Heidi's Journal

12/10/2008 21:00 #47020

Yea for science!
Category: politics

Obama's pick to solve the energy crisis
- Andrew Leonard

"You should interview Steven Chu," the scientist at the Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, Calif., told me. "He already has one Nobel Prize. He wants to get a second one for solving the energy crisis."

That was two years ago, and I sorely regret not following through and landing an interview with Chu, a physicist who has dedicated his post-Nobel Prize career to the development of alternative sources of energy. Because as Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of energy, Steven Chu is going to get a chance to make his dreams come true, with the full backing of the U.S. government.

fellyconnelly - 12/11/08 10:36
awesome! peace love and hippieness for all!

tinypliny - 12/10/08 21:38
This is a hopeful turn of events. But it will be wise to keep in mind that scientists with political power are not really the same as scientists with dew-scented motivations. :/

james - 12/10/08 21:32
oh great. We replace an administration run by big oil interests for one run by big hippie interests. What next? The Department of Just, You Know, Hangin' Out?

12/07/2008 23:38 #46995

Ridiculous puppy cuteness
Category: pets

fellyconnelly - 12/09/08 11:02
awwwww!

gardenmama - 12/08/08 23:27
They're both way too cute!

My brother has a coonhound too but it's dark with spots on it's chest (blue something, maybe). He's really pretty but he's afraid of everything. My brother rescued him from a no-kill shelter that the dog had been at for (around) the first 3 years of his life.

tinypliny - 12/08/08 18:01
ZOMG cute indeed. :)

Wouldn't they scare the squirrels to death if they barked up the wrong tree? (pun totally intended!) LOL

heidi - 12/08/08 17:19
Poodles are hypoallergenic :-) (although maybe not to the degree that (e:paul) needs)

Yeah, 70lbs is not a beagle... most likely a coonhound. Whitey looks like a monstrously overgrown beagle. She's big for a female, close to 70lbs. Her mom is a small slender thing, maybe 45lbs, but still ridiculously overgrown for a beagle.

here's a picture of her brothers Nailer & Bounce at work
:::link:::

matthew - 12/08/08 15:33
Awww, if I didn't already have an (e:Paul) I would want a small poodle. Soo cute!

Friends of mine have a coonhound, I think. They claim it's a beagle but the dog is like 70lbs and growing!! Maybe it's a mix?

heidi - 12/08/08 14:23
The grey one is a poodle. She weighs about 7.5 lbs. and is almost two years old. The other one is a Treeing Walker Coonhound (a hunting dog that chases raccoons up trees).

hodown - 12/08/08 13:12
What kind of puppy is the gray one?!

paul - 12/08/08 09:40
I don't even like dogs and that one is so cute.

janelle - 12/08/08 07:42
I want!

leetee - 12/07/08 23:50
puppy envy! so damn cute!!!

12/05/2008 18:38 #46977

Constitutional Law again
Category: school

I had been waiting all semester to get to Bowers v. Hardwick

Lawrence v. Texas

and Romer v. Evans

they were scheduled for Thursday, an extra-long class, 8:30 - 11:50. I had even stayed up late to make sure I had read and thought about the opinions. (LvT reminded me of the Molly Ivins gem I posted Wed night.

) which I also posted as my facebook status so the law school kids would see it ;-) Got to class and the prof was speeding thru the decisions... and at 10:45 he says, okay, we're done, good luck on the exam! I was like WTF??? 10 min for Romer??? I feel totally ripped off. Someone told him we don't get out of class until 11:50 and he said, oh... do you want to come back and talk about it more? I was practically yelling from my perch at the top of the room Yes Yes Yes! and my classmates were glaring at me. We got back from break and we didn't even go back to the cases, we just talked about the exam. What a disappointment.

I'm planning to go to the Friday, Dec. 12 8pm show of Dreaming out of the Digital by the Stripteasers & Alt Performance Group... Tickets available at

Wanna come with me? :-)

metalpeter - 12/08/08 19:09
Well I hope I ordered my ticket correctly we shall see what happens. In any event as I said before I'm interested in going. Let me know where and when is the best place to meet for you.

12/04/2008 16:21 #46956

cool show... wanna go?

I'm leaning toward 12/5 at 8pm...

metalpeter - 12/04/08 20:10
When I saw this poster I thought it would be something fun to go to maybe but I didn't want to go by myself really. If that is the time you want to go to e-mail me back telling me when and where I should meet you. Don't ask me why I like the stripteasers cause I have no idea really why I like them. I'll hopefully check my e-mail sometime before it is to late on Friday, I'm sure I'll come here also if you post comments or if anyone else posts comments also.

12/04/2008 00:49 #46946

While reading Lawrence v. Texas...

In Lawrence v. Texas (2003) the supreme court overturned Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) and said states can't prohibit consenting adults from enjoying sodomy. It reminded me of this excellent little clip by Molly Ivins

Texas' anti-sex-toy law was overturned Feb. 14, 2008, but they're still illegal in Alabama!

Enjoy!

james - 12/04/08 01:17
I know Texas will enjoy.