Author Archives: Jeff Porten

  • Jim MacMillan:
    Incoming search at shows visitors Googling the heck out of Philadelphia+Parkway+shooting now. What really happened?

I’ve been to Philly 4ths where idiots set off fireworks in the crowd. Seems to fit the ground shaking tweet.

  • Janice Ryan:
    Watching the interesting outfits as people head down to the Parkway. ..

Heading that way myself. Let me know where to run into you.

  • Janice Ryan:
    We were just sitting on our steps for a few. Heading into the kitchen to fulfill all my baking promises of late.

Tweet me a cookie.

  • John Scalzi:
    Raining this July 4th. Which means I will not have to refresh the tree in the yard with the blood of patriots this year after all!
  • Justine Larbalestier:
    . *adds to list of US 4th of July traditions to uphold* This day is a LOT of work, youse guys!

Don’t smear the patriot blood on your door. That’s Passover.

  • Justine Larbalestier:
    So, those of you have been USians longer than me, it’s traditional to curse England today, right? And burn red coats? Sounds like fun!

If you live north of , invade Canada, just a little.

  • Justine Larbalestier:
    Didn’t Canada win the one war with the USA? RT : If you live north of , invade Canada, just a little.

Er, depends on who’s counting. They burned down DC, but then went home to be polite and practice curling.

That’s traditional every day. Like hamburgers. : So it’s also a 4th of July tradition to rewrite history? Good to know.

Burning down the White House not as big a deal when you’ve got enslaved construction labor. Happy Fourth!

PSA for the Fourth: Three Dead Trolls, The War of 1812

Was watching a bluebird earlier today. Cat just made it lunch. All of you cute kitten picture sharers are vicious, vicious liars.

Was watching a bluebird earlier today. Cat just made it lunch. All of you cute kitten picture sharers are vicious, vicious liars.

  • Jesse Spector:
    Happy Fourth of July! I ranked the top 10 Americans in the NHL for this past season:

Is that like a “Great Jews in Football” kind of thing?

“@TheAtlantic: In 2012, Americans spent nearly $1B on more than 200 million pounds of fireworks http://t.co/PONy9IGZ2u” // ALL AT ONCE! ALL AT ONCE!

That pesky free market

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Hadn’t thought of this. Couldn’t happen to nicer people.

DOMA Ruling Creates Tough Choices, New Opportunities For Some Same Sex Spouses

“I think major employers are going to have a hard time recruiting to states that don’t have recognition,” Kinney added. “If you’re a federally recognized couple living in New York or San Francisco or Los Angeles or wherever and your company wants to transfer you to Texas and you’re going to lose all your federal benefits, why would you ever do that?”