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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-14045691494249416962011-06-22T11:54:00.002-04:002011-06-22T11:58:24.396-04:00I may or may not like your Facebook statusPlease be advised that my failure to click “Like” regarding your Facebook status in no way implies that I do or do not like your status. Further, please note that no technology provided by Facebook now or in the future shall be deemed to exclusively communicate my emotional approval or disapproval of your status, photo, video, comment, link, event, game Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-74104636879951835312011-06-22T11:53:00.001-04:002011-06-22T11:53:42.418-04:00Made ya look!Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-29220050068881212122011-05-31T14:11:00.002-04:002011-05-31T14:14:41.034-04:00Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-59952797432719769042011-02-28T10:34:00.001-05:002011-02-28T10:42:40.612-05:00Winking at the butterflyThey say that a butterfly can flutterits wings in Africa and affect the weatherin North America. Or that a ball rolling down ahill a billion times would neverfollow the same path. Chaos theorythey call it. Sensitive dependenceon initial conditions.Who am I to argue? If one of my ancestorshad stayed ahammock that one dayinstead of wandering the creekbed andstubbing his toe Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-36915953969806084902011-01-18T13:16:00.009-05:002011-01-19T16:53:35.819-05:00ProduceHow to play More theme parks coming to Kentucky 2010 LEO Quiz The Christmas Panic Hotline A Wikipedia Christmas Open-source chocolate Sit back, relax and enjoy your flight Keep laughter alive Playing possum I’m sorry for causing this recession Mandatory fun LEO Writer’s Choice 2010 Reduce your stress with these handy tips Lawn Time Gone A meditation on meditation I don'tJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-84794541634700940882010-04-10T13:33:00.004-04:002010-05-09T08:45:15.266-04:00Announcing "Summary of My Discontent" - The BookBuy it today and receive a free photo of my grandfather holding a pheasant!Summary of My Discontent -Constructive Criticism for Discerning AmericansBy Jim WelpThe Collected LEO columns, the LEO quizzes and more.With an introduction by Stephen George.Now available at Carmichael's Bookstore in Louisville and online here.Paperback156 pagesPansy Press (Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-54745191835286237622010-03-31T15:59:00.001-04:002010-03-31T16:02:29.555-04:00Hell is realLucky in lunacyTea party patriots: the all-jokes editionThe people’s historyTefillin the friendly skiesHelpful hints for modern livingA Christmas miracleThe Metrosexual MeterWar is crackCDC bulletin: Swine Flu and YouBicycle commuter’s survival guideLive long and prosperTonight on CBS: rich man eats bugHiding the oppositionReaders respond: music for LauraEssential albums for LauraBeerJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-28470607472342329622009-06-08T13:52:00.006-04:002009-06-08T14:03:44.665-04:00 Casualties of technologyViral MediaThe war on stupidQ/A with Accordion Virtuoso Todd Hildreth (PDF)A stitch in timeAttention angry mob: Focus!Is that a gun in your pocket? Next up: the sacrifice speechGoing post-postalPresent traumatic stressA dog's lifeHomegrown's all right with meJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-89974116107823778532009-01-02T12:08:00.002-05:002009-01-02T12:14:56.366-05:00Recent workA quiz we can believe inShock and Ah! (pdf)Bomb Calorimeters, Not People (pdf)A Christmas FableWii Fit diaryOutsourcing healthcareNaming the puppyAmerica: New and ImprovedCount your blessingsBlackout with your crack out!Battle of the presidential sitcomsAdventure Capital (pdf)Where is Bobby B? (pdf)Killing timeSticker shockFalls Fountain FlashbackMurketing MitchAutoReplyJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-59484828125154585542008-07-08T17:09:00.001-04:002008-07-09T10:11:42.603-04:00The Louisville Loop: lazy Susan of diversityLouisville Loop photosOregoing GreenBuying a legacyTurn off, tune outJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-40803623844267135292008-05-01T11:13:00.000-04:002008-05-01T11:18:47.882-04:00Some shite for yezSOD - Derby 2.0Absinthe makes the heart go yonder"True meaning of Derby" in LEO's Derby issue. (I also contributed to the 1875 fake LEO cover, but I don't think it's online.)What a Week, April 30+ 3Kentucky made news in a national ranking that didn't involve obesity, smoking or basketball! In a study by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Kentucky scored among the Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-74913915771795997032008-04-18T15:17:00.000-04:002008-04-18T15:35:06.986-04:00Recent morselsMary Welp's Crab and Mushroom SoupMary reviews Life Class by Pat Barker and My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin.Spring