<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:22:53 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Fear of Clowns</title><description>"Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable."&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;- H. L. Mencken&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:gozz@gozz.com?subject=fearofclowns%20feedback"&gt;gozz&lt;em&gt;@&lt;/em&gt;gozz.com&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://fearofclowns.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1081</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-8000329020678256751</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-27T22:22:53.184-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>carnivorous plants</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>McCain</category><title>McCain don't know how much he's got</title><atom:summary type='text'>

Crooks and Liars.</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/mccain-dont-know-how-much-hes-got.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-1887490863298938007</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-27T21:20:31.992-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>obama</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><title>The power of our example vs. the example of our power.</title><atom:summary type='text'>People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power..
- Bill Clinton



The best speech and line of the convention so far.</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/power-of-our-example-vs-example-of-our.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-6256948853177802733</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-27T18:04:45.600-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>elephants amok</category><title>Domestic violence</title><atom:summary type='text'>PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Oregon Zoo officials say a newborn elephant is doing well after it was trampled by its mother shortly after its birth Saturday.</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/domestic-violence.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-4506547625191483650</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-25T20:08:32.550-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>right wingers</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>obama</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Republicans</category><title>Ha</title><atom:summary type='text'>What she said.</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/ha.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-2699423763495563034</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-25T20:05:08.921-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>right wingers</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>obama</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>income inequality</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>liberalism</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>free markets</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>McCain</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Republicans</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>conservatism</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Bush White House</category><title>Krugman on Republicans</title><atom:summary type='text'>Krugman,

[I]n the world we actually live in, pro-corporate, inequality-increasing Republicans argue that you should vote for them because they're regular guys you'd like to have a beer with, while Democrats who want to raise taxes on top earners, expand health care and raise the minimum wage are snooty elitists.

If there's anything else we need to understand about the economics of the 2004 </atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/krugman-on-republicans.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-5245763979388967735</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-25T22:02:10.659-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>right wingers</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>obama</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>McCain</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>republican wreking crew</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Republicans</category><title>The Republican wrecking crew</title><atom:summary type='text'>From the Strib,

Vandals broke three plate-glass windows and a glass door early Sunday at presidential candidate Barack Obama's state headquarters in St. Paul.

Here is what someone thought of my Obama bumper sticker (purchased at said Obama headquarters) that I displayed at a golf resort in Wisconsin a few weekends ago.



UPDATE: A billboard outside of the MSP airport welcoming the kerrfluckers</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/republican-wrecking-crew.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-6800938081580706052</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-22T00:46:52.079-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>McCain</category><title>Timing</title><atom:summary type='text'>Days before  McCain's inevitable gaffe yesterday regarding the number of houses he owned, the backlash had already begun. From August 18, four days ago:



A conspiracy theorist couldn't make the timing more destructive to the McCain campaign.

I believed John Kerry was playing rope-a-dope in 2004. I was wrong then, but even if rope-a-dope wasn't Obama's plan, McCain yesterday showed his real </atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/timing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-4428137647450310303</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-21T22:07:38.521-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>obama</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>income inequality</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>corpocracy</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>McCain</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Republicans</category><title>American politics</title><atom:summary type='text'>

That's one of the back porches off the master bedroom in one of the mansions owned by the presidential candidate who's running a campaign highlighting the accusation that his African-American opponent is "elitist".</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/american-politics.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-837494023659001289</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-21T20:08:58.195-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>YouTube</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>obama</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>McCain</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>media</category><title>The Nuge is an idiot</title><atom:summary type='text'>The print and television media coverage is obviously biased in favor of Sen. Obama, yet you do not hear McCain complaining about it. He continues to march face-first into the howling political winds like an American buffalo on a mission. I like that.

When Obama received European adulation (as if he were the Second Coming), McCain did not complain but rather continued his steadfast campaign on </atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/nuge-is-idiot.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-3303311311059012356</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-20T19:14:52.854-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>obama</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>media</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Republicans</category><title>Liberal media finally attacks McCain</title><atom:summary type='text'>Hardly.</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/liberal-media-finally-attacks-mccain.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-7649397962199191244</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-18T14:47:30.550-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Norm Coleman</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Republicans</category><title>MN Senator would skip Minneapolis/St. Paul convention</title><atom:summary type='text'>Heh, "Stay away".</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/mn-senator-skipping-minneapolisst-paul.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-1162666435175180649</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-18T12:29:10.561-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>elephants amok</category><title>One dead, two down</title><atom:summary type='text'>A tusker trampled a woman to death and injured two others in Jharkahnd, police said Saturday.</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/one-dead-two-down.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-4733248036245673405</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-16T23:16:29.379-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>YouTube</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>weddings</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>ministry</category><title>They're married!</title><atom:summary type='text'>Today as an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church, registered in the state of Minnesota, I solemnized my first marriage - between my friends Heath and Jennifer.



