Road trip to Ikea in Charlotte today. Just trying to do our part to keep the economic recovery going. We managed to get most of the items on our (not terribly long) list. Also got some ideas for a couple of things we want to do to improve a couple of areas in the house. I actually like walking around Ikea and just looking at all the Ikea-ish stuff. Probably coulda done nicely w/o all the screaming babies but otherwise a fine trip to Scandinavian consumer wonderland.
Here's a few interesting things I've seen online recently:
Amazing color photos from the Depression years. 39-43, actually, so we see late Depression, New Deal projects, and early WWII. Even though I know the past was actually in full color, I'm still almost surprised to see that everything wasn't black and white. I especially love the women working at the train yard. And the photo of the store where you can see prices (5 cents for a grapefruit or a Pepsi).
Nice reactions to the Prop 8 overturn from readers at Sullivan's blog. The takedown of claims that Judge Walker was biased is particularly on point.
Mayor Bloomberg schools... well, everyone about how real New Yorkers roll. I've never been a big Bloomberg fan but that speech was a beautiful thing. I find it midly hilarious that the nativist mouth-breather crowd is so quick to jump in and try to save NYC from its own citizens. Why do they bother? We all know that Newty Newt and Caribou Barbie hate NYC and everything it stands for. And the feeling is mutual. NYC is full of people (and their descendents) who moved to NYC to get away from people like Gingrich and Palin.