Bellarmine Magazine (PDF)Summary of My DiscontentA Cry for SecessionWhat a Week, 4/16-20Fallout from the new state budget began settling on the Kentucky dystopia like a Harry Moberly White-Castle fart in a crowded movie theater. Public universities announced 9% Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-35017486776792045652008-04-02T17:22:00.002-04:002008-04-02T17:25:02.813-04:00Summary of My DiscontentOCD is the new greenJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-68570662232474356022008-04-02T17:22:00.001-04:002008-04-02T17:22:50.801-04:00What a Week, 4/2-8Q: Why is the Kentucky General Assembly like playing mumbelty peg with Helen Keller? A: Because it feels so good when it stops. The current session ends this week, with lawmakers taking a break until mid-April when they return for the ceremonial toe-stabbing of the governor. With the current session winding down, the havoc-wreaking reached a fever pitch last week. The pro-cancerJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-59898769127274615082008-04-02T17:19:00.000-04:002008-04-02T17:21:50.896-04:00What a Week, 3/26+4A House committee killed Senate Bill 112, which would have “protected” straight-on-straight marriage by prohibiting universities and public agencies from providing health insurance for employees’ domestic partners. In killing the bill, Representative David Watkins put the verbal smackdown on knuckle-dragging sponsor Vernie McGaha and Family Foundation Neanderthal David Edmunds Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-64636314221502570402008-03-19T15:25:00.000-04:002008-03-19T15:31:33.136-04:00BooksmartCheck out my brilliant sister's book reviews:"Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob" by Lee Seigel and "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks, here."The Good Soldier" by Ford Maddox Ford, here."Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You by Peter Cameron" and "Before I Die" by Jenny Downham, here.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-46927565924451062562008-03-19T15:23:00.000-04:002008-03-19T15:25:08.398-04:00Summary of My DiscontentThe superdelegate: democracy’s Simon CowellJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-65668070643416146082008-03-19T15:20:00.001-04:002008-03-19T15:23:12.716-04:00What a Week, 3/19+8The House approved its version of the budget, restoring many of the cuts Governor Beshear proposed. The new-math House version restores funding to universities, gives state workers and teachers a raise, includes funding for road construction, and avoids the most painful cuts in social services. The plan includes a 25-cent cigarette tax and a 6% sales tax on some services, Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-25283020160410209872008-03-18T10:50:00.000-04:002008-03-18T10:51:18.529-04:00What a Week, 3/12+ 5Governor Steve Beshear finally looked in a mirror, discovered he's not Ernie Fletcher and started making some sense. The Guv came out in support of Kentucky education reform, a 70-cent cigarette tax, and voting rights for reformed felons. Momentarily reFletcherizing, he strongly hinted the that casino gambling is dead in the water. In other butt news, a new survey (at Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-5477661908281926932008-03-18T10:41:00.000-04:002008-03-18T10:49:43.220-04:00Louisville Magazine - End InsightGiving Us GasJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-26762240673337877112008-03-18T10:37:00.000-04:002008-03-18T10:38:27.420-04:00Summary of My DiscontentCourting the imbecile voteJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-7894824491384851882008-03-18T10:35:00.000-04:002008-03-18T10:36:18.898-04:00What a Week, 3/5 +5Because of a "competitive religious marketplace," nearly half of Americans have switched religions, according to a study by the Pew Forum. But the fastest growing "religion" is no religion - fully 16% of us (a record number for America) abstain. Protestantism, which could soon become a minority religion for the first time in American history, still comprises 66% of the Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-70392204121434071312008-03-18T10:34:00.001-04:002008-03-18T10:34:40.101-04:00What a Week, 2/27- 10Kentucky House lawmakers recommended building nine casinos, a compromise between Governor Beshear's 12-casino proposal and the Senate's recommendation that we fear gays. Senate Republicans meanwhile declared war on education with Senate Bill 1, which would eliminate Kentucky's nationally renowned CATS testing system. Hillbillies David Williams and Dan Kelly want to retain Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227118.post-9041205637294275632008-03-18T10:31:00.000-04:002008-03-18T10:33:29.845-04:00Summary of My DiscontentSummary of y’all are crazyJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560696907638358968noreply@blogger.com0