Wednesday, January 11, 2006

'Round the 'Sphere: 1/11/06

After falling WAY behind on my blog reading the last several weeks, I have been attempting to catch up! While I still have a long way to go, I thought I'd pause for a moment to share some of the better stuff I've found out there...

CIRQUE DU CARNIVALE

Carnival of the Insanities at Dr. Sanity
Carnival of the Clueless #28 at Right Wing Nut House
Carnival of the Vanities #173 at The Hip and Zen Pen
Carnival of Crazy 13 at File it Under...

OTHER PEOPLE'S FUNNY

Buckley F. Williams at The Nose on Your Face presents...
Not Quite So Bananas After All?

Steve H. at Hog on Ice shares...
My Plans for the Afternoon

EVERYBODY LOVES CONTESTS

The Nose on Your Face joins the photo caption contest bandwagon...
Caption Contest: "I Got Jacked" Edition

PUNCH has a book to give away, and you get to pick the winner*...
ANNOUNCING THE FINALISTS FOR THE PUNCH CAPTION CONTEST!
[*One vote per email account per day until midnight, Saturday January 14th. The winner will be announced on Monday January 16th.]

POLITICAL COMMENTARY

Dave at The Paladin Blog has a must read piece...
Speaking Out Against Murtha's Sedition
h/t to our very own Anna over at A Rose by Any Other Name

Giacomo, aka our indispensible T.M. Ergin, offers some observations about the Alito hearings...
Childish Games

Rick Moran is his usual brilliant self this week...
Damage to National Security as a Result of NSA Leak

Rick continues his keen observations with this piece about the President's rising poll numbers (what, you mean the media isn't telling you all about that?)...
Comeback Kid Redux

Lorie Byrd has more on the resurgent Prez...
Bush Continues To Push

David Drake cranks up the snark-o-matic...
The Current Political Climate According To The Left

And be certain to check out this week's Pundit Roundtable at WILLisms.

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Pat Curley has this little tidbit...
Kerry's Tire-Slashing Crew Goes On Trial
And, apparently, you can watch the procedings, per John Ruberry...
Court TV to air Dem tire slashing trial

GOP & College has some strange coincidences to share (warning: ick alert!)...
When Life Imitates Hollywood

SUPPORT THE TROOPS!

Lorie Byrd alerts us to a great idea...
Cookies For The Troops

While Anna has another...
Share the Love

BLOGGER NEWS

Prayers are requested for Jeanette of Oh How I Love Jesus and her family. The last few months have been brutal for her. First, she lost her niece. Then, her husband suffered a health scare. Now, her daughter-in-law has been diagnosed with a very nasty form of cancer...
Our Family Is Being Tested

Kitty Myers received some relatively good news recently after a scare with her mother, but your prayers would still be welcome, as she is not entirely out of the woods yet...
It's Not Cancer!

On a much lighter note, Leslie the Omnibus Driver gives us the lowdown of a recent, successful blogmeet...
Chartered Excursion -- Recap

More later, time permitting...

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