Archive for February 2008

the road to denver: superdelegates.

In politics, san francisco on 10 February 2008 with no comments

Everyone seems to be all up in arms about the Democratic Party’s superdelegates. With such a tight race almost every voter seems to be tracking the delegate count as closely as office pools follow March Madness. Of course the nomination is far more important than the NCAA, and this madness looks like it might run […]

my first hat.

In crafts, personal on 10 February 2008 with 2 comments

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my first hat., originally uploaded by katerw.

I’ve been taking a beginning knitting class for the past few weeks as a way to get my mind off work and […]

not quite a localvore

In food, personal, san francisco on 7 February 2008 with no comments

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my veggie box., originally uploaded by katerw.
I’m not where near being a localvore, but I’d like to get closer.
So for the last few weeks I’ve been waking up […]

bitten, the new mark bittman blog

In food, net culture on 6 February 2008 with no comments

This one is just for Leah… and the rest of you who love The Minimalist chef Mark Bittman. He just started a new blog, Bitten, at nytimes.com.
On there you can access his well produced and inspiring quick cooking videos. Yum.

swift kids for truth, from 23/6

In net culture, politics on 6 February 2008 with no comments

A little comedy for your post-super tuesday hangover:
Hillary’s Cookies & Rudy and 9/11
These are all thanks to 23/6 my new “i’m sick and stuck on the couch” obsession… They also posted a video from yesterday morning of Elizabeth Hasselbeck’s trouble at the polls.
I just wish they would let you embed their videos.

Sean Penn as Harvey Milk

In film & television, queer, san francisco on 6 February 2008 with no comments

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DSC03508 - Sean Penn as Harvey Milk - The making of the movie “Milk” in the Castro (San Francisco), originally uploaded by loupiote (Old Skool).

An excellent photo from […]