Two Men Discuss Their Finances

"Look, buster, if you ask me about my 401k again, I'll knock your teeth out."

Los Angeles River

Photographer Dave Bullock has a wonderful series of photos taken around Los Angeles' downtown river area. These are not the typical shots of L.A. you see on postcards sold on Hollywood Boulevard, but they reveal one of the city's most visually interesting landscapes.
(The photo above captures three ubiquitous L.A features: concrete waterways, railway tracks, and fire)

And Another Ukulele Musical Interlude

This time from the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra performing "Hey Ya" (with a certain HBO notable in there).

Ukulele Musical Interlude

From the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. The theme from "Shaft".

Newsboys Smoking 1910

In St. Louis, Missouri. Via Shorpy.

Quote

"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." - Voltaire

Invocation Nutiness

These prayers at McCain/Palin rallies are getting a bit whack. I'm a Catholic American, and I'm praying that Obama wins.

McCain Takes A Step

Some evidence that McCain is taking a step toward his better angels.

Dogs. A Soldier's Best Friends

Via LiveLeak. A video titled "My Dogs greeting me after returning from 14 months in Iraq"

Cartoon

The Financial Spiral

This slideshow of traders around the world sums it up.

Praying And Wondering

I find myself praying every day that the Secret Service does their job, and I wonder if John McCain will say anything to reign this stuff in:

Photo

By photographer Robert Rainey. More of this series here.

American Satisfaction Hits Single Digit

Yikes!

Sign Of The Times

Via PostSecret:

My Favorite Election Polling Site

People immersed in politics know about this link already, but for any newbies, Pollster averages dozens of polls and gives a great overall view of what's going on.

Overheard

"When is the Barack Obama show gonna end? It's been on for a hundred years!" - Milo, 5 year old political analyst.

Quote

"Be the change you want to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi (born this day 1869)

Fox News Clip

Fox News has lost all sense of reality. This clip is hysterical in how it denies the obvious.

The Airship America

Year 1910. Walter Wellman's hydrogen dirigible America just before being abandoned by its crew near Bermuda, 1,370 miles into an attempt to cross the Atlantic from New Jersey. Its engines having failed, the America drifted out of sight, never to be seen again. Via Shorpy.