pumpkins. http:/ penduin.blogspot.com/2011/10/halloween-artist.html. It was during that narrow window when the WebOS-running TouchPad was new and hot, and before HP decided they hated success and killed it. You don't just port it to yet another device - you port it to the web. So now, Halloween Artist runs on damn near anything, including those awesome (and cheap! Https:/ devel...
