A bit dusty around here, these days, I know. But I'm still not dead yet. The Kadnine Art Studio provides original drawing, painting, design and photography for all your wall hanging needs.C… Read More

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... is never done. Even for a semi-retired blogger like me. Tightened up the blogroll, deleted or changed a few dead links, and fixed an annoying Flickr account problem. I should really offl… Read More

Online giants like Google, Facebook and NetFlix are actively feeding you content you already agree with. Watch. To be clear, I don't necessarily have a problem with this practice. Successfu… Read More

... but the comments section of the Kadnine blog will remain closed for the foreseeable future. I simply cannot figure a way to halt the relentless spamming, and I won't have ads for porn on… Read More

Those who can draw and paint, draw and paint. Those who can't, hire those who can, but preferably at market rates, please:"The Obama campaign’s request for submissions says that it &ld&hell…Read More

I've been saying for 20 years that we're ten years away from decriminalization. Perhaps now I finally get to be right? AllahPundit's theory:"It may be that as people warm up to the glorious… Read More

For those readers who frequent Amazon, note how easy it is to give a donation to the American Red Cross, right on their homepage. Seriously, yer card is already on file and yer donation is l… Read More

New video made fresh this morning... There's an old joke that goes something like... "Once there was a reporter doing 'on the street' interviews with random persons in New Orleans. He went… Read More

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This blog will resume after these commercial messages: The opposite of "iamb" is "trochee." I've been trying to remember that word for fifteen years now.Timothy Olyphant can act! Justified… Read More

... says this WSJ editorial. Because in practice even the most hard-core atheists will often act as believers when it comes to family. And I say, Thank God:"Remember Peter Singer? Mr. Singer… Read More

"I love the money fires." Read More

... remember that name. This serial robo-marketer is clearly operating outside the law here. I myself have received more than ten unsolicited calls. Millions of Americans have gotten the ca… Read More

I was there when it was still called Saddam City. It's great to see such progress.“I can take you to a hookah bar and chai shop,” he continued, “where we've given them a gr… Read More

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A premier screening of a new documentary film followed by a live chat with craft brewers and Ben Stein? I'm all sorts of stoked! Read More

We were without power for 48 hours, and were lucky/well prepared so that it was a relatively minor inconvenience. My heart goes out to those who are still without power, and even more sorrow… Read More

President Bush set a number of records in deficit spending over the last eight years: No Child Left Behind; 15 billion for AIDS relief in Africa; the first President in history to federally… Read More

The first in a new Kadnine Blog Series in which I highlight truly awful advertising gimmicks. So, I'm working late and feeling peckish. I need a snack to tide me over till dinner so I can c… Read More

It's pretty thin gruel, but this anti-anti-smoker will take whatever he can get:Economic fears snuff out smoking bans By KRISTEN WYATT In this economy, lawmakers are more willing to let peo… Read More

Today I'm utterly baffled by what I just saw. Standing on the back deck, smoking a cigarette, I witnessed a pickup truck drive by with a twenty-foot log strapped down to the trailer... with… Read More

From The Weekly Standard:In the language of politics there is only one translation for the phrase "hope and change," to wit, "big, fat government." Mr. Obama, if you're going to give us big… Read More

Smart enough to recognize that the boycott is an effective measure, dumb enough not to recognize it's only effective against parties which value stability and progress:The relevance of the S… Read More