I thought the ceremony was at 6:30 pm --- oops, it was 5:30. Fortunately I had asked Him for a wide berth without rain.</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/theyre-married.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-7140385954322242401</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-15T21:39:34.624-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>photos</category><title>Happy 80th</title><atom:summary type='text'>

Today was my mom's 80th birthday. My mom and dad are both 80 and super healthy. And still a good-looking couple!</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/happy-80th.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-765965004822344843</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-15T22:40:16.686-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>photos</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>poison dart frogs</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>pets</category><title>Brazilian yellowheads</title><atom:summary type='text'>Today I received five Brazilian yellowheads, a beautiful D. tinctorius morph. Pictures don't completely convey the brilliance of their metallic coloring.




</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/brazilian-yellowheads.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-5711737394381532994</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-15T21:56:41.660-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>elephants amok</category><title>Amok elephant catchup</title><atom:summary type='text'>One woman was killed and 32 others were injured when an elephant ran amok after the Thalagolla perahera in Ragama.

A female elephant was killed by a tusker on Monday night (July 28) in the Hatipota forest of Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal. Two male elephants from the herd of wild elephants seen in the neighbourhood had been pursuing the female. A fight broke out between the males during the </atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/amok-elephant-catchup.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-4351643500436720751</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-11T19:50:55.192-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>peppers</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hydroponics</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>diy</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>chili peppers</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>gardening</category><title>Chili pepper update</title><atom:summary type='text'>My hot lemon pepper a few weeks ago - came back from having no leaves due to neglect in a flood and drain system - after 1 week in the deep water culture system:



Two weeks:



Three weeks:





From seeds purchased on eBay, "Punjab small hot". This pepper seems to be low growing and bushy, unlike most hot peppers. At two weeks in DWC:



Three weeks:





Naga jolokia, in DWC since seedling </atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/chili-pepper-update.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-863849428305904329</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-15T22:49:34.832-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>obama</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>McCain</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Republicans</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>energy</category><title>Republicans come out against properly inflated tires</title><atom:summary type='text'>Good Lord, kill me now. Jesus Christ at a waffle bar.</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/08/republicans-come-out-against-properly.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-1824461118334784499</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-25T22:56:06.880-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>obama</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>McCain</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Republicans</category><title>Damned if you do or don't</title><atom:summary type='text'>The McCain campaign feebly attacks Obama not only in a ridiculous manner but in a ridiculous manner that is equally applied to McCain.</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/07/damned-if-you-do-or-dont.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-5224848865686364996</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-24T19:22:51.091-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>right wingers</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>obama</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>corpocracy</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>McCain</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>media</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Republicans</category><title>FOX push-polling</title><atom:summary type='text'>I've gotten used to the fact that FOX NEWS is a crypto-Republican public relations firm, but even unscrupulous public relations firms stay away from push-polling. The assimilation of FOX News into the Republican party apparatus is now complete.</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/07/fox-push-polling.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-2880276917429099766</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-24T23:19:58.702-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>right wingers</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>YouTube</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>obama</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2008 elections</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>McCain</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>iraq</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Republicans</category><title>McCain knows what the Iraqi PM really REALLY wants deep down inside</title><atom:summary type='text'>Iraqis are begging for us to stay, nomatter what they may say. McSame,

"I have been there too many times. I've met too many times with him, and I know what they want."



Full interview (with commentary) is a hoot.</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/07/mccain-knows-what-iraqi-pm-really.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-6212792345137177036</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-20T21:21:44.207-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>photos</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>pet food</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>poison dart frogs</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>pets</category><title>Frog update</title><atom:summary type='text'>Three of my four new banded D. leucomelas froglets. They are about two months out of the water (meaning two months since they morphed from tadpoles to froglets). They're really tiny.



Sexed pair of adult/sub adult D. azureus. The males are smaller and have broader toe pads.



Sterilizing wood for the vivariums. I had it in a 225° F oven for 3 1/2 or four hours.



Sterilizing live oak leaves </atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/07/frog-update.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-7378173381999830552</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-18T23:46:47.479-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>YouTube</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>music</category><title>Coctau Twins videos</title><atom:summary type='text'>Carolyn's fingers

Iceblink Luck

Pearly Dewdrops Drops

Love's Easy Tears

Swallow Me

Millimillenary

From the Flagstones

Wax and Wane

Musette and drums

Orange Appled

Throughout the Dark Months of April and May

Sugar Hiccup

Summerhead

Bluebeard

Pink Orange Red

Heaven or Las Vegas

Treasure Hiding

Ella Megalast Burls Forever

Rilkean Heart</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/07/coctau-twins-videos.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-8762353718440509231</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-18T19:21:16.190-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>elephants amok</category><title>A week of terror</title><atom:summary type='text'>Chhattisgarh,

About 1,200 people of a tribal village in Chhattisgarh have moved to safer places on Friday to avoid a night of fury of a wild elephant that has razed a dozen houses and killed an elderly woman.</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/07/week-of-terror.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-7865461660522697400</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-18T01:33:04.769-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>consitution</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Bush White House</category><title>Please let it be the beginning of a long prison sentence</title><atom:summary type='text'>Please,

In a release Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) announced he will hold a hearing July 25 examining "the imperial presidency of George W. Bush and possible legal responses."</atom:summary><link>http://fearofclowns.com/2008/07/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Erik)</author></item></channel></rss>