The wife and I are off at the Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. If I get any good photos from the show, I'll eventually post them. Meanwhile, for those of you living outside the area, here are a few sights typical of a journey into Wisconsin: … [Read more...] about Beyond the Cheddar Curtain
Googlebomb Not Working Too Well…
Maybe it's too early to be checking, but I don't think the whole plan to Googlebomb Egypt is working very well. I can't find the Free Alla site in the top 500 responses for "Egypt" on Google. Heck, it's not even in the top 500 responses for "Free Alla". And when I visit the site now, I get pop-up ads for credit cards and casinos. I'm beginning to wonder if I've been scammed … [Read more...] about Googlebomb Not Working Too Well…
Googlebombing For Alaa
On May 7, Egyptian blogger Alaa Abd El-Fatah (علاء أحمد سيف الإسلام عبدالفتاح) was arrested there during a protest. As part of the world-wide response, several other bloggers have have created the Free Alaa blog to chronicle his ongoing detention and legal troubles. You may have noticed that I didn't link to the Free Alaa blog through its name. That's because I'm joining … [Read more...] about Googlebombing For Alaa
Cash For Kidneys, Part 2
[This is a followup to Cash For Kidneys, Part 1.] One of the things that would bother me about donating a kidney is that I'm using it. Granted, living with one kidney isn't much of a hazard. You really only need one to do the job, and having a spare isn't all that useful since kidney diseases usually attack both of them at once. Still, I'd be more willing to donate a kidney … [Read more...] about Cash For Kidneys, Part 2
Cash For Kidneys, Part 1
Virginia Postrel, who recently donated a kidney to a friend, has an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times about the disincentives of becoming a donor: My parents were appalled. My doctor told me, "You know you can change your mind." Many people couldn't understand why I didn't at least wait until my friend had been on dialysis for a while. This pervasive attitude not only … [Read more...] about Cash For Kidneys, Part 1