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Hai!  I need to ask some stupid questions — well, not stupid to me, because I don’t know the answers, but they will probably sound stupid to those of you who are more tech-savvy than I am: which is just about everyone here.

But first, some pooties:

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Embedding disabled by request: but this is one of the bravura performances this year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

Oh, I am an asshole: I will have to work on New Year’s Eve Y New Year’s Day.  So I am wishing all my dharmaniac friends a wonderful holiday.

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For everyone who just needs a break from the lousy politics of our time…and our so-called progressive politicians.  I’m fed up, too: so I offer a distraction diary.  Hope y’all enjoy it:

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Hai!  Pony Party is an open thread: pls do not wreck the party, but pls add yer own stuff in the comments.  Today I will talk about food.

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Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday!  I’m working tomorrow, so I’m cooking tonight.  So far, it smells really good.

Am workin’ a 10-hour shift tomorrow, so: wishing you all a wonderful holiday.  Tonight is my night to cook: no new schedule yet, so I’m cooking for the weekend: a baking dish of stuffing topped by chicken parts, with gravy on the side.  I bought a stalk of brussels sprouts plus turnips (with the greens attached!) and a bunch of potatoes to mash up with the turnips.

On to the fun part:

Hai, everyone!  A nice set of pics to caption tonight…can’t wait to see what y’all come up with.

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Something different this week.  The NYT always has some interesting stories in its travel section, and I’m going to post quotes & links to some of the more…adventurous…of them.

For example, there’s whitewater rafting down the Nile:

WHEN I showed up to go white-water rafting in Uganda, Josh, the Canadian rafting guide who stood barefoot in board shorts and looked like a hardier, hairier version of Brad Pitt, greeted me with a simple question: Wild or mild?

My advice, if you’re ever going to do this, is to choose wisely. Because the next thing I knew, I was upside down in an infuriated patch of the Nile River, a ceiling of white water above me, all those tranquil birds and flowers along the banks a violently disappeared memory and Josh screaming, “Dude! Watch out for the rocks!”

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We plunged. The curl of a wave lifted our boat straight out of the water and flipped us upside down like an egg in a skillet. But instead of immediately popping back up, a bunch of us got trapped under the raft, with the rapids pushing it down on top of us. It was terrifying, because there was no way out. I kicked. I thrashed. I felt as though I swallowed a gallon of river water. I started thinking of that scene at the end of “Titanic” in which Leonardo DiCaprio drowns. And then, pop, the raft shot away, and I broke through a fury of white water and feverishly gulped for air. That’s when I noticed everything was a little fuzzy, which leads me to casualty No. 2, my right contact lens. Gone. I spent the rest of the trip squinting through one eye.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009…

The slide show:  http://www.nytimes.com/slidesh…

Please note: everything I’m linking to here has a sidebar with extra pics & slide shows for more vivid photos.  (Can’t post the photos here: they are proprietary of the NYT.)

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Yes, that question is directed entirely at the RW “Christian Nation” cultists.  But here’s what’s happening elsewhere:

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – Under Islamic law, or Shariah, the religious police have administered public canings for such things as gambling, prostitution and illicit affairs. But under a new Islamic criminal code that goes into effect this month, the Shariah police will be wielding a new and more potent threat: death by stoning for adulterers.

Most of Indonesia still lives up to its reputation for a moderate, easygoing brand of Islam, and Islamist parties suffered heavy losses in this year’s national elections. But how Aceh went from basic Islamic law to endorsing stoning in a few short years shows how a small, radical minority has successfully pushed its agenda, locally and nationally, by cowing political and religious moderates.

h/t NYT:  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10…