Our friends over at Bent Alaska have posted an open letter to Levi Johnston, 2009′s most unlikely gay icon. The Playgirl photo shoot enlarged his fan base  and Levi, much to his credit, is taking his new expanded role in stride.  He is open-minded, and he is learning as he goes. In his appearance [...]

Beware putting things in a “safe place!” I learned about an exciting Mudstock event planned for the Pennsylvania/NJ/Delaware area, and made sure to tuck it away in a safe place so I wouldn’t forget to post about it. You probably already know the rest of the story, but yes… it was so safe, it was [...]

It’s been very foggy over the past couple days. That pea soup fog that rolls in, slows traffic and gives everything a hushed and eerie silence – the feeling that something might happen. I took this picture just before sunset. At least, I think it was just before sunset. It’s hard to tell what the [...]

I just loved this report from Mudflatter 24owls. Contributions from the ever-expanding Boots on the Ground team are so much fun. I have a couple more in the works to share in the coming days. It’s my “busy season” at that other job that pays the bills between now and the end of the year, [...]

I finally got my copy of Going Rouge today! I opened my mailbox to find the big white envelope I’d been waiting for. I flipped through and there was my essay – the last entry in the “Half-Baked Alaska” chapter – pages 109-117 to be exact. I am immediately preceded by Alaskans Elstun Lauesen and [...]

Ship Bright started his Fresh[water] ideas for a thirsty planet blog this past July and now has readers in over 113 countries and growing. Inspired and tutored by “Mudflats” herself, Fresh[water] ideas for a thirsty planet is devoted to educating and inspiring people from all walks of life around the world to understand the freshwater [...]

The new construction proceeds on Lake Lucille.  The red house is the Palin’s “old” house, built by Todd and his buddies when Sarah Palin was mayor.  The one next to it is the new digs.  Not sure which one had the roof that needed fixing this Thanksgiving. Todd’s fortress of solitude?  Sarah’s Ivory Tower?  The Palin family [...]

I’ve had the privilege of knowing Chris Jenkins for a long time. He was one of those kids that you talked to and thought to yourself, “That kid has a busy busy brain. I’ll be interested to see where he ends up…” Now he’s in high school, and his busy brain seems to be turned [...]

[White House Marines and Michaele Salahi at the State Dinner] Getting Punked by Fabulists in a Technological Society By Donald Craig Mitchell In The Technological Society, published in 1954, the French political scientist Jacques Ellul predicted that within a decade or two or three the relentlessly intertwining tentacles of technological systems would take over the world [...]

Those of you counting ethics complaints on your fingers and toes are about to run out soon. Yesterday another ethics complaint was filed against ex-governor Sarah Palin by her one-time political ally, Republican Andrée McLeod. This particular complaint addresses Palin’s legal defense fund, hubristically named “The Alaska Fund Trust.” Back in July, we learned through [...]

I used to have my alarm clock set to NPR.   The good thing about this was that I was awakened to the news, and caught a few stories while I woke myself up and starting the day.  The bad thing was that sometimes it didn’t wake me up right away and I’d sort of roll over in [...]

Here’s a good one. This guy used to head up the Connecticut for Lieberman party that got him elected. Sounds like he regrets it as much as the rest of us. They’re trying to raise money to run this in Lieberman’s home state and in D.C. If you want to toss a few coins to [...]

>Meep! Meep! Meep!< Corrupt Bastards Alert! Once again the Corrupt Bastards Club is in the news, and I’d like to say, “Thank you.”  Thank you corrupt bastards for reminding us that there is Alaska news and scandal that has nothing to do with Sarah Palin. OK, well…  she did take credit for taking down the [...]

Nothing says “Christmas spirit” like looking into the little smiling face of a poor child at Christmas and telling them they can’t have that Lego set because Mommy doesn’t have her papers in order.  That’s right, the Salvation Army toy drive in Houston, Texas this year was requiring paperwork only available to U.S. citizens before [...]