A brief lesson in Constitutional content. Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States specifies the qualifications or requirements that make one eligible to hold the office of President. These are as follows: No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the …
Chocolate Covered Bacon, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Update: Perhaps I should explain. The bacon was created by the brilliant Sally (of Dan and Sally fame) and shared with us last night after a sustaining bowl of Indian carrot soup with flatbread. Now, the obvious question is this: Was it good? I’m going to say “Yes,” …
0625082155.jpg, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Izzard!
I got my first portable stereo when I was eleven. It was a Christmas present. I called it a boom box, even though it had only one big speaker next to the single tape-deck. Box, surely, but boom was limited. The cassette buttons were on top, as was the volume, but the tuner knob was …
Did you miss it the first time? Then see it tomorrow. Or Sunday.
Summer is here and the time is right … for hanging around the house and burning as little $4-a-gallon gasoline as possible. In light of our collective lack of sufficient economic stimulus, I have compiled an 18-track mostly continuous mix of 24.5 songs designed to facilitate distractions of a more economical nature. After all, it …
I am neither dead nor married …, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. I’ve fallen out of the habit of haunting used book stores or antique shops in search of old postcards. There’s only so much time and even less opportunity. Local antique places deal more in the expensive items, pieces of furniture and china. Whatever happened …
The Mosaic Meme, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. It’s been ages since I last meme’d. But this one is pretty cool. Found via Amber‘s feed, this meme goes the extra mile by providing a visual reward for your trouble. The concept: 1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. 2. Using …
YES WE CAN!, originally uploaded by digital black book. “But always remember that, no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change. We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics. And they will only grow …
Happy Hour Astrology, Too!, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. I scanned this little booklet and posted it to Flickr months ago, but left it set to “Private” until I had time to label the pages. It’s a thing with me. But the delay has done little to diminish the early 70s funky-freshness of the 1972 Southern …
NFDC Happenings From Tumblr