"The Good Life"

Sharing this link to The Dish's poem of the day, "The Good Life," by Mark Strand, who died earlier this week. A lovely little poem that made me think and smile.

Paw prints

4 January 2014: This post from Andrew Sullivan (featuring his three-legged dog in the snow) made me smile just when I needed it.

"The Nullification Party"

As usual, Andrew Sullivan says it better than most. Give this post a read.

The View from Your Window

The post's title comes from a daily feature that appears on Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish. You can read more about "The View from Your Window" series here (also the link for a book compiled from the posts). A few months ago (maybe longer?), the folks at the Dish started doing a weekly contest, where they post an image and readers try to guess the location. People are scarily good at this contest. I never even try to guess, but it's fun to read the results every week. Anyway, the results of this week's contest will stay with me for a long time. Give it a read.

South Park

Andrew Sullivan is all over this censorship debacle and says it so very well here.