Jesus answered


(see entry for October 3d)

found chinese quince on campus


chinese quince -- Rosaceae Pseudocydonia sinensis

Medicinal properties:
Antiemetic; Antirheumatic; Antispasmodic; Digestive. It is used in the treatment of rheumatic pain, convulsions of the calf muscles, vomiting, dyspepsia and diarrhoea.

edible:
jam, jelly, pie, wine, tea, juice

hmm let's see...will the administration finally go down?

1. Miers withraws from Supreme Court nomination
G. W. Bush accused of cronyism, surrenedring to the right wing, botching the nomination, mistreating Miers by nominating her and then refusing to disclose why Miers was qualified for the job, having no clue about who is even qualified to be a justice -- even the republicans are saying it!


2. The CIA leak case is getting hotter
right now 2,119 Google searchable news sources have a story about the CIA leak.

here are some titles that show the media tryig to turn this in to an easily digestible and exciting story for the masses:
MSNBC "Break down of CIA leak story for non-political junkies"
Christian Science Monitor "Confused about the CIA leak case? Start here."
The Australian "Cheney aide snared in spy tale"
The Guardian "Who's who in the CIA leak affair"

3. Top Republicans are getting indicted -- DeLay, Noe, Libby (Rove, Cheney?)

4. FEMA and Brother Bush are now being criticized by the Florida hurricane victims who are wealthy, white and are not gonna take it.

5. We hit the 2000-soldiers-dead mark and Iraq is still a mess

I wish that "we told you so" made me feel better.

R.I.P. Rosa Parks

gi at the queer film fest party in seattle. we were both jurors and saw some awesome films. highlights were The Aggressives, Unveiled, Keep not Silent:Ortho-Dykes and Transamerica.


t and i picked some figs and shrooms on campus.

new house pics. click to see more.

funny movie about bush and his speeches here

funny game with bush. you have to click and drag for the real fun here

interesting article in the New Yorker about the antisemitic origins of the US college application process.

Fran had an art show at Artswalk.

Fran's trees.

The Artist speaks with crowd.

at the Mark later that night...

cazy news:

In the Everglades a 13 foot python eats a 6 foot gator and dies from over eating when it's belly ruptures. see picure and read all about it here

On UW campus, hipsters are praying. here's the article about the young hip preacher

here is graff. i found at the bus stop near my house.

this is what the garage sale scene looked like at the new house.

gi, t and i trying out new styles and diane casting her shadow.

and here is beck looking pretty with sexy bangs.